CISA Workshop - Farming Smarter, Not Harder: Tune-up your business and increase your net profit

CISA Winter Workshop Series 2010 #3

CISA will be holding a six-workshop series entitled “Financial Management Planning” starting the end of January. The series will cover basic financial concepts important to agriculture businesses and help farmers think holistically about financial planning. CISA’s technical assistance workshops are supported in part by USDA/Risk Management Agency, USDA/Rural Development, USDA/Agricultural Marketing Service and by individual contributors and Local Hero members. Financial Management workshops are based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2007-49200-03888.

Each of the 6 sessions costs $10 for Local Hero members; $15 for non-members, dinner is included. If you sign up for the complete series then the total cost for the Financial Management Practices workshops is $40 for Local Hero members; $50 for non-members. Participants who attend the complete series will be eligible for up to three hours of 1x1 consultation time at the end of the series. Pre-registration is required by calling or emailing Devon Whitney-Deal at 413-665-7100 or devon@buylocalfood.org.

Farming Smarter, Not Harder: Tune-up your business and increase your net profit.Tuesday, February 9, 6:00pm-8:30pm
At the Food Bank of Western MA Conf. Room
97 North Hatfield Rd., Hatfield
Have an allergic reaction to business? Want to work less and make more money? Wonder where all the money comes and goes? Find out your farm’s profit centers- which parts of your farm make the most money and which may actually lose money.

Enterprise analysis looks at all the different things you do on the farm and rates them side by side for comparison. Richard Wiswall from Cate Farm, VT will teach you what you need to know so you can work on these important farm business concerns.

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