How prepared is your farming business to handle sudden changes or difficult times brought on by drought, natural disaster, market down turns or biosecurity incursions?
The Farm Business Resilience (FBR) program provides highly subsidied access to industry professions that provide training and individual coaching to help develop your business resilience plan.
Why is this so important?
Resilient farms can handle sudden changes and survive difficult times. They can also react quickly to challenges and opportunities. So having a resilience plan can assist you to make better decisions more often.
The Farm Business Resilience Program has produced two real-life case studies based on the experiences of farming families as they considered the opportunity of investing in irrigation.
Investing in Irrigation - Burbury Case Study (PDF 3Mb)
Investing in Irrigation - Chandler Case Study (PDF 7Mb)
In addition, DairyTas has also produced some videos of Tasmanian producers who have competed Our Farm Our Plan as an industry specific Farm Business Resilience Program.
How can I get involved?
The learning and business coaching opportunities are linked to your farm enterprise.
Dairy farmers:
Contact DairyTas on 03 6432 2233 for details on the Dairy Australia’s Our Farm Our Plan or visit the DairyTas website.
DairyTas also produced a video on Our Farm Our Plan.
Mixed farming, red meat, fibre, cropping horticultural, apicultural, viticultural and aquacultural* farmers:
* wild catch fishing and public listed aquacultural companies are excluded under Future Drought Fund Guidelines.
What does it cost?
The FBR program will pay the vast majority of the training and coaching costs, but as this is your plan there is an expectation that you will make a contribution to the overall cost.
Mixed farming, red meat, fibre, cropping horticultural, apicultural, viticultural and aquacultural* farmers are required to make an upfront co-contribution of $550 (including GST),
Dairy farmers are encouraged to contact DairyTas for details of co-contributions.
More information on seasonal conditions and farm resilience
There are a number of resources supported by NRE Tas and the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund to assist farmers with the current seasonal conditions.
FarmPoint 1300 292 292 - The contact point for all your farming inquiries.
The Farm Business Resilience program is supported by the Tasmanian Government and the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund.