Farm Business
Farm Business Resilience Program
Practical training, tailored support and real-world outcomes for Western Australian broadacre (grains) farming businesses.
Program delivered — future intakes in development
About the program
The Farm Business Resilience (FBR) Program, jointly funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and WA’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD), delivers practical, hands-on business training tailored to the needs of Western Australian broadacre growers.
It brings together in-person workshops, on-farm advisory visits, peer learning and flexible online support to help growers strengthen financial literacy, improve business decision-making, and build long-term resilience to climate and market variability.
Key activities include two immersive bootcamps (Perth and, regionally, Kojonup) covering strategic business planning, climate and drought risk, financial literacy and cost-of-production tools, and intergenerational planning — plus a dedicated full-day on-farm business planning visit for every participating business, specialist online sessions, and exposure to tools and platforms such as MyFARMSMART.
What you get
What's included
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Practical, in-person bootcamps delivered across the region
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Peer learning connecting growers with shared challenges
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Online training sessions and recorded expert content
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Financial literacy and farm business management workshops
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One-on-one on-farm advisory visits providing tailored business support
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Follow-up check-ins and personalised action planning
At a glance
Participants strengthened business planning and decision-making, improved their understanding of climate and drought risk, built stronger intergenerational communication, clarified long-term goals, and left with actionable farm business plans and digital tools to support them.
What participants say
The most exciting thing out of it all is the new energy!
Farm Business Resilience Program
It’s helped us facilitate some of the important conversations that we might not have had.
Farm Business Resilience Program
We are doing a lot more as a team now than we ever did before.
Farm Business Resilience Program
It’s made us think more strategically about where we want to go.
Farm Business Resilience Program
Jointly funded by the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and the WA Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development (DPIRD). Delivered by AgriStart / Innovation Cluster.
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