Courses

Darren Baguley and Paul Griffiths' courses are a combination of face-to-face classroom style, online examples and topics, as well as personal assistance as required to help you manage and move forward. Importantly, the courses are designed to be very practical – using on-farm examples to make the implementation decisions appropriate for your own place or business.
Tangible outcomes you can expect from your enrolled course: 
  • Regenerate your pastures through ecological monitoring and Holistic Planned Grazing;
  • Improve your stocking rate, carrying capacity and stock quality;
  • Regenerate your land via understanding of the eco-system processes;
  • Improve your decision-making capacity to create the future you want for yourself, your family – and your community;
  • Gain peace of mind and reduce risk through reducing the cost of your inputs and planning for a “do-able” cash surplus each year.

COURSES AVAILABLE

Next Course: October 2019 - January/February 2020​
Following Course: February - May 2020

Details

The Holistic Management practitioner courses are taught using the resources and assessable assignments from TAFE Western Institute. Successful completion of the quizes other assessments will give students a firm basis for completing the Diploma of Holistic Management™ – a (potentially) subsidised course costs – through TAFE.
 Session Location:   Each session is held on site at "Coorow" 950 Black Springs Road, Saint Fillans Mudgee 2850
                                 ​  (18 km north of Mudgee) 
Session Times:        The first session starts at 9:30 am and finishes at 5:00 pm. Subsequent start times will be negotiated with the group.  
Catering:                  Coffee, tea and morning & afternoon tea are supplied. Lunch is not provided, please BYO.
COURSE OUTLINE
SESSION ONE
​Introduction
  • What is true wealth?
  • The ecosystem processes we support.
  • The tools we use.
  • Holistic Grazing Planning - intro.
  • Holistic Financial planning - intro.
  • Understand your relationship with your soil.
SESSION TWO
​Creating the future YOU want.
  • Context and Decision Making.
  • Practical feed budgeting.
  • Plant monitoring.  
  • Be sure you are working regeneratively.
SESSION THREE
​Holistic Grazing Planning (Part 1)
  • Holistic Management™ grazing planning.
  • Develop grazing plan using Savory Instititute's 'River Bend Ranch' case study.
  • Develop grazing plan using your own property.      
  • Maximising your stocking rate, carrying capacity while increasing the resilience of your land.
SESSION FOUR
Holistic Grazing Planning (Part 2)
  • ​Holistic Management™ grazing planning continued...
  • Complete developing a non-growing season planning for your place.
  • Develop a growing season grazing plan for your place.
  • Grow the grass you need to set your enterprise up for the next non-growing season.
SESSION FIVE
​Holistic Wealth Creation & Financial planning Develop a holistic financial plan
  • Learn how to plan your PROFIT first!
  • Develop a financial plan that is socially, ecologically and economically regenerative.
NB: These courses are very well resourced. Students will benefit from confirming their learning by completing several assessable exercises/assignments (as ‘homework’) between each face-to-face session. Completing these exercises will set students up well for completion of future courses y through TAFE NSW.
COURSE COSTS
Per person: $997 plus $100 resources charge plus GST 
Total - $1,206.70.
All fees must be paid prior to course commencement. 
Bank details are provided upon enrolment.