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FarmElevate

The FarmElevate Program supports Western Australian broadacre livestock and southern horticulture farm managers and employees to strengthen their economic, environmental, and personal well-being through the development of a Farm Business Plan.

The program offers access to subsidised tailored support, learning and business development opportunities that will assist primary producers to navigate the future.

Preparation of participants’ Farm Business Plan will be supported via training and guidance from experienced industry consultants, trainers, and business coaches and shaped around the individual farm’s future and family goals.

Through a variety of delivery methods, the program training aims to help strengthen long-term adaptability, sustainable productivity, and growth in Western Australian primary industry businesses looking to elevate their strategic business management, planning, and decision-making, enhancing adaptability to climate variability.   

Key benefits and features

  • Participants’ farm business plans will identify risks and outline clear actions to improve adaptability and long-term viability
  • Participants will learn how to effectively communicate their plans with staff, family, and financial institutions
  • Workshops, coaching sessions, and other learning opportunities will be delivered in a flexible format across Western Australia, tailored to suit individual business needs and locations
  • This program also suits those with an existing business plan, as new learnings can be incorporated, elevating your business to the next level.

Training content pillars

Training for participants is centred around the four pillars of resilience:

  • Strategic business skills
  • Risk management
  • Natural resource management, and
  • Well-being and community networks.

Horticulture and Livestock programs

In collaboration with several local grower groups, the Grower Group Alliance (GGA) is coordinating the delivery of training tailored for two industry streams :

  • Broadacre Livestock Program – supporting 70 livestock businesses
  • Southern Horticulture Program – supporting 35 horticulture businesses

Broadacre Livestock Program

This stream aims to support 70 livestock businesses from the following sectors: 

  • Sheep-dominant enterprises 
  • Mixed livestock businesses that had a decile four or lower year in 2023 
  • Beef enterprises in the Southwest of Western Australia.

Southern Horticulture Program

This stream aims to support 35 horticulture businesses from the following sectors: 

  • Wines 
  • Stone fruit 
  • Pome fruit
  • Citrus 
  • Vegetables 
  • Truffles  
  • Potatoes 

Training & Delivery

Training will be accessible across WA through multiple formats:

Content for FarmElevate has been tailored to meet the needs of WA’s livestock and horticulture industries, helping businesses to:

  • Prepare for and respond to climate variability
  • Analyse the production and profitability of the business and potential opportunities  
  • Shape the business around the farm’s future and the family’s goals
  • Improve financial literacy and build financial viability
  • Build confidence in decision-making and risk management
  • Gain practical skills to address business challenges
  • Help make future-focused decisions about business operations.

Register to take part in the FarmElevate program

Please complete the online registration form below to participate in the program; which involves in-person and online workshops, self-paced modules, additional online resources, and business coaching from mid-June to mid-October.

Selected Western Australian ‘Advocate Groups’ will promote and support enrolments into the program and engage farm businesses from your region, see below:

  • Agricultural Produce Commission 
  • Certified Organic Biodynamic Western Australia Inc. (COBWA) 
  • Compass Agricultural Alliance
  • Facey Group 
  • Fitzgerald Biosphere Group Inc. 
  • Lakes Information & Farming Technology (LIFT) 
  • Ravensthorpe Agricultural Initiative Network 
  • Southern Forests Food Council 
  • Stirlings to Coast Farmers 
  • Toodyay Agricultural Alliance
  • Vegetables WA 
  • Western Beef Association 
  • Wine Industry Association of Western Australia Inc. 
    • If you are not a member of a group, please click the ‘unsure’ option on the form.

To register your farm business and each participant attending, please complete the below form.

Workshop locations

In-person Broadacre Livestock and Southern Horticulture workshops will be located across Western Australia, and are based on the location of registered participants.

Southern Horticulture

  • Busselton
  • Manjimup
  • Swan Valley/Northern Suburbs area

Broadacre Livestock

  • Gingin
  • Northam
  • Waroona
  • Nannup
  • Albany
  • Jerramungup

Note: Locations are subject to change.

Workshop location legend:

  • Dots on map – registered participants (as of June 2025)

FarmElevate Event Calendar

Select which stream or all streams to view the upcoming FarmElevate events.

News

Media Release: Building climate resilience on WA farms

GGA launches FarmElevate program with more than 12 local group partners

Resources

FarmElevate program Factsheet

Registrations open mid-May with workshops and farm business coaching commencing 15 June to 15 October 2025.

Project Team


Enquiries

GGA Project Manager Tamryn Davis or Cassie Howell via email at farmelevate@gga.org.au


A Future Drought Fund initiative

The Farm Business Resilience Program is jointly funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and WA’s Department of Primary Industries and Regional Development.

The program aims to build the strategic management capacity of primary industry businesses to prepare for and manage risk, adapt to a changing climate and improve the business’s economic, environmental and well-being.

The Program is one of eight foundational programs under the Future Drought Fund.

For more information on the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries – Future Drought Fund, visit the Australian Government’s FBR webpage


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Posted on

02 Apr 2024