For modern farmers, the key to success is networking, marketing and a solid financial plan according to a survey by the NSW Department of Primary Industries (DPI).

The 2016 survey suggested that the top three biggest aids to start-up farmers were finance at 85 per cent, access to land at 65 per cent, and shared farming opportunities at 55 per cent.

Alexandra Hicks, manager of the NSW DPI Young Farmers Business Program (YFBP), said the six month workshop coming to the region targeted 18-35-year-olds to help with these key business factors.

"One of the goals of the program is to build a business hub of young farmers in the region so they can become a community of their own as we acknowledge running small business is often a solo task, so it's great to have that support," she said.

"We cover running a small business right from goal setting, finance, working with family and sales, to becoming a price setter and not a price taker."

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Nigel Spink is a 35-year-old beef farmer two hours East of Wagga, and started the business on his own.

"I grew up on a family farm, so I know how it all works and have been farming since 2009, but I went out on my own stud operation in 2011," he said.

"It is a growing business selling finished grass-fed charolais bulls and females each year."

Mr Spink is one young farmer soon to begin the YFBP, and said he was looking for ways to progress his business.

"It's a great opportunity to see how the business can progress and to gain those extra skills," he said.

"With the way all business is going, we need to run a profitable business, and to do that we need to market our product which has changed a lot over the years so we need to keep up."

The program runs for six months with two face-to-face workshops on either end. While the organisation have had workshops in Wagga in the past, this is the first long-term-focused program and Ms Hicks said there was a significant need for it.

"Despite the region being in drought, we continue to see big attendances at these types of events - Young farmers are hungry for knowledge on accounting, being accountable, and making connections, it's inspiring for them," she said.

Accountability and motivation is a big contributor to the success of a farming business, according to Ms Hicks.

"Once you're inside the program, something will happen every week, maybe a phone call, a module on the online learning hub, maybe a huge Australia wide phone call, then homework," she said.

"It creates momentum and holds people accountable.

"We get that you're on your own and it's easy to slip behind, but once you're inside the group you have that momentum to keep going, even if it is in an online space."

With the motto 'Work on it, not in it' in relation to a farming business, the YFBP assists young farmers with their business, no matter the size.

The program starts late July.

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