Farm Business Resilience Program
The Farm Business Resilience Program (FBRP) supports primary producers across Queensland.
The program helps you review all areas of your business, assess risks, and develop strategies through a tailored Farm Business Resilience Plan.
It can also help you access grants and loans through the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority (QRIDA) or private financiers to support projects that strengthen drought and disaster preparedness. Building long-term resilience enables your farm to better absorb challenges and recover from impacts on production and financial returns.
About the Farm Business Resilience Program
The Farm Business Resilience Program (FBRP) gives you access to subsidised learning and development opportunities. It also helps you identify gaps and priorities in your business.
Through the program, you can access tools to:
- prepare for and manage risk
- adapt to a changing climate
- strengthen resilience.
Skill areas include:
- family business planning
- personal and social resilience
- natural resource management.
All primary producers in Queensland are eligible to take part.
Farm Business Resilience Program - Express Your Interest
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How to get started on your Farm Business Resilience Plan
Step 1: Watch QFF’s introductory webinar discussing the importance of a Farm Business Resilience Plan.
Step 2: Complete the Self-Assessment Checklist to identify the areas your business is doing well and the areas that might need improvement. Read the Guidance Notes get in contact with the QFF team who will happily walk you through the process.
Step 3: Get started writing your Farm Business Resilience Plan using the FBRP generic template as a guide. It doesn’t have to be perfect, just put pen to paper.
For Cotton Producers, the templates below have been developed for your industry.
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Who is eligible to participate?
Drought relief funding is available to help eligible participants achieve drought preparedness goals. QFF encourages all farm businesses to take part in the FBRP, as it is a valuable tool for assessing risks and building resilience.
For financial assistance, the Queensland Rural and Industry Development Authority (QRIDA) defines a primary producer as:
- a sole trader who does most of their work on the farm and earns most of their income from it, or
- a partnership, company or trust that runs a farm business, where the partners, shareholders or beneficiaries do most of their work on, and earn most of their income from, the business.
What is a Farm Business Resilience Plan?
A Farm Business Resilience Plan helps you identify, assess and manage risks such as drought by developing strategies and actions to address them. You will need a Farm Business Resilience Plan, or a similar plan, to apply for Drought Assistance Grants and Loans available through QRIDA.
Your plan should be evidence-based and tailored to your business operation. It should outline how you will put it into action, and be reviewed regularly so you can respond to changes and manage their impacts.
You can complete your Farm Business Resilience Plan online in your own time, or with support from the QFF team or your industry group.
What finance assistance is available?
Financial assistance is available through QRIDA. To apply, you’ll need a completed Farm Business Resilience Plan. For more information, visit QRIDA’s website here.
Our project partners
The Farm Business Resilience Program is jointly funded through the Australian Government’s Future Drought Fund and the Queensland Government’s Drought and Climate Adaptation Program.
