By Amanda Perkins, OSU Extension Educator – Pike County
OSU Extension invites small farm owners to attend the 2025 Southern Ohio Small Farm College this fall in Piketon, Ohio.
The Small Farm College is a 10-hour college designed to help landowners examine potential ways to increase profits from their small acreage 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 about getting started, identifying the strengths and weaknesses of their property, and developing a farm business plan. Five sessions are planned:
- Session I: October 15, 2025 – “Getting Started on Your New Farm Business”
- Session II: October 22, 2025 – “You Can’t Measure What You Don’t Track” (Farm Recordkeeping, Budgets and Taxes.)
- Session III: October 29, 2025 – “The Legal Side of Small Farm Management”
- Session IV: November 5, 2025 – “Money, Money, Money! The Financial Side of Small Farm Management”
- Session V: November 12, 2025 – “Small Farm Reality Simulation”
All sessions will be held from 6:30p m to 9:00 pm at OSU South Centers located at 1864 Shyville Rd, Piketon, OH 45661.
The cost to attend is $80 for the first family member; additional family members can attend at a reduced cost of $40 per person. Each family receives only one binder of resources.
Click here for a program brochure
Registration can be completed at go.osu.edu/southernohiosfc by October 10, 2025.
Additional information about this program can be obtained by contacting Amanda Perkins, Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources OSU Extension Pike County at perkins.715@osu.edu or by calling OSU Extension Pike County at 740-289-4837.