Sustainable Farm Management: What the training will cover
Sustainable Farm Management Skills
o Monitoring and Observation
o Ecosystem processes in relation to farming
o Assemble physical property data
o Gather farm production data (soils, animals, crops and pastures)
o Collating and presenting farm production data
o Problem identification and problem solving
o Three field ½ day trips to organic/biological properties
Financial Administration Skills
o Basic accounting terms for farm business
o Livestock reconciliations
o Budgeting income/expense/cash flow
o Personal budgets - set SMART goals to monitor over course
o Cash reports/balance sheets/forecasting/analysis
o Taxes/ACC/GST/FBT - compliance and calculating returns
o Banks and their services
o Credit services and their uses
Basic Computer Skills
o Creating and saving Word documents
o Email and searching the internet
o Farm mapping/introduction to Keyline property design