Western NY Value-Added Dairy Discussion Group: Jess May- Farm Credit East Webinar
Event Details
Date
May 2, 2024
Time
12pm - 1pm EST
Location
virtual; Zoom https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oEVIkz
Host
Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock and Field Crops Program
We will start our Value-Added Dairy Processing discussion group series with a guest speaker from Farm Credit East. On May 2nd at noon, Jess May will join us to discuss the lender's point of view for on-farm processing and diversification. This is free to join and will be recorded.
Register here:
https://cornell.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_oEVIkz
Funding for this program was made possible by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Agricultural Marketing Service through Dairy Business Innovation Initiative, grant 21DBIVT1004-00. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.
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