GrazingFutures LBR: Stepping your way through business planning

GrazingFutures Livestock Business Resilience has many collaborators and partnerships. These fact sheets, templates and how-to guides have been developed by key partners and stakeholders to help producers develop their Farm Business Resilience Plan.

Goal setting

SMART Goals

When setting any type of goal it is important to make sure your goals have defined parameters. The SMART framework  ensures your objectives are attainable and time bound. Learn about setting goals here: SMART Goals (PDF, 1.26 MB)

Natural Resource Management Goals and Risks

Natural resource management is essential for a sustainable and profitable grazing businesses. It enhances soil health, promotes biodiversity, reduces off-site impacts, and contributes to producer satisfaction and capacity. By prioritising these practices graziers can achieve long-term success while safeguarding and improving the environment for future. This checklist from Southern Queensland Landscapes provides examples of natural resource management goals, how such goals can be measured, examples of risks and strategies to minimise these risks to your business: NRM Risks and Goals (PDF, 324 KB)

Business and Personal Goals and Risks

In any farming business, it is important to consider both your personal and business goals. Importantly, differences between business and personal goals, need to be identified. Recognition of these differences will help create strategies as to how to minimise risks whilst working towards your goals. The following resource by Rural Solutions Queensland has examples and prompts to assist you with the completion of this section of your Farm Business Resilience Plan: Producer Business and Personal Goals and Risks (PDF, 246 KB)

Production Goals and Risks

For any livestock business it is important to consider your production goals. In addition, identifying any potential risks and suitable mitigation strategies, provides the best chance of overall success. The following template includes examples and prompts of production goals and risks: Production goals and risks (PDF, 245 KB)

Resources, support and useful sites for producers

There are a lot of helpful resources available to support landholders online. The following document gathers together online information on drought preparedness and planning, climate and weather, assistance programs, and other funding into one place: Grazing producers contacts and handy links (PDF, 526 KB)

Queensland Drought Assistance

Queensland drought assistance is available to eligible primary producers across all industries. The assistance helps producers prepare their business for drought and other climate events and build business resilience. This assistance  replaces the Drought Relief Assistance Scheme (DRAS). Freight subsidies for transporting fodder, water and livestock are no longer available for drought-declared properties as of 1 April 2022. You don’t need to be drought-declared to access the new assistance. See this fact sheet (PDF, 752 KB) for further details on the new drought assistance measures.

Supporting southwest Queensland producers to build their resilience for the future

Producers in Queensland can access a range of support services to help manage business and climate risks through the new Grazing Futures Livestock Business Resilience project (GF LBR). This support is available without having to be drought declared. This fact sheet (PDF, 211KB) outlines the process and specific contacts for producers in southwest Queensland.


More information

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