<div dir="ltr">maybe you should attend "researching your market" on Jan. 25 to see if you can get any ideas for a small cash crop...</div><div class="gmail_extra"><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 9:56 AM, Dave Renn via Missoula-Community-News <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org" target="_blank">missoula-community-news@bigskynet.org</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">
<p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"></p><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin:0px;color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:arial,sans-serif;font-style:normal;font-variant-ligatures:normal;font-variant-caps:normal;font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:normal;text-indent:0px;text-transform:none;white-space:normal;word-spacing:0px;font-size:12.8px;text-align:center"><span style="font-size:18pt"><a href="http://farmlinkmontana.org/resources/planning-farm-success-workshops/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank"><img src="cid:ii_15846190978cdd7a" alt="Inline image 1" width="488" height="109" class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-m_-3633223400018107512gmail-m_3233224887743581121gmail-m_-318137057098563235m_-1890034185413223614gmail-m_4868424326386394511m_6852145620738018890m_-5606043652867557162gmail-CToWUd m_4681421016473536521gmail-m_-3633223400018107512gmail-CToWUd m_4681421016473536521gmail-CToWUd"></a><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:center">
</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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<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>
<p class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span>Jan 18: Farm Strategic Planning<span></span></p>
<p class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span>Jan 25:
Researching Your Market<span></span></p>
<p class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span>Feb1: Farm Marketing & Promotion<span></span></p>
<p class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span>Feb 8: Managing Your Financials<span></span></p>
<p class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span>Feb 15: Financial Decision-Making<span></span></p>
<p class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</span></span>Feb 22: Financing Your Farm<span></span></p>
<p class="m_4681421016473536521gmail-MsoListParagraphCxSpLast"><span style="font-family:symbol">·<span style="font-variant-numeric:normal;font-stretch:normal;font-size:7pt;line-height:normal;font-family:"times new roman"">
</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>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span> </span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">For more information and to register, visit
<a href="http://farmlinkmontana.org/resources/planning-farm-success-workshops/" target="_blank">www.farmlinkmontana.org </a>or con<font color="#000000">tact Seth Swanson, <a href="mailto:seth.swanson@umontana.edu" target="_blank">seth.swanson@umontana.edu</a> or <a href="tel:(406)%20258-4205" value="+14062584205" target="_blank">406-258-4205</a>.</font><span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><font color="#000000"><br></font></p><br clear="all"><div><div class="m_4681421016473536521gmail_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"><a href="tel:(541)%20829-3757" value="+15418293757" target="_blank">541-829-3757</a></span><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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