Farm Business Management
Farm Business Management
The need for improved farm business management skills has been identified as a crucial element for Australian farmers to maintain business sustainability, while taking up the opportunity currently occurring in Australian agriculture.
Effective risk management is vital to maintaining farm sustainability and profitability for growers in the face of climate risk and rising production costs.
Farming the Business Manual
The need for improved farm business management skills has been identified as a crucial element for Australian farmers to maintain business sustainability, while taking up the opportunity currently occurring in Australian agriculture.
This farm business management manual is a significant investment by GRDC to assist farmers with their business skills. There is both a traditional manual and an eBook version of the manual available.
View the Farming the Business Manual.
Farm Business Gross Margin Guide
View the 2022 Farm Gross Margin and Enterprise Planning Guide.
Fact Sheets
Accounting
- Benchmarking
- Cash Flow Budget
- Cost of Production (CoP)
- Crop Gross Margin Budget
- Farm Business Costs
- Farm Business Overview
- Key Financial Ratios
- Leasing and Share Farming Land
- Livestock Gross Margin Budget
- Production Economics
- Profit and Loss Budget
- Understanding a Bank's Approach to Farm Business
- What Your Tax Return Tells You
Enterprise
- Farm Business Management: Making Effective business decisions
- Business Management and Farm Profitability
- Farmer Health: Taking Control of Your Personal Health
- Farmer Health: Building Emotional Resilience
- Farm Labour: Are You a Good Labour Manager?
- Farm Labour: Filling the Farm Labour GapFarm Labour: How To Make Performance Work For Your Business And Your Employess
- Farm Labour: Improving time management and labour efficiency on the farm
- Farm Labour: Recruiting and inducting new employees
- Farm Business Management: The benefits of separating land assets from the operating businessFarm Business Management: Employer responsibilities and Buying, selling or leasing personal property
- Farm Business Management: Farm business risk profiles
- Farm Business Management: Machinery investment and costs
- Farm Business Management: Your Farm Business Checklist
- Farm Business Management: Should I Own A Truck?
- Farm Business Management: The economic value of grazing dual-purpose cereal crops
- Strategic Risk Management
- Succession Planning