Looking for guidance on how to make sound financial and marketing decisions for your farm? Check out these six new or freshly updated publications from FFED program manager and agricultural economist Craig Chase. Download them all as free PDFs below from the ISU Extension Store. Using Whole-Farm and Enterprise Records to Make Decisions (FFED 33) … Continue reading Six new publications on analyzing farm finances
It’s conference season! Here’s another great learning opportunity for Midwest farmers. Reprinted from ISU Extension and Outreach News. The Great Plains Growers Conference is an educational opportunity for commercial fruit, vegetable, cut flower and honey bee producers from Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska and other Midwest states. Participants have access to research-based information, from both vegetable research … Continue reading Great Plains Growers Conference is Feb. 12-13 online
Register now for the Iowa Specialty Producers Conference on Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 19-20, 2021. This second joint gathering of the Iowa Fruit and Vegetable Growers Association and the Iowa Wine Growers Association will take place entirely online. Keynote speaker Hugh McPherson will share best practices for incorporating “agri-tainment” into a farming operation. He owns … Continue reading Register now for Iowa Specialty Producers Conference Jan. 19-20
Ready to explore selling your farm products to institutions? Learn how to scale up and manage risk through our virtual MarketReady workshop series beginning Feb. 13. You will learn what it takes to diversify profitably into wholesale, retail and institutional markets. The course includes seven online modules plus live virtual discussions on the following Saturdays, … Continue reading Virtual MarketReady class for producers begins Feb. 13