Event Details

Date

March 15 - February 15, 2017

Time

Lunch at 12:00pm, Discussion 1-3pm

Location

County Office Building
60 Central Ave., Room 302
Cortland, NY 13045

Cost

$10.00 per person


At the Door
$10.00 per person

Host

Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock & Field Crops Program

Pre-Registration Deadline: March 14, 2017

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SCNY Dairy Manager Discussion Group

March 15 - February 15, 2017


Trends in Dairy Today: Wage Impacts and Land Prices
Speaker: Dr Jennifer Ifft, Assistant Professor of Agribusiness and Farm Management, Cornell University

Dr Ifft will talk about:
  • Trends in Wages: minimum wage implications to salaried positions, and wage compression to wage payroll shifting up
  • Trends in Farmland Values: determinants, impacts of CAFO regulations, recent sales data, discussion on land rental values

Cost is $10 per person to cover cost of hot lunch, payment can be made online or at the door
RSVP is requested to get adequate head count for food
Contact Jen Atkinson 607.391.2662 or jma358@cornell.edu
Questions to Betsy Hicks 607.391.2673 or bjh246@cornell.edu 





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