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For the dates, times and information on upcoming events, select the
appropriate category.
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Farm Business Management Courses
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| Bookkeeping and Record Keeping |
| This course will help you develop practical record keeping and bookkeeping
systems. You will learn to make basic revenue and expense bookkeeping entries, reconcile your bank balance, track
accounts payable and receivable, calculate and track depreciation, record and track inventory, and set up and maintain
basic bookkeeping records for your farm business.
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Preparing and Understanding Financial Statements |
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This course will teach you how to prepare financial statements using information from your farm records.
You will learn how to prepare an income statement, a balance sheet, a statement of changes in financial
position, and cash flow projections.
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| Farm Business Analysis |
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This course will enable you to analyze your financial information. You will learn how to interpret
the balance sheet, income statement, and changes in financial position, use key ratios of solvency,
liquidity, profitability, and efficiency, evaluate the financial performance of various enterprises
on the farm, and reduce risk through use of break-even analysis, and partial budgets.
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Farm Business Planning
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This course will show you how to set business goals, prepare a human resource plan that includes employee
incentives, job descriptions, hiring the right person for your farm, and motivating employees, prepare a
marketing plan that includes a marketing strategy, pricing, promotion, and identifying markets, prepare
a production plan, prepare a financial plan that includes an income and expense statement, balance
sheet, cash flows, and partial budgets, plus much more!!!
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| Course Registration |
| Course Material |
| Each participant will receive a course binder to take home. It will
contain very useful and practical information, exercises, and work sheets on Farm Business Management.
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| Facilitators
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| These courses will be facilitated by the Farm Management Specialists.
Courses will involve group discussions, written exercises, and case studies. |
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Course Fee
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$25 plus $3.75 HST per person
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Comments
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Here’s what some farmers had to say about the courses:
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"It was well prepared and thought out. Cindy, Paul and Otto
were patient and helpful. I learned a lot and personally feel the knowledge I received
was worth the time and effort. I would recommend the workshop to fellow farmers."
Rhonda Thornley, Strawberry Farmer, Campbellton
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"As a novice in the business, I found the
Agri-business Planning Course to be an eye opener and well worth the effort."
Ward George, Christmas Tree Farmer, New Harbour
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| Registration |
| To register for a course, or to get more
information please contact your
Regional Farm Management Specialist.
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| Note: Courses will be offered at
other sites when demand warrants. Contact us if you or a group you are involved
with (eg. A particular commodity group or a Farm Management Club) would like to
arrange a special course.
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Festivals
(dates in italics are tentative)
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CME Trade
Show
St. John's - May
30th - 31st |
Beach Pea Festival
Conception Bay
- July 10th - 13th |
Humber
Valley
Strawberry
Festival
Humber
Valley - July 18 -
20th |
St. George's
Blueberry
Festival
St. George's -
August 1st - 3rd |
Humber Valley
Strawberry
Festival
July 20-22,
2007 - Humber
Valley |
St. George's
Blueberry
Festival
August 3-5,
2007 - St.
George's |
Brigus
Blueberry
Festival
Brigus -
August 7th-10th |
Farm Field
Day
St. John's -
August 9th |
Bakeapple
Folk Festival
Forteau - August
8th - 10th |
Springdale Craft
and Trade Show
Springdale -
September 11 -
13th |
Humber Valley
Agriculture Fall
Fair
Deer Lake -
September 12
-13th |
Big Land Fair
Goose Bay -
September 13th |
Lewisporte
and Area Craft
and Trade Show
Lewisporte -
September 18 -
20th |
Partridgeberry
Festival West
St. Modeste -
September 20 -
21st |
Southern
Labrador Craft
and Agriculture
Fair
Lanse au Loop -
September 20 -
21st |
Potato
Festival
St. John's -
October 4th |
Garnish
Bakeapple
Festival
Garnish August
2nd - 10th |
Potato
Festival
September 29,
2007 - St.
John's |
Trinity-Conception
Agricultre Fall
Fair
Harbour Grace -
September
26-28th
(Tentative) |
Port au Port
Agriculture Fall
Fair
Port au Port -
September 27 -
28th |
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