Failing to plan is planning to fail
If there is one certainty in life, it’s that change is inevitable. Having a plan is the best way to remain resilient when unchosen change finds us.
Through the Farm Business Resilience Program for horticulture, Growcom is supporting growers to analyze all aspects of their current farm management, reviewing what’s working and what needs changing to be resilient and profitable for the longer-term.
The objective of the Program is to support growers to develop or update existing Farm Business Resilience Plans. To do this Growcom has incorporated a checklist of questions within our best management practice program, Hort360.
The ‘Farm Business Resilience Module’ was designed in accordance with the Australian and Queensland Government’s and prompts growers to consider all areas that should be included in your Plan.
Upon completion of the Farm Business Resilience Module, the system will generate a Risk Report with identified risks and associated actions that can be directly applied into your Plan.
The key advantage of using Hort360 is your Plan is automatically populated with all the required information needed to access drought grants and loans currently available through QRIDA.
Drought assistance in Queensland has been broadened and is now open to eligible primary producers across all agricultural sectors, to better manage future droughts without needing a drought declaration.
Associated grants and loans available through QRIDA support capital infrastructure developments to foster greater preparedness and business resilience.
For more information about current grants and loans available through QRIDA visit: www.qrida.qld.gov.au/drought-support
The Farm Business Resilience Program is jointly funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and Queensland Government’s Drought and Climate Adaptation Program and is available until June 2024.
For more information about the Farm Business Resilience Program please contact your local Resilience Facilitator.
Watch Growcom’s Introduction to Farm Business Resilience Planning for Horticulture webinar.
