Date: February 4th, 2025

Snow Date: February 5th, 2025

Time: 9:30 am - 4:00 pm

Place: The Henry A. Wallace Center at the FDR Presidential Library and Home

Address: 4079 Albany Post Road, Hyde Park, NY 12538

Join Cornell Cooperative Extension for a day-long intensive focused on leafy greens production! This intensive will focus on both summer and winter growing and will feature grower insights and research. Topics include: soil steaming, spinach variety trials, pest management, heat tolerant varieties and a moderated grower to grower conversation.

DEC credits applied for.

Cost: TDB, lunch is included.

Registration will open when the details are confirmed, check back soon!

Do you need a business plan for your farm?  Do you have an idea for a new venture, but aren't sure if it will work? This program is for you!

This course is designed for existing farm businesses or those planning to undertake a new farm business venture. Students will work with their farm's data, and the goal of the class is for participants to have a draft of a written business plan for a specific business venture.

During the course, you will learn to:

• Assess whether or not a business idea is a good fit for you.
• Develop a marketing strategy to make a profit
• Use financial tools to evaluate if your business has the potential to be profitable

This online course meets from January 7-March 4, 2025.  All course content is available online so you can work on it at your own pace.  There will be weekly webinars where you can meet other students and interact directly with the instructor on the content.  These webinars will be recorded. 

Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)

• Session 5:  Revenue and Product Mix to Achieve Your Goals

For the 2nd year in a row, we'll be having the Western NY Fruit Conference at the DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel in Rochester!  It will be another 1 1/2 day conference. Stay tuned for program and registration info as we get closer.

Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)

• Session 6: Marketing Plan and Evaluation of Marketing Efforts

GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!

Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)

• Session 7: The Basics of Financial Statements

This virtual workshop will serve two purposes: 

• For produce farms just interested in learning about farm food safety, this program will introduce principles and best practices.
• For produce farms look for a GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) training needed to meet buyer demands for audit/certification, this program will provide that as well.

GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!

Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)

• Session 8: Enhancing Confidence in Your Numbers

GRANT MONEY FOR YOUR FARM? IT'S POSSIBLE! THIS WORKSHOP WILL SHOW YOU HOW!

Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)

• Session 9: Using Financial Statements and Financial Information to Plan and Evaluate an Enterprise

Do you need a business plan for your farm?  Do you have an idea for a new venture, but aren't sure if it will work? This program is for you!

This course is designed for existing farm businesses or those planning to undertake a new farm business venture. Students will work with their farm's data, and the goal of the class is for participants to have a draft of a written business plan for a specific business venture.

During the course, you will learn to:

• Assess whether or not a business idea is a good fit for you.
• Develop a marketing strategy to make a profit
• Use financial tools to evaluate if your business has the potential to be profitable

This online course meets from January 7-March 4, 2025.  All course content is available online so you can work on it at your own pace.  There will be weekly webinars where you can meet other students and interact directly with the instructor on the content.  These webinars will be recorded.