Does it feel like you don’t have enough time, money, or energy to make your farm or ranch a fulfilling business? We’ll provide you with the integrated management tools that help you work with nature to develop a profitable business, reduce your stress, and increase land health and productivity.
Interactive Online Classes
Learn from anywhere in a live classroom with like-minded peers while receiving personal feedback from our instructors. Live classes are also recorded for later viewing. These courses are great options for those who enjoy learning in groups. Scholarships are available.
Holistic Management® Foundation
June 15 – July 20, 2021
Learn how to more effectively manage your farm or ranch for the triple bottom line (social, environmental, and financial sustainability). Improve your ability to observe and understand relationships on your operation. Make decisions and monitor results to avoid unintended consequences and reach your goals more quickly with fewer resources.
Fundamentos del Manejo Holístico – (ESPAÑOL)
11 de Aug – 15 de Sept, 2021
Usted ha estado emocionado sobre agricultura regenerativo y los oportunidades a crear tierra sano y comida nutritivo?
Holistic Management International está ofreciendo su curso muy popular en línea sobre la Introducción de Manejo Holístico que se puede ayudar a mejorar su tierra, productividad y rentabilidad.
Financial Planning*
Aug 24 – Sept 28, 2021
Learn how to work on your business, not just in your business. This step-by-step financial planning approach will help you understand the big picture view, plan for profit, control costs, and make critical production decisions based on a clear analysis of your different enterprises. You will develop a financial plan for improved financial decisions on both annual budgets and long-term investments.
Holistic Management® Foundation
Oct 4 – Nov 8, 2021
Learn how to more effectively manage your farm or ranch for the triple bottom line (social, environmental, and financial sustainability). Improve your ability to observe and understand relationships on your operation. Make decisions and monitor results to avoid unintended consequences and reach your goals more quickly with fewer resources.
1-on-1 Learning
A full 1-on-1 technical assistance program in Holistic Management with a Certified Educator. We help you address your most pressing business management issues as outlined in the module you select. Courses can be purchased individually or as a discounted package. Scholarships are available.
Holistic Management® Foundation
Learn how to more effectively manage your farm or ranch for the triple bottom line (social, environmental, and financial sustainability). Improve your ability to observe and understand relationships on your operation. Make decisions and monitor results to avoid unintended consequences and reach your goals more quickly with fewer resources.
Financial Planning*
Learn how to work on your business, not just in your business. This step-by-step financial planning approach will help you understand the big picture view, plan for profit, control costs, and make critical production decisions based on a clear analysis of your different enterprises. You will develop a financial plan for improved financial decisions on both annual budgets and long-term investments.
Grazing Planning*
Learn the key grazing planning principles and practices for improving land and soil health and animal productivity. Understand the relationships between forage and livestock, how to better monitor livestock health, and how to address critical grazing considerations. Learn how to determine available forage, monitor livestock health, and create a step-by-step grazing plan that allows sufficient range recovery and promotes long-term productivity.
Cropping Planning
Learn how to effectively manage your cropland to increase soil fertility and resilience as well as increase profitability. Learn the latest regenerative cropping practices and a step-by-step planning process to improve crop health and production in the context of regenerative and conservation agriculture.
Marketing / Business Planning
Learn key business model and planning concepts while exploring pricing, marketing channels, opportunities, and challenges. Create your own business plan while determining viable markets for your farm or ranch.
Biological Monitoring
Develop skills to “read the land” so you can evaluate ecosystem health on a daily basis and better understand the impact of your land and livestock management practices. Learn simple monitoring techniques to annually measure changes over time and determine which monitoring techniques will give you the information to increase productivity and build long-term biodiversity and resilience.
Land Planning
Develop a land plan that optimizes your farm or ranch infrastructure to fit your environment and supports your long-term production plans. Analyze strengths and weaknesses of your current infrastructure, and prioritize implementation of infrastructure changes for financial payback.
*FSA approved in several USA states.
Certified Educator Training Program
Join our community of professional HMI Certified Educators and be a force for regenerative agriculture in the world! Graduates of our 1-on-1 learning courses have the opportunity to apply for our Certified Educator Training Program.
Not Sure Where to Start?
We will work with you on the best path forward for your farm or ranch operation. Complete our Holistic Help form for a free 30-minute phone consultation. No pressure, no strings attached!
Training with Results
- Participants who are motivated to change management practices after training: 89%
- A majority of trainees increased net profit an average of 39%
- Participants who had increased forage: 59%
- Participants who had improved herd health: 71%
- Increased water infiltration by as much as 800%
- Increased organic matter from 1% to 6%
- Participants who extended their grazing season: 59%
