Growing Farm Profits

Upcoming Southern SAWG Trainings

You've heard about our popular Annual Conference coming up this January in Little Rock … Before that big event, this fall Southern SAWG will co-host …
Growing Farm Profits A One-Day Training For Horticultural Farmers Who Are Ready To Take Steps To Improve Farm Profits Growing great crops is just not enough to make your farm economically sustainable. *Do you need to know how to increase profits?*
When/Where: November 5, 2011 in Norfolk, Virginia December 3, 2011in Macon, Georgia
Learn to: Identify critical decisions that determine your profitability Price your products for appropriate markets Track your expenses Calculate profitability for your farm enterprises Determine true costs of your production Learn how to keep the right records This is a training for farmers by farmers, using real-farm data to demonstrate practical ways to improve profitability. Participants will take home farmer-friendly business tools for keeping records and making decisions that affect profitability.
Workshop Leaders: Jim Munsch is a long-time Wisconsin farmer and an expert in farm finances. He has helped both conventional and organic vegetable and beef producers nationwide to improve their profits. Jim specializes in whole farm profitability. Ellen Polishuk is a long-time Virginia vegetable grower whose farm will serve as a case study during the workshop, demonstrating real-life farm data gathering and how to use that data to make decisions that impact profitability.
This training is hosted by Southern Sustainable Agriculture Working Group, in partnership with Virginia Association for Biological Farming and Georgia Organics, with support from Southern Risk Management Education Center.

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Norfolk, VA Workshop November 5, 2011	Macon, GA Workshop December 3, 2011
To register for the VA workshop, Click Here or Contact Patricia Stansbury at (804) 272-0725	To register for the GA workshop, Click Here or Contact Jonathan Tescher at (678) 702-0400