FarmStarts

FarmStarts Beginning Farmer Seminar
Beginning Farmers Explore Production, Business and Marketing

Workshop Presentations:
Weed Control, Fertility and Cultivation at Spray Farm
Howard Spray, organic grain producer, Mt. Vernon, OH

Introduction to OFARM
John Bobbe, Executive Director, Organization for Relationship Marketing

Organic Certification Basics
Betty Kananen, Global Organic Alliance

Organic Financial Management: Dale Nordquist, Associate Director, Center for Farm Financial Management, University of Minnesota Department of Applied Economics

Marketing Organic Grain
Tim Ennis, National Farmers

Dr. Meggan Hain
Animal Care Specialist, Organic Valley, Animal Care and Animal Health in the Dairy Industry

Organic Crop Insurance
Mike Kleaving, National Farmers Crop Insurance

Conventional and organic producers are welcome. Several of the day’s educational sessions apply to both conventional and organic producers. Each person should register individually. Registration is free at nationalfarmers.com/farmstarts.

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