Grazing Training Courses
Approved Training Courses under FBA’s
Training Reimbursement Program
The below is a list of courses which are eligible under the FBA’s Training Reimbursement Program.
The program allows reimbursement of 70% of the course costs caped at $700 per enterprise per
financial year. Landholders claiming the reimbursement must own or manage grazing lands within
the Fitzroy Basin Association area. A detailed overview of each course is provided on the following
pages.
COURSES
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Property Planning for Grazing
The Business of Grazing
Grazing for Profit
RCS Grazing Clinic
RCS Next Steps
Introduction to Property Computer Mapping
GPS Essentials
Breeding EDGE
Grazing Land Management (GLM) EDGE
Nutrition EDGE
Business EDGE
Holistic Management Essentials
Grazing Training Courses
Course Name
Property Planning For
Grazing
Provider
Grazing Best Prac
Details
Property Planning for Grazing aims to support and assist participants in
developing their own property plan by explaining and showing:
 The need for a property management plan
 The benefits of a property management plan - management
 How to develop a property management plan - mapping resources/
strategies
 Examples of existing plans
 Comparison between paper based and computerised mapping software
 How to use and incorporate GPS for ground truthing - measuring distance
and areas
 How to access imagery, software and GPS units
 Where and how to access information on vegetation management and
cultural heritage
 How to draw fence lines, land types and other infrastructure on maps
 How to measure on paper based and computerised mapping software
 How to incorporate land type and riparian management for production and
profit
 How to develop the ideal watering and fencing plan
 How to develop tools such as water circles and pasture monitoring sites
 The linkage between the plan and sustainability
 Linkages to improved water, land and vegetation health, production and
profit.
Contact
E: cathe@grazingbestprac.com.au
Ph: 07 4938 3919
Mb: 0438 395 255
Grazing Training
Courses
Course Name
The Business of
Grazing
Provider
Resource
Consulting
Services
Details
The Business of Grazing is a shortened version of the Grazing for Profit School.
It is a school for grazing enterprises providing a holistic insight into the many
factors that affect an agricultural business. At the conclusion of the program
the participants will be familiar with a range of tools and knowledge
surrounding:
• Regenerative land practices
• Management of climate variability in the decision making process
• Increased plant and animal production, profitability and reduced risk
• Strategic business and people management
Contact
E: info@rcsaustralia.com.au
Ph: 07 4939 5255
The Business of Grazing School addresses the four key aspects of managing an
agricultural business: Land, Livestock, People and Business.
Course Name
Grazing For Profit
Provider
Resource
Consulting
Services
Details
The Grazing for Profit is a fully integrated school for grazing enterprises
providing a holistic insight into the many factors that affect an agricultural
business. At the conclusion of the program the participants have used a range
of tools and begun developing the integrated knowledge to undertake:
• Regenerative land practices
• Management of climate variability in the decision making process
• Increasing plant and animal production, profitability and reducing risk
• Strategic business and people management
The Grazing for Profit School addresses the four key aspects of managing an
agricultural business: Land, Livestock, People and Business.
Contact
E: info@rcsaustralia.com.au
Ph: 07 4939 5255
Grazing Training
Courses
Course Name
RCS Grazing Clinic
Provider
Resource
Consulting
Services
Details
The RCS Grazing Clinic is an intensive two day course on the principles and
practices of sustainable grazing management. This includes how to manage,
design and control different grazing methods for a sustainable and profitable
grazing enterprise.
The course covers the following key areas:
• Learn/refresh the basics of grazing management – participants learn the six
essential grazing principles for a sustainable ecosystem. They develop the
skills to monitor and record changes, understand how to adapt to seasonal
and climate variability and develop strategies for profitable property
planning and overall improved grazing management.
• Practical knowledge – participants get the latest information on effective
fencing, property layout, water design and stock moving techniques. It gives
producers an understanding of how to assess their paddock rest period and
calculate graze period, while accurately matching stocking rate to carrying
capacity. Participants see and learn the decision making processes in the
paddock through hands-on learning activities.
• Tools for the grazing enterprise – participants will learn through the
practical application of the principles, active use of grazing charts, good use
of the planning tools and effective, modern property design.
The course has a complete focus on implementation and deals with the
practical elements that are critical for running a sustainable, profitable business
and ecosystem.
Contact
E: info@rcsaustralia.com.au
Ph: 07 4939 5255
Grazing Training
Courses
Course Name
RCS Next Steps
Provider
Resource
Consulting
Services
Details
Contact
The RCS Next Steps program has a large education component in both technical and personal
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development, in addition to professionally facilitated rounds of board discussions that
info@rcsaustralia.com.au
complement the strategic management of your business.
The program is delivered around the framework of regenerative farming practices and economic Ph: 07 4939 5255
growth in the face of our changing climate and the increasing demand on natural resources. Next
Steps has a hands-on focus and involves a partnership between the participant, a personal coach
and the RCS Team. This team works together on the individual’s business to complete 10
projects critical to managerial effectiveness. These projects are:
 A strategic approach to Working on the Business
 Economic Analysis – planning production
 Economic Analysis – projecting and benchmarking business performance
 Projection of Net Worth
 Setting up an office designed for effective management
 Calculating stocking rate, carrying capacity, paddock yields and using the biological calendar
 Measuring and monitoring the ecosystem
 Nutrition and Reproduction
 Getting people working together
 Planning and prioritising property development
Grazing Training
Courses
Course Name
Introduction to
Property Computer
Mapping
Provider
AgForce
Queensland
Details
The aim of the Introduction to Property Computer Mapping workshops is to
demonstrate knowledge of mapping/GIS fundamentals. Landholders are able to
set up a map project and capture property map using Phoenix Mapping, and
understand the concepts of property map analysis.
Mapping/GIS fundamentals:
 data types
 access to and management of data
 coordinate systems
 property map planning
 Create property map:
 set up a map project using Phoenix Mapping
 capture paddocks (polygons), fences (lines) and water points (points)
 GNSS connectivity to upload and download property data
 print property map
 Property data analysis:
 buffering objects for water/riparian/ grazing planning
 attach photos for monitoring purposes
 create Grazing Pressure report
 3D mapping
 linkages with Phoenix Grazing
Contact
E:
brinsmeadn@agforceprojects.org.au
Ph: 07 3238 6048
Grazing Training
Courses
Course Name
GPS Essentials
Course Name
Breeding EDGE
Provider
AgForce
Queensland
Provider
Department of
Agriculture,
Fisheries and
Forestry
Details
Contact
The course outcomes provide graziers with the GPS tools to fully develop their
property mapping activities which form an important part of overall property
management planning. Property owners will develop skills in the use of
GNSS/GPS systems to accurately map their property and connect a GNSS/GPS
handheld device to a property computer mapping program. This will assist with
the management of property information and allow accurate mapping, siting
and monitoring of property resources. A fully completed, accurate property
map is a critical tool in property planning and management.
E:
brinsmeadn@agforceprojects.org.au
Details
The workshop aims to enable producers to develop a breeding program or improve
an existing
one, using reproductive and genetic knowledge and technologies to:
 evaluate current herd structure and performance
 identify and implement improved breeder management strategies
 structure and manage the herd for better grazing management
 implement genetic improvement and selection strategies
 achieve desired production targets.
Contact
E: byrony.daniels@daff.qld.gov.au
Ph: 07 3238 6048
Ph: 07 4983 7467
Grazing Training
Courses
Course Name
Grazing Land
Management (GLM)
EDGE
Provider
Department of
Agriculture,
Fisheries and
Forestry
Course Name
Nutrition EDGE
Provider
Department of
Agriculture,
Fisheries and
Forestry
Details
The workshop aims to equip producers to improve herd performance through ;
 better management of the pasture resource
 matching animal requirements to pasture quality
 identifying nutritional constraints and deficiencies
 optimal use of supplements.
Contact
E: mick.sullivan@daff.qld.gov.au
Provider
Bush
AgriBusiness Pty
Ltd
Details
The aim of the workshop is to provide key common business principles and concepts
to beef producers. On completion of the workshop producers have improved
financial literacy, are able to generate and understand key financial information on
their business and make better decisions about the future profitability of their
business.
Using adult learning principles and case studies, the course demonstrates to
producers that a sustainable business must firstly focus on profitability which
requires informed management of animal productivity without exceeding long term
carrying capacities. Management planning is fundamental to sustainability.
Contact
E: ian@babusiness.com.au
Course Name
Business EDGE
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Details
The aim of these practical and regionally customised EDGEnetwork®
workshops is to help grazing land managers improve their
profitability and land condition through better grazing management.
By understanding the relationships between pasture, water, soils,
woodlands, biodiversity, fire and weeds, managers can assess the
suitability of different pasture development options and determine
the financial impact of a range of grazing management options.
Contact
E: mick.sullivan@daff.qld.gov.au
Ph: 07 4936 0239
Ph: 07 4936 0239
Ph: 0401 118 191
Grazing Training
Courses
Course Name
Holistic Management
Essentials
Provider
Landlife
Education
Details
The aim of the workshop is:
1. To give people the knowledge of how the natural world functions and what they
can do as farmers and land managers to continually improve the health and function
of their land. To manage the 4 ecosystem processes of energy flow, mineral and
water cycles and biological community dynamics for the purpose of maintaining an
ecological balance on their land.
2. Giving people the skills and ability to make decisions that are right for them and
their family and business, based upon what they had articulated that they wish to
achieve short and long term and a family.
3. Cash flow and financial management that enables people to plan for and make a
profit each year, regardless of the seasonal conditions. And the skills to assess every
business decision, by testing it toward their family and business goals, before any
money is spent or activity is commenced.
4. Grazing planning for those folks who have grazing animals. They learn how to
grow grass when the grass wants to grow and how to ration out the grass when the
plants are not growing. People learn how to manage the growing and the nongrowing seasons and how to use the animals as both a source of income and a tool
with which to change the soil surface to prepare the land for rain.
5. People learn how to monitor and measure what is happening to the soil and the
plant communities on their land. And act in a manner that will create improvement
in the health and density of plant communities.
Contact
E:
Jason@landlifeeducation.com.au
Ph: 07 5485 1997
Mb: 0427 199 766