Core Course
The Core Course: modules 1 to 11.
The business of farming, module by module. Each module answers a single commercial question, sets South Africa against your market and ends with a task on your own land.
What is inside the Core Course
RIMAI is a 14-day course of 12 modules: 11 Core Course modules, then module 12, where you choose your Major and complete your Capstone on it. Work through modules 1 to 11 in order; each names the calculator that applies it, and module 12 draws on all eleven.
The Farm as an Asset
What is my land actually worth as a business asset, and what would make a bank take it seriously?
5 lessons · T-C-01DoneModule 2Money for the Farm
Where will the money come from, what will it cost, and how do I stop one bad season or a price swing from wiping me out?
5 lessons · T-C-02DoneModule 3Productivity Economics
Which inputs, machines and technology actually pay for themselves on my farm, and which only look good?
5 lessonsDoneModule 4Getting to the Buyer
Who will buy what I produce, on what terms, and how do I choose the buyer before I choose the crop?
5 lessons · T-C-06DoneModule 5Logistics and Cold Chain
What does it cost to get my product from the farm to the buyer in sellable condition, and will that cost eat my margin?
5 lessons · T-C-05DoneModule 6Standards and Market Access
Which certificates, tests and disease rules stand between my product and the buyer who pays most, and what does it cost to pass them?
6 lessonsDoneModule 7Trade and Policy
How do government decisions on reserves, imports, exports and trade agreements move the price I will be paid, and how do I plan around them?
5 lessonsDoneModule 8Value-Add and Processing
Should I sell what I grow as it is, or turn it into something worth more, and when does processing actually pay?
4 lessonsDoneModule 9Climate, Water and Resource Risk
What can drought, water shortage and land degradation do to my business, and how do I build the venture to survive them?
6 lessons · T-C-07DoneModule 10People and Industry Structure
Who will do the work, what do buyers expect of how I treat them, and which industry bodies and groups shape the business around me?
6 lessonsDoneModule 11People, Community and Labour
Who will do the work, what will they cost, how do I lead them fairly, and how does the community around my land gain from the venture?
6 lessons · T-C-08Done