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2018 Farm
Management School to be Offered in Darke County
By Sam Custer, OSU Extension, Darke County
According to AgWeek, “the most recent U.S. Department of Agriculture
statistics show that the number of farmers ages 25 to 34 is growing
nationwide. That’s the result of strong crop prices from 2007 to 2013,
which generated higher farm income and gave young would-be farmers a
better chance to support themselves and their families.
Young farmers and ranchers, for their part, say they’re not being
handed anything and that they face major financial challenges. The
strong crop prices that encouraged young farmers to get started are
gone -- corn, which once sold for as much $8 per bushel, brings about
$3.50 per bushel now -- but land prices, which soared during the boom
years, haven’t come down.”
OSU Extension will be partnering with Farm Credit Mid-America to hold a
Farm Management School this winter to address this need from the
agriculture community. The series is for all those in farming or
agriculture businesses interested in finances, business plans and how
to make their operation successful.
What we will cover:
January 4
Making Record Keeping Do More Than the Tax
Return
Developing Your Balance Sheet
Mission and Business Plan
January 18
Cost of Production and Budgets for 2018
Record Keeping and Enterprise
Analysis
Ag Law
February 1
Crop Insurance
Farm Transition Planning
Taking Your Farm or Ag Business a New
Direction
Presenters for the series will include Bruce Clevenger, Eric Richer,
Dianne Shoemaker, Peggy Hall, Ben Brown and Sam Custer from Ohio State
University Extension. Farm Credit Mid-America team members will
also be a presenters.
OSU Extension, Darke County would like to thank our sponsor Farm Credit
Mid-America for their support in holding this program.
PRE-REGISTRATION AND PRE-PAYMENT ARE REQUIRED. Download the full
flyer and registration at http://go.osu.edu/darkefarmmanagementschool.
$50 per person. Registration deadline is December 27,
2017. Registration includes snacks and materials.
Make checks payable to Ohio State University Extension. Mail to
OSU Extension, Darke County, 603 Wagner Ave, Greenville, Ohio
45331.
For more information about OSU Extension, Darke County, visit the Darke
County OSU Extension web site at www.darke.osu.edu, the OSU Extension
Darke County Facebook page or contact Sam Custer, at 937.548.5215.
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