Would you like to build your skill or that of your employees, in managing your pastures to achieve greater profitability?
Pasture Principles is a 12-month program designed to build livestock producer’s skills in pasture management.
Pasture Principles developed by Pinion Advisory, provides a group training environment for farmers to learn the guiding principles of pasture management that will allow them to work confidently regardless of the season or system.
Expressions of interest are open for South Australia, Victoria, New South Wales and Tasmania. Course locations will be determined by interest.
The commercial cost for this course is $2750 inc GST per farm business:
- $2750 inc GST per farm business, up to three participants (must be an owner, partner or full-time employee of the business)
- $880 inc GST per additional person from a participating farm business
- $2750 inc GST per person from an agribusiness
Under MLA’s Profitable Grazing System, some eligible levy payers may be entitled to receive a course-fee subsidy. The course deliverer will advise if this is available in your region.
Please complete the EOI form with your details or email and a consultant in your area will be in touch.
Get your business started
Managing a farm is a complex business. Considerations need to be made to manage people, finances and the business health to ensure a profitable and resilient farming operation.
The Next Generation Breakthrough Group is a program designed to assist and support the development of the next generation of farm managers. The group features like-minded producers from different regions, business models and levels of farming experience, to learn practical techniques, tools and processes to implement within their own farming businesses.
Since 2017, the team at Pinion Advisory has been delivering the business and governance workshop for dairy farmers.
This two day workshop covers practical ways to implement effective business governance principles into your business and strategies and tools to make effective investment decisions. All who have participated have rated it as highly valuable. Participating businesses have ranged from those milking 350 to over 15,000 cows.
This workshop is coordinated by Dairy Australia.
In 2020, Dairy Australia and Pinion Advisory have started delivery of a follow-up online workshop program to assist with implementation of the workshop tools and strategies.
For more information, please contact Dave Heinjus, Pinion Advisory.
As a result of on going adjustment, many farming businesses are being presented with share farming and leasing opportunities. For some farm managers, leasing and share farming is a valid mechanism to increase the viability and stability of their business within an appropriate risk profile. However, the success of a leasing or share farming deal lies in how the arrangement has been structured. A well structured deal will provide enhanced risk management capacity for the business, however if the deal is not structured appropriately, such a strategy can increase business risk.
This workshop aims to introduce:
- Leasing and share farming business models
- Valuation methodologies for both cropping and grazing land
- Lease and share farming risks to be managed
- The strengths and weaknesses of different business models
- Guidelines for best practice proposal writing, forming agreements and participating in annual reviews to support leasing and share farming arrangements
Farm HR; Creating Employers of Choice is an online workshop that we have developed for farm employers. The sessions will provide you with updated knowledge and provide reassurance that you are doing the right thing with your employees and family members.
We will be delivering both in person and interactive online workshops. You will get involved in topics such as:
- Job descriptions
- Pastoral Award and FairWork overview
- Payroll overview including how much to pay employees
- Workplace health and safety
- Becoming an employer of choice
- Plus much more!
At the end of this workshop series, you will have achieved the following learning outcomes:
- Awareness of standards and best practice when employing people
- Knowledge of FairWork and the Pastoral Award requirements
- Awareness of the strategies required to be a proactive and compliant people manager
- Identify the role and value of culture in an effective team
All participants will be posted a copy of the workbook so you can take notes during the session and have a resource to access afterwards.
The sessions will be delivered by Carlyn Sherriff and Dee Heinjus. Both have practical knowledge of farm HR requirements and will share with you their insights.
Format:
- In person: delivered as a one day workshop
- Online: interactive online workshop via Microsoft Teams, 3 fortnightly sessions, 2 ½ hours per session
- Individualised action planning
- Workbook provided to all participants
Testimonials:
Participant scored overall value as 4.65 out of 5
What would you say to others out there who might be considering this program?
“Good overview with lots of templates to assist with current and future employees” Jackie Bruce
“I'd recommend it to anyone employing in the agriculture sector. It gave me a great overview of what I need to be focusing on as an employer, and gave good insight into what others are doing in their workplaces” Ashley Lawrie
“HR is becoming an important part of running a successful farm business and to recruit and retain staff will require businesses to become employers of choice. This workshop helped us understand the legal obligations of the employer, as well as the opportunity to learn from the experiences from other producers" Elke Hocking
“Do it! There is so much to know and understand as a farm employer and this is time well spent in learning some of the most important considerations” Melanie Kitschke
Register your interest below by completing the form.
Please check the Upcoming Events page for workshop dates.
Strong foundations is a personal development program designed to improve
emotional intelligence and communication. Armed with insights and strategies that demystify
human behaviour and keep us accountable for what we say and do, this program will greatly
enhance inter-personal relationships.
Delivered to management and staff of family farming businesses, farming systems or
corporate groups. Options include:
Two delivery methods for workshops:
- Online group workshops, three x 2.5 hour sessions
- In person workshops,
- Delivered over one or two sessions, full or half days
- Held in Clare, Freeling or other locations as offered by Pinion Advisory
- Private delivery also available to groups of up to 12. Either online, in person at a Pinion Advisory office or in a location of your choice.
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LevelUp is a comprehensive course designed to equip farmers and red meat producers with the required skills and knowledge to develop a profitable and resilient farm business. Through a supported group learning framework LevelUp will provide participants with practical information and resources to guide the implementation of good governance, operating systems, and processes that ensure transparency, accountability, and consistent management.
LevelUp is a learning package offered through Profitable Grazing Systems – an initiative of Meat & Livestock Australia (MLA).
Please check the Upcoming Events page for workshop dates.
Breeding Leadership aims to develop the leadership and professional skills of young people involved in the wool industry.
Breeding Leadership is a national program to develop the leadership and professional skills for young people in all facets of the wool industry and forms a key part of AWI’s commitment to people in the wool industry.
Carbon EDGE is a two-day training program for the red meat industry, providing participants with an understanding of the opportunities for emissions reduction and carbon storage activities in a livestock grazing business.
Attending this workshop will help you to:
- Key terminology and concepts relating to greenhouse gases (GHG) within the red meat industry
- In-depth information on the practices to reduce and sequester GHG within a livestock grazing business
- Weighing up opportunities and risks associated with generating carbon credits and how they can be used to benefit livestock businesses
- Understanding carbon neutrality and how it aligns to your business goals
- Developing a carbon action plan that incorporates practical, achievable strategies to meet your objectives
Please check the Upcoming Events page for workshop dates.
Turn your potential into product
Lifting Lamb Survival is a practical, on-farm program delivered in a group training environment. This six-month program includes 3 workshops and an individual on-farm session, designed to support producers across the lambing season – from pre-lambing to post-marking.
Meat & Livestock Australia’s BredWell FedWell (BWFW) is a practical, one-day introductory workshop on how productivity and profitability can be improved through good breeding and feeding over the livestock production cycle, with a specific focus on profit drivers.
Pinion Advisory has a team of consultants who are approved deliverers for BWFW and are looking to host workshops in Tasmania, Victoria and South Australia in 2024. Interested in attending or hosting a workshop?
Visit the MLA website for more information and to register your interest.
Learning together to develop skills and systems to lead and manage farm teams
Implementing employment systems and positive workplace changes takes time and requires support. Attending workshops and reading new information is an excellent start. What can make this even better is support for change in your business to make sure it sticks!
The new Farm Employment Mentoring Program has been developed to provide information, templates and support along with ongoing mentoring. This ensures the change that you wish to implement will happen.
Continue your Pasture Principles journey with Feedbase Plus
Feedbase Plus is designed to support Pasture Principles graduates in building on the guiding principles of pasture management and becoming confident in developing and maintaining a strategic feed budget for their livestock system.
A combination of individual and small group-based delivery, both face-to face and online will develop your knowledge and confidence.
Register your interest