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</p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18pt">Farm Business Workshops Offered in
Missoula <span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center"><font size="4"><i>Learn skills for profitable farming and ranching in Montana</i></font></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal">Looking to start a farm or ranch? Wondering how to make your
start-up successful? MSU Extension is partnering with the Community Food &
Agriculture Coalition to offer a series of workshops from January to March 2017
designed to help. <i>Planning for On-Farm
Success</i> is a seven workshop series that teaches the skills needed to launch
a farm business in Montana. <span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Each workshop includes expert presenters as well as local
networking and Q&A with experienced producers, ag service providers and
local lenders. All of these experts will help you work on <u>your</u> plan. The
seven workshops are:<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Jan 18: Farm Strategic Planning<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Jan 25: 
Researching Your Market<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Feb1: Farm Marketing & Promotion<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Feb 8: Managing Your Financials<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Feb 15: Financial Decision-Making<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Feb 22: Financing Your Farm<span></span></p>

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</span></span>Mar 1: Managing On-Farm Risks<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">Workshops will be offered Wednesdays from 5:30-8:30 pm at
the Missoula County Extension building 2825 Santa Fe Ct, Missoula. Full registration is $75 or $15 each for individual workshops
with light refreshments included. Full registration includes a copy of the <i>Planning for On-Farm Success</i> workbook.<span></span></p>

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<p class="MsoNormal">For more information and to register, visit
<a href="http://farmlinkmontana.org/resources/planning-farm-success-workshops/">www.farmlinkmontana.org </a>or con<font color="#000000">tact Seth Swanson, <a href="mailto:seth.swanson@umontana.edu">seth.swanson@umontana.edu</a> or 406-258-4205.</font><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><br clear="all"><div><div class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div><div style="font-size:small"><div>Dave Renn<br><br></div>Beginning Farmer & Rancher Program Manager</div><span style="font-size:small">Community Food & Agriculture Coalition</span><br style="font-size:small"><a href="http://www.farmlinkmontana.org/" style="font-size:small;color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">www.farmlinkmontana.org</a><br style="font-size:small"><span style="font-size:small">541-829-3757</span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>

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