Course locations
Central
Coming in the Fall 2010 at the Boone County Extension Center
East Central
To be held at the Schlafly Bottle Works in Maplewood
- Dates
Feb. 16, 23, March 2, 3, 9, 13 (farm tour), 16, 23, 27 (farm tour) 30 April 6
- Contact
Dean Wilson
636-797-5057
wilsond@missouri.edu
To be held at the Perry County Extension Center, Perryville
- Dates
Feb 4, 11, 13 (farm tour), 18, 25, March 4, 11, 13 (farm tour)
- Contact
Kate Kammler
573-883-3548
kammlerk@missouri.edu
To be held at the Warren County Extension Center, Warrenton
- Dates
.Feb. 18, 25, March 4, 6 (farm tour), 11, 18, 25, 27 (farm tour), April 1, 8
- Contact
Shelly Bush
636-456-3344
bushs@missouri.edu
Northeast
Northwest
To be held in St. Joseph
South Central
Southeast
To be held at the Telecommunication Community Resource Center, Poplar Bluff
To be held in Fredericktown, Madison County
- Dates
Feb. 2, 9, 16, 23, March 2, 9, 16, 23, Farm tour date to be determined.
- Contact
Kendra Graham
573-224-5600 ext. 8
grahamkk@missouri.edu
Southwest
To be held at the Southwest Research Center, Mount Vernon,
West Central
To be held alternately at the Lafayette (Higginsville) and Johnson (Warrensburg) County Extension Centers
- Dates
Jan. 27, Feb. 3,10,17,24, March 3, 6 (farm tour), 10, 17, 24, 27 (farm tour), 31
- Contact
Katie Nixon
816-809-5074
nixonk@linconu.edu
Grow your farm
- Have a creative farming idea?
- Need practical guidance to
help turn your farm into a profitable business?
If you answered yes to these questions,
then the Grow Your Farm course is right for
you. Grow Your Farm will help you translate
your farming ideas into a successful
business venture.
Course specifics
Grow Your Farm is designed for prospective farmers, beginners with some experience and seasoned farmers who want to make a "new beginning" with alternative farming methods. MU Extension specialists and experienced, innovative farmers teach the sessions.
Grow Your Farm meets 11 times over a 16- to 18-week time frame. Classes include eight seminars with three farm tours.
Course objectives
Information on production techniques is relatively easy to find and use, but what many landowners need is help to develop the farm as a profitable business. With this in mind, Grow Your Farm is designed to assist you, the producer, in creating and planning your farm as a business.
This course will help you:
- Identify and prioritize personal and family values and use them as the foundation for the farm mission statement and goals.
- Learn how to "walk the farm" to assess the land and its facilities.
- Learn to evaluate the feasibility of particular farm opportunities.
- Understand the components of a business plan and create one of your own.
- Understand financial aspects of a business plan and review popular tools to manage financial records.
- Consider different types of agricultural marketing and draft a marketing plan.
- Become familiar with a variety of legal issues that pertain to farming enterprises.
- Network with other farmers.