Dossier5 Days over 1 Week |
THE W.I.R.E. PROGRAM SCHEDULE.
5 days over 1 week with field trips
DAY 1: OPPORTUNITIES IN AGRICULTURE
8:00 Xxx Registrations
8:30 Host Introductions
Xxx WIRE Case Study: Warbonnet Ranch, analyzing the alternatives
Problems/Opportunities 5, 10, 15 years in future
Ways to meet these challenges
The W.I.R.E. Process
9:00 BREAK
9:30 Host / Xxx PROBLEM SET - Bobby’s Business Ranch/High Tech Ranch
Scenario Discussion
STRATEGIC GOALS - "Where" Are We Going?
10:00 Xxx Importance of Strategic Planning
Establishing SMART Strategic Goals
10:30 Xxx Introduction to WIRE course materials
Introduction to Homestead and its Goals
Summarize Strategic Goal Setting
11:00 Xxx Introduction to Resources Needed to Achieve Goals
PROBLEM SET - Assigning Costs to Goals
Discussion of Goal Cost Problem Set
11:30 Xxx Introduce WIRE Workbook
PROBLEM SET - Strategic Goal Setting for Own Operations
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 Xxx Resources, Resource Balance Sheets and Resource Flow Statements
Homestead’s RESOURCES and FLOW STATEMENTS
PROBLEM SET - WIRE Workbook Inventory of Own Resource(s)
1:30 BREAK
1:45 Xxx RESOURCE INVENTORY FIELD TRIP
An Introduction to INVENTORYING RESOURCES:
Technical Aspects of Range Site Determination
(3:15 to the field) Technical Aspects of Range Condition Evaluation
Observations Necessary to Determine Trend in Range Condition
PROBLEM SET - Setting Stocking Rate and Developing a Grazing Plan
6:30 Host / Xxx BAR-B-QUE SUPPER
**INSTRUCTOR DISCUSSION SESSION**
DAY 2:
8:00 Xxx Personality Style Evaluation
Score Evaluations and Gather Results
9:30 BREAK
9:45 Xxx Human Interactions Model
Results of the Personality Profile Evaluation
How to Apply the Evaluation Results in Daily Management
11:00 Xxx Human Relations/Interactions
11:30 Xxx Team Building
PROBLEM SET - Small Group Interaction Exercise
12:00 LUNCH
TACTICAL PLANNING - "How" Will We Get There?
1:00 Xxx Introduction to Tactical Level Planning
The W.I.R.E. Process
What You Do to Reach Strategic Goals
Setting Tactical Goals
1:30 John PROBLEM SET - Determine the Limiting Resource
2:00 Xxx Six Factors Affecting Profit
2:45 BREAK
3:00 Xxx Introduction to a Financial Calculator - A Tactical Tool
Using a Financial Calculator for Financial Analysis
Learn Calculator Functions by Working Calculator Problems
5:30 SUPPER
**INSTRUCTOR DISCUSSION SESSION**
DAY 3:
8:00 Xxx Discussion of:
- Goal Setting and Own Resource Inventory Problem Set
- Determining the Limiting Resource Problem Set
8:30 Xxx Exploration of Potential Alternatives for Homestead
The W.I.R.E. Process
Enterprise Budgets and the Added Concept
9:30 BREAK
9:45 Xxx Decision Trees
Investment Analysis
11:00 Xxx Discussion of Enterprise Mix, Enterprise Plans and Limiting Resources—
Distilling Potential Enterprises Down For More Detailed Consideration
11:30 Xxx TACTICAL PLANNING PROBLEM SET - Management Teams work on
Enterprise Mix Problem Set
12:00 LUNCH
2:00 Xxx Discussion of Management Team Tactical Plans
2:30 Xxx Tools of Tactical Planning
The W.I.R.E. Process
Enterprise Plans
2:45 BREAK
3:00 Xxx ENTERPRISE PLAN PROBLEM SET- Teams work on development of
an enterprise plan for a NEW enterprise
4:00 Xxx Discuss Team Developed Enterprise Plans
4:30 Xxx Introduce Other Tactical Options for Homestead
PROBLEM SET - Retained Ownership Options
5:00 SUPPER
6:30 Xxx Stocking Rates and Grazing Plans, Using WIRE Tools to Find Solutions
**INSTRUCTOR DISCUSSION SESSION**
DAY 4:
8:00 Xxx Discuss Retained Ownership Problem Set
8:30 Xxx Resource Flow Plans
9:00 Xxx RESOURCE FLOW PROBLEM SET - Management Teams work on
Resource Flow Plan for FORAGE FLOW with added new enterprise
9:30 BREAK
10:00 Xxx Resource Flow Problem Discussion
10:30 Xxx Discuss Homestead ACTUAL Enterprise Mix and REVIEW the Homestead Goals
OPERATIONAL PLANNING - "Making the Trip"
11:00 Xxx Operational Planning
Management Team Meetings
11:15 Xxx EPDs and Bull Selection
EPD ‘Quarter-anti’ Contest
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 Xxx Classroom Presentation of Forages and Forage Management
Hay Samples and Nutrition Analysis
2:30 BREAK & TRAVEL TO FIELD TRIP SITE
3:00 Xxx At the Hay Stack -
Evaluating Hay Samples with Hay Score Cards
Hay Sampling Techniques and Test Results
4:00 Xxx Body Condition Scoring
Pelvic Measurement/Scrotal Measurement
Cattle Weight Guessing and Weighing
5:00 RETURN TO TOWN
6:30 Host / Xxx AWARDS BANQUET with GUEST SPEAKER
**INSTRUCTOR DISCUSSION SESSION**
DAY 5:
8:00 Xxx Operational options & Monitoring the BASIC-NATURAL Resource
8:40 Xxx Operational options & Monitoring the HUMAN Resource
9:20 Xxx Operational options & Monitoring the LIVESTOCK Resource
10:00 BREAK
10:30 Xxx Operational options & Monitoring the FINANCIAL Resource
11:15 Xxx Operational options & Monitoring the WILDLIFE Resource
12:00 LUNCH
1:00 Xxx Resource Performance
1:30 Xxx PROBLEM SET- Management Teams Analyze Resource Performance for Homestead
3:00 Xxx Discuss Resource Performance Problem Set
3:30 Xxx The W.I.R.E. Process
Course Wrap-Up
4:00 Xxx Program Evaluation by Participants & WIRE Examination
**INSTRUCTOR DISCUSSION SESSION**
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