Training for NE Beginning Farmer Service Providers, Oct 27-29
This year’s conference, Re-strategizing with advanced BF’s: Supporting scale-up and farm investment decision making, will be at the CenturyHouse in Albany, NY from October 27-29th, 2014. This train-the-trainer conference will help you deepen your skills in supporting advanced beginning farmers and connect you with a BF service provider network that reaches across the Northeast. We will offer intensive workshops on Credit Readiness, Farm Financial Analysis, … Read More
Beginning Farmer Discussion Group Roundtable
Would you like to learn how to lobby for a new agricultural law? Are you interested in learning if you should set your business up as an LLC, Sole Proprietorship or Partnership? Do you want to know if any USDA grants are available for Beginning Farmers? Attend the Beginning Farmer Discussion Group Roundtable on Thursday, … Read More
Beginning Farmer Articles from Small Farm Quarterly
We’ve compiled and recently updated a list of Small Farm Quarterly articles specifically relevant to beginning farmers. Look through articles about financing a new farm, farmland access, livestock, dairy, vegetable production, and general beginning farmer resources for ideas and inspiration: https://nebeginningfarmers.org/publications/beginning-farmer-articles-from-small-farm-quarterly/.
Certification Trainings for Beef Quality Assurance
There will be 9 BQA (Beef Quality Assurance) certification trainings available through out New York in October (1 in September). Our goal is to certify or re-certify 100 producers. There will be a drawing for a $250 gift certificate to use at your veterinary clinic and 2 bags of minerals. Thanks to Boehringer Ingelheim and Kent Feeds … Read More
Hands-on Mozzarella Class
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Cortland County will offer a cheese workshop at Trinity Valley farm store and bakery for anyone interested in learning to make cheese at home. This is a “hands on” workshop; we will break up into teams of two and each team will make a batch of cheese during the workshop, lead … Read More
Roundtable: Meet Erie County’s Agricultural Organizations
Would you like to learn how to lobby for a new agricultural law? Are you interested in learning if you should set your business up as an LLC, Sole Proprietorship or Partnership? Do you want to know if any USDA grants are available for Beginning Farmers? Attend the Beginning Farmer Discussion Group Roundtable on Thursday, … Read More
Farmer Landowner Match Program
Are you looking for farmland to start a new operation, or for land to diversify and expand an existing farm? If so, the Columbia Land Conservancy (CLC) has a program tailored just for you. It is the Farmer Landowner Match Program, an initiative that connects landowners seeking to have their land farmed with farmers seeking … Read More
FairRent Program Helps Farmers Evaluate Land-Rental Payments
The Center for Farm Financial Management at the University of Minnesota has released FairRent, a software tool that helps farmers evaluate land-rental decisions by estimating the income remaining for cash rent after all other expenses. The program can be used to evaluate cash, share, and flexible rental arrangements. Learn more at https://fairrent.umn.edu/Default.aspx.