Farm Financial Tips and Managment Information
Monday, December 7. 10:30am. To help farmers, producers and farm business owners who want to gain insight into improving financial management, Ohio State University Extension is offering a free, four-part webinar series on managing risk and financial management. The series, called “Ready, Set, Go: Preparing Farms to Successfully Manage Risk,” can help participants better understand their financial situation by focusing on financial statements and using them to their advantage, said Chris Bruynis, an OSU Extension educator. OSU Extension is the outreach arm of the college. This webinar titled, Using Financial Data to Drive Decisions, will focus on the following areas: • Determining risk capacity. Capital improvement plan — short and long term. Individual enterprise analysis to determine profitable enterprises. Decision time using case farms. To register for the free series, click on the link to the website below. http://go.osu.edu/farmwebsurvey
Nebraska Conservation Summit
The Nebraska League of Conservation Voters and Nebraska Conservation Education Fund are excited to announce that the 2015 Nebraska Conservation Summit will be December 7th at the Scott Conference Center in Omaha. We hope you will join us at this exciting event! This year’s Summit is centered on the theme of Water. At the Summit, we will explore how the global water crisis impacts Nebraska and how we can act to ensure water sustainability for future generations. https://www.facebook.com/events/1500888080235385/
National Vegetable Grafting Symposium
December 7. Grand Rapids, Michigan. The 4th National Vegetable Grafting Symposium focuses on "Growing New Roots for the Vegetable Industry in the United States." Sessions include an overview of vegetable grafting today, propagation for grafting, and grafting production systems. There will also be poster presentations during the meeting. http://www.vegetablegrafting.org/2015/08/ save-date-4th-national- vegetable-grafting-symposium/
Acres USA Conference and Eco-Ag U
December 8-11. Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Eco-Ag U offers optional, intensive courses by eco-farming's top consultants, practitioners, and thinkers for advanced learning. The conference features presentations by some of the world's leading authorities and practitioners of ecological agriculture, including successful large-scale farmers, leading consultants, and cutting-edge scientists. Special rooms are dedicated to eco-consultants and staffed throughout the day by some of the leading advisors in eco-agriculture. For more than 40 years this annual conference has changed lives, improved farming practices, and served up a lot of fun.http://www.acresusa.com/events
Land Matters: Making New Solutions Possible Through Technology
Wednesday, December 9 at 9:00 am CST. Speakers: Christopher Barlow,Thomson Reuters, Trevor Davies, KPMG, Mercedes Stickler, USAID. Join an online discussion about how land tenure, rights and security affect the world's poorest. Land is a difficult resource to manage, especially in countries without stable systems in place. But finding ways to effectively and sustainably administer it is critical to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals. While land rights, tenure and security are already priorities for the public sector and the world's largest development donors, the private sector too has an important role to play in ensuring effective land and property management. Register at https://pages.devex.com/land-matters-making-new- solutions-webinar- registration.html
Market Research Webinar
Wednesday, December 9 at 11:00 am CST. Market research is an important part of a marketing and business plan. This webinar will review the basics of marketing research, identifying a customer and market research tools. For more information:http://www.extension.umd.edu/womeninag/ webinars. To register: http://www. eventbrite.com/e/wednesday- webinars-registration- 11452674257
An Integrated Approach to Managing Yellowmargined Leaf Beetle in Crucifer Crops
December 9. Online. Join eOrganic at 2 pm Eastern Time for a free, one-hour webinar on an integrated approach to managing Yellomargined Leaf Beetle (YMLB) in Crucifer Crops on organic farms. This webinar will provide advanced IPM information related to trap crops, attractants, and biorational insecticides. It will conclude with a detailed discussion of organic integrated pest management strategies suitable for multiple pest problems in organic and conventional crucifer production systems. http://www.extension.org/pages/73225/an-integrated- approach-to-managing- yellowmargined-leaf-beetle- ymlb-in-crucifer-crops
SNR Fall Research Seminar
December 9. 3:30 pm. UNL's East Campus, Hardin Hall. Mary Bomberger Brown, research assistant professor and program coordinator at the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership, presents this free and public seminar. Brown joined the Tern and Plover Conservation Partnership as program coordinator in 2007. The Partnership, based in the School of Natural Resources, was established in 1999 as a cooperative endeavor by the University of Nebraska, the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission, the United States Fish and Wildlife Service, the aggregate mining industry, and the Nebraska Environmental Trust.
Basics of avian influenza
Thursday, December 10 at 2:00 pm CST. There is a lot of information available on avian influenza but it can be bit confusing. This webinar will discusses the basics of what avian influenza is and what small and backyard flock owners need to know to keep their chickens healthy. https://connect.extension.iastate.edu/poultry
Livestock and Wildlife Interactions—Using targeted grazing to develop wildlife habitat
December 10. Online. This free webinar is part of the Targeted Grazing On-The-Ground series presented by the Targeted Grazing Committee of the Society for Range Management. This session is presented by Dr. John Hendrickson, ARS Northern Great Plains Research Laboratory. https://targetedgrazing.wordpress.com/ training/
Fostering Science Literacy
December 11th. UNL's East Campus Keim Hall. 3:30 pm–4:30 pm. Cory Forbes, associate professor, Science Education, Science Literacy Coordinator, UNL School of Natural Resources, will present findings from educational research programs focused on elementary (3rd grade) students’ reasoning about plant structure, function, growth and development. These findings lay the foundation for a new project to develop, implement, and study the impact of science units that are designed to foster student learning about core life sciences concepts. Join us in person or online at https://connect.unl.edu/fridayseminarseries.
National Conference on Grazing Lands
December 13-16. Grapevine, Texas. National Grazing Lands Coalition will host a 6th National Conference on Grazing Lands, including a special Grazing Land Soil Health tour of Texas. Sessions during the three-day event will address cover crops, soil health, grazing and forage management, business management, grazing weeds, water quality, and more. http://www.grazinglands.org/grazing-conference/
Opportunities
Growing Farmers Training Program
January to April 2016. If you want to start your own small farm, the Community Crops Growing Farmers Winter Workshops are just for you! This series of twelve workshops is designed to give you a solid foundation from which you can build your own successful small farm business. In addition, graduates who need land are eligible to farm at the Prairie Pines Incubator Farm. For more information: http://www.communitycrops.org/ growingfarmers
Big Garden is hiring
Big Garden in Omaha is currently seeking a qualified candidate to fill the position of Programming Coordinator. This position will involve volunteer coordination, attending community events, engaging with gardeners and diverse community members, organic gardening, and some administrative duties. This is a perfect position for a person who enjoys being out in the field, communicating regularly with people, and has experience and interest in sustainable agriculture. Please visit www.biggarden.org for application instructions or contact Executive Director Nathan Morgan nmorgan@biggarden.org
Farm and Ranch Project Staff Attorney Job Opening: Legal Aid of Nebraska
In case someone here has interest or knows someone who has an interest, Legal Aid of Nebraska is seeking a Staff Attorney in its Farm & Ranch Project. Listing is here:
Cropland
I have 150 irrigated acres in Western Douglas County that I will be available for cash rent spring of 2016. Jeaniffr Snide, G&J Snide Farms LLC, Jeaniffr5@aol.com
Survey seeks opinions of women livestock farmers
USDA Small Business Innovation Research grant to study the tool- and equipment-related needs of women livestock farmers. To assist Green Heron in designing better tools and equipment, women who raise or care for livestock of any kind are invited to complete a brief survey. The survey will be open through September, and respondents who complete it will be entered into a drawing for a $100 Green Heron Tools gift certificate. Begun by two small-scale farmers with backgrounds in nursing and public health, Green Heron is the first company in the world to focus on scientifically designing agricultural tools and equipment that work well for women. For more information please visit www.greenherontools.com. Complete the survey at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/greenherontools_women_ livestock_farmers.
Farm Family Placement Opportunity
'We are a family of four (with two kids), we are looking for any possibility that can lead us to live in the country (no more than one hour and a half driving from the farm to the city of Lincoln). We are specially looking for a farm/ house with a piece of land that is organic oriented . Please do not hesitate to contact us for any queries (Cell phone; 402-4059195). rllasaca@gmail.com. Thanks. Troy Van Horn".
Looking for Mentorship in Shelton/Grand Island/Kearney Area.
My family and I are returning to Shelton, NE in order to re-establish her family's farm. It is 160 acres but hasn't been used in nearly 30 years. We are going to be establishing a Joel Salatin Polyface Farm type farm. Where we will raise a multi specie critical and threatened heritage breed livestock as determined by the Livestock Conservancy Organization. All livestock will be pastured raised. We are also going to establish seasonal vegetable gardens. Looking for mentorship opportunities in the Shelton/Grand Island/Kearney area that would be willing to help us learn the does and don'ts of pasture based all natural farming. Michael Peña, autumnsonrise@yahoo.com
Whole-Farm Revenue Protection Survey
The National Center for Appropriate Technology (NCAT) is working with the Rural Advancement Foundation International-USA (RAFI) to better understand experiences with crop insurance and with a new crop insurance product called Whole-Farm Revenue Protection. Whole-Farm Revenue Protection is a pilot crop insurance policy available for the 2015 crop insurance year. The policy provides crop insurance coverage based on a farm’s 5-year revenue history, and it enables a farm to insure more than one crop with one policy. The link to the survey is https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/rafiwfrpsurvey. Questions about this survey can be directed to James Robinson at 919-542-1396 ext. 209 or james@rafiusa.org.
Upcoming
Introduction to Sustainable Farm Law
December 15. Online. In this Farm Commons webinar, beginning farmers will get an overview of the many legal issues to be aware of when starting out. This tutorial serves as an introduction to the legal subjects that Farm Commons covers in its tutorials and guides. The webinar will touch on questions such as the following: What business entity should a farmer choose? Which insurance policies are really important? What are the essential points to cover in a farmland lease? http://farmcommons.org/introduction-sustainable-farm- law
Animal Behavior Impacts on Grazing Management Decisions
December 15. Online. This free, one-hour webinar is presented by the Science and Technology Deputy Area of the USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service. http://conservationwebinars.net/
Webinar: Log-Grown Shiitake Mushrooms
December 16, 11am – 12pm. The Center for Agroforestry at the University of Missouri invites you to participate in the Agroforestry in Action Webinar Series. "Log-Grown Shiitake Mushrooms: A Case Study in Profitable Agroforestry Adoption." Please join us Wednesday, December 16, 2015 at 11:00 AM (CST) for a live presentation by: Steve Gabriel, Extension Agroforestry Specialist, Cornell Small Farms Program. For more information about the event, visit https://goo.gl/bPJ2Se
Nitrogen Management in Organic Strawberries: Challenges and approaches
December 16. Online. Join eOrganic for a webinar on nitrogen management in organic strawberries, by Carol Shennan and Joji Muramoto of the University of California, Santa Cruz and Mark Gaskell of the University of California Cooperative Extension. The free webinar begins at 2 pm Eastern and advance registration is required. This webinar will address the challenges of nitrogen management in strawberries, pattern of nitrogen uptake over plant growth cycle, and synchronizing N supply, pre-plant amendments, and leaching losses, as well as issues with fertigation efficiency.
USDA's New Cooperative Approach to Farmer Food Safety Certification
December 17. Online. GroupGAP is a new service (available Spring 2016) from USDA to audit farmers to Good Agricultural Practices (GAP). In GroupGAP, a food hub, support organization, or central business entity collaborates with producers to establish site-specific best practices for complying with a food safety standard. The group develops and implements a quality management system (QMS) built to an international standard that can be measured, analyzed, reviewed, and continually improved. In this free webinar from the National Good Food Network, hear the experience of a few of the trailblazers: groups who have already received GroupGAP certification.
Bovine Fatty Acids: From Forage to Milk Webinar
December 17. Online. Join eOrganic for a webinar about grass forage species in grazing systems on certified organic dairy farms. In this webinar, PhD students Melissa Brainbridge and Caleb Goossen will provide an overview of bovine fatty acids, and how pasture and other fresh forages like summer annuals affect the fatty acid profile of milk as well as animal production. The webinar is free and open to the public; advance registration is required.
Insurance for the Farm: Policies and Principles to Efficiently Manage Risk
December 22. Online. This tutorial from Farm Commons will cover common insurance options and how to navigate them to find the right policy for your farm. The webinar will answer questions such as the following: What’s a farm liability policy and is it the same as a property/casualty policy? How does it work with a homeowner’s policy? Is workers’ compensation required and how does it work? When do I need to look into getting a commercial policy? What are affordable crop insurance options for the sustainable farm? This tutorial will help you better understand the risks you are taking in your farm business and how to best manage them. http://farmcommons.org/insurance-farm-policies-and- principles-efficiently-manage- risk
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