Nevertire's Rebecca George has been selected to take part in the GenAngus Future Leaders Program early next week.
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The program consists of 10 young leaders from around Australia who will attend a three-day workshop online before beginning a 12-month leadership journey.
Ms George was selected out a large number of applicants and admitted she was eager to get started.
"It's a really unique program I think," she said.
"It's really specialised to agricultural businesses and beef businesses.
"There's not too many leadership programs out there that are that specific in just catering towards businesses who are focused on beef production.
"So I'm really looking excited about it."
The GenAngus Future Leaders Program is targeted at those who wish to start up their own business in the beef industry or continue in an existing business.
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For Ms George, she works with her family on their property while also being a part-time veterinary nurse/assistant and feels the workshop will be able to help develop her skills in order to keep building the family business going forward.
"I recently graduated university and I've been working part-time for my parents on our family farm," she said.
"We have a commercial herd of Angus cattle as well as some meat sheep and we do broadacre cropping.
"So I've always been involved in the business but I've taken on a bit more after graduating.
"This program is going to have a lot I can bring back to the business and put in there to see if we can make a few improvements.
"Especially in the business side and the financial planning as well there are few projects that we want to undertake on the farm soon."
While the three-day workshop will cover a wide range of topics, Ms George knows there a few in particular she is keen to learn about.
"I've had a look over the topics before I applied but when I got in the ones that really stood out to me were the business benchmarking and financially planning," she said.
"As well as the succession planning which is super relevant for family farms so they are the main ones that I'm really looking out for.
"There's a lot of other fun stuff happening there as well like genetics and different marking for your beef."
Ms George believes the financial side of her family property and agriculture in general can be overlooked at times when thinking about the industry.
"I feel like it can be overlooked but it's super important," he said.
"It's especially important because we a bit drought prone out here.
"You want to make the most of your good seasons and then have some management strategies in place for when we do hit those drier times.
"To have those things place to be able to make some decisions and to be able to try be profitable at least."
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