A new program has been developed to assist farm women who are just starting or are direct-marketing their farm products in Dunn, Pierce, Polk & St. Croix and surrounding counties. Annie’s Project, is modeled after a widely successful program that started in Illinois and has spread to over 20 states.
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Price volatility not only creates challenges for managing Cash Flow (Liquidity) but also affects Solvency and Profitability.
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The Farm Earnings/Income Statement is the financial instrument providing detail of how your business arrived at a level of profit or lack of therein.
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Farm women from Monroe, Jackson, La Crosse, Juneau and Vernon Counties and the surrounding area are invited to participate in the Heart of the Farm – Women in Agriculture conference to be held in Sparta on Friday, Feb. 24, 2012. This program provides farm women with the opportunity to network with other farm women and learn about various risk management topics and tools that are pertinent to farming.
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The Monroe, Jackson, La Crosse and Vernon County University of Wisconsin-Extension offices are sponsoring a two-session workshop for farm women to be held at the Leon Community Center in Leon, WI. The workshops will be held on Jan. 18, from 10:30 a.m. – 2 p.m. and Feb. 1 from 9 a.m. – 3 p.m.
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Contact: Ken Bolton, 715-877-1420, Kenneth.bolton@ces.uwex.edu Do you have enough insurance coverage for your farm? Insurance is only one, but perhaps the most common, tool in your risk management arsenal according to Ken Bolton, University of Wisconsin-Extension, Center for Dairy Profitability. Although a commonly held belief may be that liability insurance covers claims not covered by […]
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Contact: Joy Kirkpatrick, 608-263-3485, joy.kirkpatrick@wisc.edu A generation ago, passing on the family farm was a simple process. Profit margins were higher, land values were lower, farm size was smaller, and tax rates were not significant. More often than not, a farmer could draft a simple will to transfer ownership to his children. We are facing […]
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Contact: Joy Kirkpatrick, 608-263-3485 Kevin Jarek, 920-832-5119 Nick Schneider, 920-232-1970 Planning for the Unexpected Tomorrow is a workshop designed to help farm couples and families work through the planning of those untimely, unexpected events – such as an injury, chronic illness or death – that can send the family and the business into a tailspin. […]
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Contact Persons: Rose Skora, 262-857-1945 or 262-886-8460, rose.skora@ces.uwex.edu. Farm women who are just starting or are direct-marketing their farm products are invited to participate in the upcoming Annie’s Project workshops. Annie’s Project is modeled after a widely successful program that started in Illinois and has spread to over 20 states. While the original Annie’s Project […]
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Contact: Ken Bolton, 715-877-1420, kenneth.bolton@ces.uwex.edu Financial stressors experienced in the dairy industry since late 2008 have sharpened dairy producer interest in maximizing income over fed cost (IOFC.) However, much confusion exists throughout the industry as to the relationship between reducing feed cost and net revenue generated. At the end of the day the only thing […]
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