Tools and knowledge to help build a more profitable business
CANEGROWERS Business Essentials program provides hands-on tools for growers, provided through a series of workshops.
Workshops are suitable for all skill and confidence levels, and this year will be provided FREE of charge.
The pathway to a resilient farming business future is riddled with risk. This doesn’t mean that your goals shouldn’t be pursued. Improve your chances of success with strategic thinking and find ways to tweak your game plan.
CANEGROWERS has developed a series of workshops and webinars that are designed to allow more flexibility and easier time commitment. Our sessions have something for everyone and growers that have attended in the past say the benefit from attending has been invaluable, assisting them to plan and address blind spots they had and filled any information gaps.
For our 2025 workshops and webinars we are excited to include a training partner with deep experience in guiding farmers and organisations from a range of sectors including cotton, grain, horticulture, and dairy. The sessions will include topics such as HR management (how to attract and retain talent), and WH&S (how to get started and build a great system that works for you). The series will also include sessions on sugar pricing strategy and sugarcane specific topics to reinforce your industry knowledge.
Setting goals, developing strategy and managing the risks you haven’t thought of!
Attracting the right people, getting the legal stuff right, and working with family.
Where do we start and stop? What are our obligations?
How to cut through the information and make sound decisions.
What is relative payment? What’s CCS anyway?
Should I do my own BAS?
Coming to your district in 2025
The series begins with a one-day workshop on “building a professional business” to help growers think about what their needs are to secure a sustainable future for their business. The dates planned for districts are indicated in the list below, with more dates and details to follow.
- Tue 18 Mar - Herbert River
- Wed 19 Mar - Burdekin
- Thu 20 Mar - Proserpine
- Fri 21 Mar - Mackay
- Wed 26 Mar - Tully
- Thu 27 Mar - Innisfail
- Fri 28 Mar - Cairns Region
- Thu 02 Apr - Childers / Bundaberg
This program is jointly funded through the Australian Government's Future Drought Fund and the Queensland Government's Drought and Climate Adaption Program