Benchmarking

Lancashire: Know it to grow it – Beef and lamb business foundations

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 14:06:13 GMT

This practical two-day course is ideal for farmers who want to improve their understanding of farm finances without being overwhelmed by complexity.

Why attend?

A strong understanding of your farm accounts and enterprise margins is vital for the profitability, resilience and sustainability of beef and sheep businesses.

Yet many farmers find financial management and business planning complex, intimidating or something best left to the accountant.

This course is designed to change that.

It will give you the knowledge and confidence to:

Understand key financial terminology if you need a helping hand getting started
Know what you’re looking at in your accounts to start to develop an understanding of your cost of production
Ask the right questions of your accountant if you aren’t sure where to begin
Take control of your own business decisions

You’ll gain the core skills to collate and produce information that helps you explore enterprise margins, assess different areas of your business, and create a basic set of management accounts, leaving with a clear action plan for “what next”.

This course is part of our Roots to Resilience programme and supports three key principles to help you build stronger businesses:

Get CLARITY on your goals and ambitions for your business and create a clear plan to get there
OWN the actions and decisions needed on your farm
Build a COMMUNITY to turn to for advice and support

Booking

Cost: £216 (inclusive of VAT)

There is limited availability – we recommend booking early.

Delivered by experienced trainers, this course offers exceptional value for farmers who are ready to take control of their business performance.

Places are strictly limited to ensure a valuable learning experience – book early using the link above to avoid disappointment.

The course is 40% funded by AHDB and is UK Rural Skills accredited.

Further financial support may be available from other organisations in your region to support your attendance. Please contact Karl Pendlebury for further information.

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Important information

When you book a place on these workshops, your booking and payment will be processed by Agricultural Business Training via Ticket Tailor.

AHDB will receive your name, contact details and booking information from Agricultural Business Training for the purpose of managing the event and evaluating its impact.

For details on how AHDB handles your personal data, please see our Privacy Notice.

For details on how Agricultural Business Training handles your data, please refer to their privacy policy on the booking page.

Yorkshire: Know it to grow it – Beef and lamb business foundations

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:58:48 GMT

This practical two-day course is ideal for farmers who want to improve their understanding of farm finances without being overwhelmed by complexity.

Why attend?

A strong understanding of your farm accounts and enterprise margins is vital for the profitability, resilience and sustainability of beef and sheep businesses.

Yet many farmers find financial management and business planning complex, intimidating or something best left to the accountant.

This course is designed to change that.

It will give you the knowledge and confidence to:

Understand key financial terminology if you need a helping hand getting started
Know what you’re looking at in your accounts to start to develop an understanding of your cost of production
Ask the right questions of your accountant if you aren’t sure where to begin
Take control of your own business decisions

This course is part of our Roots to Resilience programme and supports three key principles to help you build stronger businesses:

Get CLARITY on your goals and ambitions for your business and create a clear plan to get there
OWN the actions and decisions needed on your farm
Build a COMMUNITY to turn to for advice and support

Booking

Cost: £216 (inclusive of VAT)

There is limited availability – we recommend booking early.

Delivered by experienced trainers, this course offers exceptional value for farmers who are ready to take control of their business performance.

Places are strictly limited to ensure a valuable learning experience – book early using the link above to avoid disappointment.

The course is 40% funded by AHDB and is UK Rural Skills accredited.

Further financial support may be available from other organisations in your region to support your attendance. Please contact Emily Symonds for further information.

Other events in this series:

Important information

When you book a place on these workshops, your booking and payment will be processed by Agricultural Business Training via Ticket Tailor.

AHDB will receive your name, contact details and booking information from Agricultural Business Training for the purpose of managing the event and evaluating its impact.

For details on how AHDB handles your personal data, please see our Privacy Notice.

For details on how Agricultural Business Training handles your data, please refer to their privacy policy on the booking page.

Worcestershire: Know it to grow it – Beef and lamb business foundations

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:44:20 GMT

This practical two-day course is ideal for farmers who want to improve their understanding of farm finances without being overwhelmed by complexity.

Why attend?

A strong understanding of your farm accounts and enterprise margins is vital for the profitability, resilience and sustainability of beef and sheep businesses.

Yet many farmers find financial management and business planning complex, intimidating or something best left to the accountant.

This course is designed to change that.

It will give you the knowledge and confidence to:

Understand key financial terminology if you need a helping hand getting started
Know what you’re looking at in your accounts to start to develop an understanding of your cost of production
Ask the right questions of your accountant if you aren’t sure where to begin
Take control of your own business decisions

This course is part of our Roots to Resilience programme and supports three key principles to help you build stronger businesses:

Get CLARITY on your goals and ambitions for your business and create a clear plan to get there
OWN the actions and decisions needed on your farm
Build a COMMUNITY to turn to for advice and support

Booking

Cost: £216 (inclusive of VAT)

There is limited availability – we recommend booking early.

Delivered by experienced trainers, this course offers exceptional value for farmers who are ready to take control of their business performance.

Places are strictly limited to ensure a valuable learning experience – book early using the link above to avoid disappointment.

The course is 40% funded by AHDB and is UK Rural Skills accredited.

Further financial support may be available from other organisations in your region to support your attendance. Please contact Grace Whitlow for further information.

Other events in this series

Important information

When you book a place on these workshops, your booking and payment will be processed by Agricultural Business Training via Ticket Tailor.

AHDB will receive your name, contact details and booking information from Agricultural Business Training for the purpose of managing the event and evaluating its impact.

For details on how AHDB handles your personal data, please see our Privacy Notice.

For details on how Agricultural Business Training handles your data, please refer to their privacy policy on the booking page.

Hampshire: Know it to grow it – Beef and lamb business foundations

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 13:23:51 GMT

This practical two-day course is ideal for farmers who want to improve their understanding of farm finances without being overwhelmed by complexity.

Why attend?

A strong understanding of your farm accounts and enterprise margins is vital for the profitability, resilience and sustainability of beef and sheep businesses.

Yet many farmers find financial management and business planning complex, intimidating or something best left to the accountant.

This course is designed to change that.

It will give you the knowledge and confidence to:

Understand key financial terminology if you need a helping hand getting started
Know what you’re looking at in your accounts to start to develop an understanding of your cost of production
Ask the right questions of your accountant if you aren’t sure where to begin
Take control of your own business decisions

This course is part of our Roots to Resilience programme and supports three key principles to help you build stronger businesses:

Get CLARITY on your goals and ambitions for your business and create a clear plan to get there
OWN the actions and decisions needed on your farm
Build a COMMUNITY to turn to for advice and support

Booking

Cost: £216 (inclusive of VAT)

There is limited availability – we recommend booking early.

Delivered by experienced trainers, this course offers exceptional value for farmers who are ready to take control of their business performance.

Places are strictly limited to ensure a valuable learning experience – book early using the link above to avoid disappointment.

The course is 40% funded by AHDB and is UK Rural Skills accredited.

Further financial support may be available from other organisations in your region to support your attendance. Please contact Katrina Thompson for further information.

Other events in this series

Important information

When you book a place on these workshops, your booking and payment will be processed by Agricultural Business Training via Ticket Tailor.

AHDB will receive your name, contact details and booking information from Agricultural Business Training for the purpose of managing the event and evaluating its impact.

For details on how AHDB handles your personal data, please see our Privacy Notice.

For details on how Agricultural Business Training handles your data, please refer to their privacy policy on the booking page.

Devon: Know it to grow it – Beef and lamb business foundations

Wed, 26 Nov 2025 11:59:51 GMT

This practical two-day course is ideal for farmers who want to improve their understanding of farm finances without being overwhelmed by complexity.

Why attend?

A strong understanding of your farm accounts and enterprise margins is vital for the profitability, resilience and sustainability of beef and sheep businesses.

Yet many farmers find financial management and business planning complex, intimidating or something best left to the accountant.

This course is designed to change that.

It will give you the knowledge and confidence to:

Understand key financial terminology if you need a helping hand getting started
Know what you’re looking at in your accounts to start to develop an understanding of your cost of production
Ask the right questions of your accountant if you aren’t sure where to begin
Take control of your own business decisions

This course is part of our Roots to Resilience programme and supports three key principles to help you build stronger businesses:

Get CLARITY on your goals and ambitions for your business and create a clear plan to get there
OWN the actions and decisions needed on your farm
Build a COMMUNITY to turn to for advice and support

Booking

Cost: £216 (inclusive of VAT)

There is limited availability – we recommend booking early.

Delivered by experienced trainers, this course offers exceptional value for farmers who are ready to take control of their business performance.

Places are strictly limited to ensure a valuable learning experience – book early using the link above to avoid disappointment.

The course is 40% funded by AHDB and is UK Rural Skills accredited.

Further financial support may be available from other organisations in your region to support your attendance. Please contact Tom Edwards for further information.

Other events in this series

Important information

When you book a place on these workshops, your booking and payment will be processed by Agricultural Business Training via Ticket Tailor.

AHDB will receive your name, contact details and booking information from Agricultural Business Training for the purpose of managing the event and evaluating its impact.

For details on how AHDB handles your personal data, please see our Privacy Notice.

For details on how Agricultural Business Training handles your data, please refer to their privacy policy on the booking page.

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Fri, 24 Oct 2025 07:31:04 GMT

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Q3 2025 dairy market review

Thu, 16 Oct 2025 11:01:14 GMT

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AHDB publish review of dairy market indicators

Thu, 18 Sep 2025 11:13:15 GMT

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Farmbench for better margins: What set the top 25% of suckler herds apart in 2023-24?

Wed, 20 Aug 2025 08:35:29 GMT

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Barnstaple: Beef and lamb Farmbench – How does your farm stack up?

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:45:16 GMT

Join us for a joint meeting with Torch Farm Vets to learn about how our independent and secure benchmarking tool – Farmbench – can help you identify strengths and weaknesses in the performance of your beef and lamb enterprise(s).

Zoe Kingham, AHDB Farmbench Manager for the South West, will cover:

An introduction to the Farmbench tool
An overview of the Farmbench beef and lamb data collection process
How your farm report outputs can help with decision making on your farm

You will also meet your new South West Beef & Lamb Engagement Manager Tom Edwards.

Refreshments will be provided.

To register, please contact Zoe Kingham:

E: zoe.kingham@ahdb.org.uk

M: 07776 594789

Holsworthy: Beef and lamb Farmbench – How does your farm stack up?

Wed, 27 Nov 2024 10:45:16 GMT

Join us for a joint meeting with Torch Farm Vets to learn about how our independent and secure benchmarking tool – Farmbench – can help you identify strengths and weaknesses in the performance of your beef and lamb enterprise(s).

Zoe Kingham, AHDB Farmbench Manager for the South West, will cover:

An introduction to the Farmbench tool
An overview of the Farmbench beef and lamb data collection process
How your farm report outputs can help with decision making on your farm

You will also meet your new South West Beef & Lamb Engagement Manager Tom Edwards.

A light lunch will be provided.

To register, please contact Zoe Kingham:

E: zoe.kingham@ahdb.org.uk

M: 07776 594789

Farmbench can boost business performance

Mon, 16 Oct 2023 12:38:42 GMT

Farmbench can boost business performance

Committing to a production system can make more money

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New AHDB service offers bespoke farm business support

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Farm Business Review

Wed, 18 Aug 2021 08:21:00 GMT

Farm Business Review

Restructuring borrowing for your farm business

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 13:54:14 GMT

Restructuring borrowing for your farm business

Understanding your finances and farm business accounts

Thu, 12 Aug 2021 10:53:44 GMT

Understanding your finances and farm business accounts

Farm business

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Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – making use of production data

Thu, 22 Jul 2021 14:49:54 GMT

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) – making use of production data

AHDB secures funding to help future proof thousands of farm businesses

Wed, 14 Jul 2021 09:55:59 GMT

AHDB secures funding to help future proof thousands of farm businesses