Event Details

Date

May 6, 2013

Time

6:30 - 8:30 p.m.

Location

Riga Town Hall, Multi-purpose Room
6460 Buffalo Road
Churchville, NY 14428

Cost

$35.00 per person/farm for the series


Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Cathy Wallace
585-343-3040 x138

Pre-Registration Deadline: April 5, 2013

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Starting a Livestock Farm on a Shoestring Workshop Series

May 6, 2013

Starting a Livestock Farm on a Shoestring Workshop Series

Cornell University Cooperative Extension's Small Farms Specialist, Nancy Glazier is offering a beginning farmer educational series kicking off the evening of April 8 in Churchville, NY.

Assisting will be Joan Petzen, Farm Business Management Specialist. Topics covered will be business planning, basic bookkeeping, budgeting, soil basics, feeding and shelter. Time will be available each evening for hands-on activities. The series is geared towards livestock, but other operations will benefit as well. The goal of the series is to provide each farm the right tools to get started. A hand resource notebook will be provided for each farm.

Class size is limited, so sign up early!!

For workshop questions please call: Nancy Glazier at 585-315-7746




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