OSU Extension Greene County

Registration for the 2024 Small Farm Financial Management College is open!

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Learning to manage your farm like a business can help you to be more profitable! Join us for the 2024 Small Farm Financial Management College. Complete your registration here. 

This course is designed to help landowners examine potential ways to increase profits on their properties. The program is open to all new or aspiring farmers, new rural landowners, small farmers, and farm families looking for new ideas.
During this college, participants will be challenged to develop realistic expectations for their new farm business. They will receive information on getting started, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their property, and developing a farm business plan. Information on farm finances, insurance, liability, labor, and marketing will be covered during the college.
This program can qualify attendees for the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program.

Thanks to our sponsors, scholarships are available!
•Hall Hunger Initiative is sponsoring 2 scholarships and a meal. Contact Alex Klug at alex@hallhungerinitiative.org to apply.
•Greene County Farm Bureau is sponsoring a scholarship to a Farm Bureau Member. A draw will be made among members when registration closes.

 

Small Farm Financial Management College Syllabus

Session I – Getting Started on Your New Farm Business
Presenters: Pam Bennett and Marina Miquilini, OSU Extension
* Developing real-life expectations for your farm.
* Assessing your property and resources.
* Developing a farm business plan, including setting your family and farm mission, goals and objectives.
* Understanding farm business structures.
Session II – You Can’t Measure What You Don’t Track. Farm Recordkeeping, Budgets and Taxes 
Presenter: Greg Meyer, OSU Extension
* Recordkeeping for farm businesses.
* Using enterprise budgets to project farm income.
* Developing cost of production projections.
* Introduction to farm taxes.
Session III – Money, Money, Money! Managing your Small Farm’s Finances
Presenter: Eric Richer, OSU Extension
* Developing a family and farm balance sheet.
* Developing financial statements including cash flow and income statements.
* Managing family and farm income and expenses.
Session IV – The Legal Side of Farm Financial Management
Presenter: Peg Hall, OSU Extension
* Legal instruments for farm financing.
* Loan options for small farms.
* Farm leases and contracts.
* Overview of risks on the farm.
* Liability insurance needs for small farms.

Join Our Team as an ANR Program Assistant

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Check out the description below for position highlights and how to apply

Position highlights:

The primary role of the program assistant in Greene County is to provide participants and stakeholders with research-backed information that will better their lives.  This includes, but is not limited to:

  • Provide program coordination for the Master Gardener Volunteer (MGV) program
  • serve as the first point of contact for homeowner horticulture questions and provide leadership to the MGV Hotline.
  • Assist with ANR program activities by supporting, planning, organizing, and conducting ANR programs, helping to develop educational materials, presentations, and resources, assisting local research, and providing administrative support.
  • Assisting in identifying community needs and providing information or programming to address them.
  • Leading programs consistent with the AA/EEO policy of OSU Extension, the outreach arm of the College of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences.

How to Apply:

Visit: hr.osu.edu/careers and search for job #R105235 Extension Educators Coordinator 3 to view the complete position description and to apply. Note position is 32 hours/week

Application Deadline is July 7, 2024

hr.osu.edu/careers

 

Backyard Poultry Certificate Course

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Backyard Poultry Marketing Flyer To access the course head to: go.osu.edu/chicken 

For a variety of reasons, there is an increase in interest in keeping backyard poultry. Backyard flocks provide the opportunity for people in rural and urban areas alike to produce tasty eggs and meat for personal and family food security. You might want egg layers. You might want to raise meat birds for a harvest in your freezer. You might even have a youth interested in raising chickens for their 4-H or FFA project, as these lower maintenance livestock can be kept in a fraction of the space for a fraction of the cost when compared to other species.

Whatever your reason for raising poultry, this course is designed to provide you with the knowledge and resources you will need to get your backyard flock off to a great start.

This self-paced course is expected to take 2-3 hours to complete and includes the following 6 modules:

  • Getting Started
  • Brooding, Basic Husbandry & Nutrition
  • Housing
  • Egg Production
  • Maximizing Health
  • Biosecurity