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Business programs to give you the competitive edge

The business of agricultural enterprise has become increasingly complex, with farm owners and managers needing to draw equally on their farm knowledge and professional business skills.

 

Rabobank’s Business Management Programs provide the opportunity to enhance your management skills, while developing best practice business strategies designed to give your operation a competitive edge and to ensure a sustainable long-term future.

 

We offer two programs for the different stages of your career, that bring together leading farmers from across Australia and New Zealand.

 

Which program is right for you?

 Executive Development Program (EDP)
 Farm Managers Program (FMP)
  • A business management program designed specifically for primary producers
  • You must be an owner and/or a key decision maker of a leading farm business
  • You have five years' strategic management experience on-farm
  • Places are limited to 36 in each course, selection criteria apply
  • A program for farm managers who aim to run and take ownership of a farm business
  • You are currently employed in a farming enterprise
  • You are a young, progressive farmer who has a minimum of three years on-farm experience, including some management responsibility
  • Places are limited to 36 in each course, selection criteria apply

 

EDP

The Rabobank EDP is intensive, interactive and challenging. It examines the latest management theories as they apply to agriculture to enhance commercial management skills, explore growth opportunities and develop business st...

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FMP

The Rabobank FMP provides the motivation, inspiration and platform for an exciting and rewarding career in primary production. The FMP is designed specifically for progressive farm managers who will be running and taking owne...

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Testimonials

Many past participants of the EDP and FMP directly credit the programs for the subsequent growth and development of their business and see the program as an invaluable investment in their own personal growth. With our past pa...

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Alumni

Program graduates join the ever-growing ranks of the Rabobank Alumni network, where they establish a lifelong support network of progressive business people from across Australia and New Zealand – and from all types of agribu...

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No tertiary education is required and Rabobank client status is not a prerequisite. Participants however, must actively contribute to teamwork and discussions and should be prepared to handle a heavy workload – including even...

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Business management programs
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