Managing for Profit

Managing for Profit is a program to support RCS course graduates in creating connections, support and momentum when applying their course learnings at home on-farm.

PLEASE NOTE: After registering, you will receive a welcome email with the online joining link for the live sessions. If you don't see this email within 24 hours, please contact the RCS Office on 1800 356 004 or [email protected] for support.

The Managing for Profit program includes;

Access to 90-minute fortnightly live online discussion and training sessions held Thursdays at 12pm AEST, that are facilitated by a range of RCS team members with guest contributors where applicable. Program members can send in their questions to be discussed each fortnight. NB. Sessions aren’t recorded so as to allow open and frank discussion of topics.

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Fortnightly commentary from the RCS Team containing critical analysis, reviews and thought-provoking articles (written specifically for the Managing for Profit program).

Course curriculum

1. Great to have you enrolled!
2. Joining link for live Zoom sessions
3. Some Important Information
4. First up - finding your way around the RCS Global Learning Hub
5. Working your way around the screen, chapters and lessons
6. Managing for Profit purpose and rules of engagement
7. How to use Zoom with Managing for Profit
1. Got a topic or question for discussion?
1. How the resources section works
2. Principle Based Management: OVERVIEW
3. Access the RCS Members' Area for all the tools and templates - Username and password is different to your Hub login
1. Sh!t happens - building farm resilience discussion
1. Foot and Mouth Risk Management Discussion
2. Additional Resources and Support
1. Professional business management
2. Principle Based Management: BUSINESS
3. Benchmarking summary 2020-21 FY
4. Four different forms of money
5. Three things to consider when making a financial decision
6. RCS ForPLAE Model
7. Management Chart of Accounts User Guide
1. Working with people
2. Principle Based Management: PEOPLE
3. Professional decision making
4. Time management tools
1. Soil and plant management
2. Principle Based Management: SOIL HEALTH
3. Strategies and Incentives for Carbon Sequestration
4. Johnson-Su bioreactors - breakthrough in compost and soil health
5. Why plant nutrition is the driver of soil regeneration
1. Grazing management
2. Principle Based Management: LAND & GRAZING
3. Principle Based Management: LIVESTOCK
4. Which grazing system should I implement?
5. Free Choice Supplements
6. Low Stress Stockhandling school dates and venues
7. Introduction to DSE
8. Introduction to LSU
9. McCosker Brew - Recipe and Instructions
10. Feed Budget & Monthly Stockflow worksheet and Graze Period Calculator
11. Sheep and Cattle Trading models to assess gross margin
12. Feed Curve and Nutritional Seasons, Biological Calendar Template and Timing of Mating
13. Estimate your Green Date with these CliMate instructions
14. Help video to start the Feed Budget & Monthly Stockflow worksheet
15. Filter Systems Australia - earth magnets for water cleansing

About this course

Free
45 lessons
1.5 hours of video content