On The Land
10 August, 2025
Free online financial skills for farmers
PRIMARY producers have the opportunity to expand their knowledge, free of charge, through online workshops, designed to help provide the financial skills essential to managing an agricultural enterprise.
The Rabobank’s practical Financial Skills Workshops will be held online in August and September.
The initiative has been led and funded by food and agribusiness banking specialist Rabobank’s Rabo Client Councils, a group of forward-thinking farming clients who are passionate about making a difference in their communities.
The interactive workshops provide practical, hands-on information on understanding financial statements and banking requirements and explore topics such as taxation versus management accounting, essential business management ratios and understanding key components of a business’s financial profile.
Rabobank head of community and client engagement Glenn Wealands said the workshops were specifically designed for farm owners and managers and were being offered online to provide an alternative to the ongoing face-to-face program of Financial Skills Workshops.
“This recognises the challenges that some farmers may face in taking time away from their operations, or being in remote locations where they are unable to attend any of the workshops in person,” he said.
The online workshops will be delivered in two half day sessions, with Module One – which focuses on understanding how to read, interpret and use financial reports – held across 14-15 August.
Module Two workshops – which focus on gross margin analysis, a critical step in farm planning and decision making – will be held on 11-12 September.
To register to participate, visit the Rabobank website.
