Farm finance words in a week
Learn the farm money words you'll hear from the bank and the accountant, in five short lessons with plain examples.
Who it's for: New entrants, partners and family members who want to follow the money talk on the farm.
Lessons
By the end you'll be able to
- Read a profit and loss and a balance sheet with more confidence
- Follow a cashflow and overdraft conversation
- Understand loans, security and the bank's main ratios
- Know which tax words to take to your accountant
Each lesson has a short read, a worked example on an invented farm and three quick questions. Finish them all for an optional certificate of completion. Free, no sign-up, not nationally accredited.
Want this done on your own figures?
The course explains how it works. If you'd rather have it done on your farm's real numbers, that's what our Farm Health Check is for.
Sources
- NSW DPI, About gross margin budgets
- NSW DPI, Using DSEs and carrying capacities to compare sheep enterprises
- MLA, Understanding dressing percentage (fact sheet)
- Australian Pork Limited, Pork training manual
- Services Australia, At tax time
- Australian Taxation Office, How GST works
- Australian Taxation Office, Farm management deposits scheme (Primary producers information 2026)
Talk to Nick about your next bank review
We work with farm businesses Australia-wide by phone and video, with regular farm visits on the east coast. Get in touch for a no-obligation chat about what you need and what it would cost.