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Two free national initiatives aimed at helping women in sheep and beef farming to take a more active role in their businesses will be held in Northland next year.
The Agri-Women’s Development Trust (AWDT) Understanding Your Farming Business (UYFB) and Future Focus courses will be held in Paparoa and Whangarei and, since there are only 16 spots on each, the AWDT is encouraging early registration for both.
The UYFB programme takes place over three months and involves three full days’ attendance plus a graduation evening. It is aimed at lifting women’s business performance in farming and giving them the skills and confidence to become more involved in strategy and decision-making.
Participants are taught how to measure farm performance and potential, the drivers and language of farming business, and how to find and assess financial information. The Paparoa course starts on February 20 and then continues on March 20, April 17 and May 15.
Future Focus is aimed at getting farming partners to work together more effectively as a team when it comes to their business goals and aspirations. The Whangarei module will take place on two full days, February 26 and March 26, and it is open to all kinds of sheep and beef partners – couples, owners and managers, fathers and daughters, or similar.
AWDT says Future Focus is a chance to take time out to work purely on the business instead of in the business by developing achievable goals with a workable plan and systems.
Both initiatives are fully funded by the Red Meat Profit Partnership, a partnership programme working to help the red meat sector increase productivity and profitability.
The AWDT was established in 2009 with the aim of unlocking the talent and potential of 50 per cent of the people in New Zealand’s primary sector – women. It devises programmes to give women the tools, confidence and know-how to lead and contribute in new ways to boost the farming sector.
Info and registration:
Phone 06 375 8180, email contact@awdt.org.nz or go to awdt.co.nz/programmes
