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Business training offered for agricultural entrepreneurs
Millbrook, New York
January 20, 2006


If you are an agricultural entrepreneur who is thinking of starting an agricultural-based venture, or have already started one, consider taking the NxLeveL "Tilling the Soil of Opportunity" agricultural entrepreneurship business plan training course this spring. The six-day course is designed for people who are searching for innovative ideas and enhanced marketing opportunities in the area of value-added agriculture. Over 50 entrepreneurs or potential entrepreneurs have completed the practical training program, which has been offered six times.

Each two-day session covers several topics. They include: taking stock of your resources; business concept, mission and goals; legal structure (regulations, contracts and leases); management from the ground up; marketing issues; marketing strategies; budgeting; record keeping and accounting; cash flow and financial statements; financing; and business growth issues and strategies.

 
Sessions run February 28-March 1, March 14-15, and April 4-5, at the Dutchess County Cornell Cooperative Extension building at 2715 Rte. 44, in Millbrook, NY. The hours are Tuesday, noon-9 p.m. and Wednesdays from 8 a.m.-2 p.m. 

Each session builds on the previous ones. At each session, guest speakers such as small business attorneys, bankers, insurance agents, and marketing consultants with experience serving the farming community will be available for consultation.

 
Sponsors include the NYS Farm Viability Institute, the NYS Ag Innovation Center, the USDA Rural Business-Cooperative Service, Cornell Entrepreneurship Education & Outreach Program, Cornell Cooperative Extension - Dutchess County.

The workshop brochure can be viewed at http://www.nysaes.cornell.edu/necfe/nande/workshops.html

For more information about NxLeveL visit: http://www.nxlevel.org

Cost of participation is $275 per registrant, which includes books and meals. Spouses and partners are encouraged to attend at a reduced rate of $200. Please register through Cheryl Leach at 315-787-2622 or cal35@cornell.edu.
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