Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture Enrollment

Program Areas

  • Food Safety
  • Variety Evaluation
  • Market Development
  • Pest Management
  • Cultural Practices

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  • Telephone / Email Consultations
  • Newsletter
  • Direct Mailings
  • Educational Meetings & Conferences
  • In-Field Educational Opportunities
  • On-Farm Research Trials

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How Profitable will My New Orchard Investment Be? Evaluating Capital Investment Decisions in a Farm Business

The purpose of this on-line course is to help you learn to make informed investment decisions for your farm.  The focus is on investment decisions that have long-term implications for your business.  The course uses an apple farm, Smith Orchard, as an example, but the skills taught in this class are appropriate for any farm business.  In this course you will learn to:

  1. Identify possible investment opportunities for your farm.
  2. Use your financial statements, farm financial information, and other data to evaluate your farm's performance and to help prioritize investment options.
  3. Develop an enterprise budget and use your enterprise budgets and partial budget analysis to evaluate the risk and profitability of potential investments.
  4. Use cost-benefit analysis tools that consider the time value of money to help you choose among investment options.

The course is held over 2 weeks and the primary mode of instruction will be online using Moodle.  You will have access to instructional videos, written instructions, sample financial information and practice scenarios and on-line forums for discussion.  This work can be done at a time and location that is convenient to you.  Each week will end with a 1.5 hour Zoom session on Thursday from 3:00-4:30, where we will go over key concepts and answer any questions you may have.  The Zoom sessions will be recorded if you are unable to attend.






Event Details

Week 1 of the course (February 23-Feb 29)

Date

February 29, 2024

Time

3:00-4:30

Location

Zoom

Cost

Registration : $25.00

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Week 1 of the course (February 23-Feb 29)



In week 1 you will learn:

  • How and why to use a structured process to make investment decisions.
  • Identifying the problem to be addressed, generating possible solutions and identifying what information you need to acquire.
  • Gathering data and using farm financial statements and farm financial ratios to help make decisions.

You will have access to videos and resources to learn and practice using the concepts covered.  In the zoom session we will consider scenarios and go over questions you may have.





Event Details

Week 2 (March 1 - March 7)

Date

March 7, 2024

Time

3:00-4:30

Location

Zoom

Host

Eastern New York Commercial Horticulture


Week 2 (March 1 - March 7)



In Week 2 you will learn

  1. How to develop an enterprise budget and use your enterprise budgets and partial budget analysis to evaluate the risk and profitability of potential investments.
  2. How to use cost-benefit analysis tools that consider the time value of money to help you choose among investment options.

Like week 1 you will have access to videos and resources to learn and practice using the concepts covered.  In the zoom session on Thursday we will consider scenarios and go over questions you may have.



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Apples

Apples

Apricots

Apricots

Asparagus

Asparagus

Beets

Beets

Blueberries

Blueberries

Broccoli

Broccoli

Brussels Sprouts

Brussels Sprouts

Cabbage

Cabbage

Carrots

Carrots

Cauliflower

Cauliflower

Cherries

Cherries

Cucumbers

Cucumbers

Dry Beans

Dry Beans

Eggplant

Eggplant

Ethnic Vegetables

Ethnic Vegetables

Garlic

Garlic

Grapes

Grapes

Horseradish

Horseradish

Kohlrabi

Kohlrabi

Leeks

Leeks

Lettuce / Leafy Greens

Lettuce / Leafy Greens

Melons

Melons

Nectarines

Nectarines

Onions

Onions

Parsnips

Parsnips

Peaches

Peaches

Pears

Pears

Peas

Peas

Peppers

Peppers

Plums

Plums

Potatoes

Potatoes

Pumpkins / Gourds

Pumpkins / Gourds

Radishes

Radishes

Raspberries / Blackberries

Raspberries / Blackberries

Rhubarb

Rhubarb

Rutabaga

Rutabaga

Snap Beans

Snap Beans

Squash - Summer

Squash - Summer

Squash- Winter

Squash- Winter

Strawberries

Strawberries

Sweet Corn

Sweet Corn

Sweet Potatoes

Sweet Potatoes

Tomatoes

Tomatoes

Turnips

Turnips

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Upcoming Events

Blind Industry White Wine Tasting Workshop

April 1, 2025 : Blind Industry White Wine Tasting Workshop
Germantown, NY

This event is a blind wine tasting for ENY grape industry members to get feedback from fellow growers and Cornell Enologists on unfinished white wines (hybrid, vinifera, etc.)

We respectfully request that only professional winemakers or commercial vineyard owners attend, as space is limited. Limit two wines per winery/vineyard.

Pre-registration is required.  For questions, please contact Jeremy Schuster at jds544@cornell.edu

Announcements

2025 CCE ENYCHP Subscriptions and Guidelines

2025 Guidelines and CCE ENYCHP Subscriptions

We just wanted to let everyone know that the 2025 Cornell Guides for Integrated Pest Management (aka The Recommends), will not be available in either print or online versions until the end of March at the earliest, with many not releasing until April. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. This is also why we were delaying the Eastern NY Commercial Horticulture Subscription notice as we offer the ability for you to order those Management Guidelines through our program. Below is the link to the 2025 CCE ENYCHP Subscription form as well as a link to our 2024 Annual Report.

For questions or comments, please contact Chuck Bornt at 518-859-6213 or cdb13@cornell.edu 

Thank you and have a great 2025 season!

2025 CCE ENYCHP Subscription Form

2023-2024 CCE ENYCHP Annual Report



Resources from CCE ENYCHP!


This website (https://enych.cce.cornell.edu/) contains our calendar of upcoming programs and registration links. For updated programmatic information, technical resources and links to newsletters please see our program blog site: https://blogs.cornell.edu/enychp/.
We also maintain the following online resources that you can view directly from these links:

• CCE ENYCH YouTube (program videos): https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSk_E-ZKqSClcas49Cnvxkw

• CCE ENYCH Facebook (program social media): https://www.facebook.com/CCEENYCHP/

• CCE ENYCH Instagram (program social media): https://www.instagram.com/cceenychp/?hl=en