Southern Ag Center

Louisiana's farmers are evolving into agri-business entrepreneurs, managing livestock and crop production while overseeing the farm's financial situation. To better prepare their farms to withstand risk, the Southern University Ag Center has joined the North South Institute and the USDA Risk Management Agency to present a one-day, mini echo workshop, July 19 at 8:30 am, in the Thomas Jackson Lingo Community Center.

This one-day workshop will provide technical assistance to agricultural producers with hands-on activities in agribusiness including:

farm planning
financial risk management and farm recordkeeping
business templates and tools for efficient farm and financial recordkeeping
enterprise budgeting and cost of production
cash flow planning and management, and
alternative marketing.

"Small farmers must begin treating their farms like a business enterprise. This workshop will provide the tools to analyze financial pictures and make wise use of business documents," says Glenn Dixon, Southern University/LSU Ag Center agent. "These farms are the fabric of our country and this workshop can only help strengthen that fabric."

Download the registration form here.

All small farmers are urged to attend. To register for this workshop, contact Glenn Dixon at (318) 559 - 0060 or glenn_dixon@suagcenter.com.

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