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earlier monthsDecember 2022
Farm Food Safety Meeting
December 5, 2022
9am - 4pm
Wayne CCE Building
Newark, NY
This meeting will focus on updates and key considerations in farm food safety. Topics to be covered include agricultural water quality assessments, traceability procedures, tips for improving flow and efficiency in wash/pack facilities, cleaning and sanitation updates, plus plenty of discussion to answer your questions.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 5, 2022 : Looking at the Big Financial Picture for Your Farm
12:30 - 1:30pm
Online, Registration Required for this Free Webinar Series
Your farm's big-3 financial records (balance sheet, income statement and statement of cash flow) and how to use them to assess your overall financial situation. This information will help you assess what types of investments are likely to be viable for your farm business and whether or not you are likely to be able to use credit to finance that investment. We will specifically cover Farm Profitability, Cash Flow, and Key Financial Ratios.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 6, 2022 : Business Strategy and the Farm Business Value Chain
12:30 - 1:30pm
Webinar
How do you create value? How do you differentiate yourself from your competitors? In other words - what is your farm's business strategy? Your investments should be in line with your strategy. Different business strategies will result in investments in different parts of the Farm Business Value Chain. Farm Business Value Chain - full range of activities needed to create a product or service.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 7, 2022 : Using Your Farm's Financial Data to Make Management Decisions
12:30 - 1:30pm
Webinar
Identifying the Enterprises in Your Value Chain. Your Profit Centers and Cost Centers. We will cover: Direct vs Indirect Costs and Cost Allocation and Variable vs Fixed Costs and Relevant Range (when does a fixed cost become a variable cost?)
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 8, 2022 : Operating Budgets and Strategic Planning
12:30 - 1:30pm
Webinar
Operating budgets are the overall financial plan for the business. You can use a budget based on your current situation as the base to model new scenarios.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 12, 2022 : Enterprise Budgets
12:30 - 1:30pm
Webinar
It is more time-consuming to develop detailed budgets for your enterprises, but it is worthwhile to do this for areas where you are considering making major investments. We will demonstrate how to move from an operating budget to an enterprise budget to model specific scenarios within that enterprise.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 13, 2022 : 5 Step Decision-making Process for Capital Projects and Long-term Investments
12:30 - 1:30pm
Webinar
Introduces a structured process for a manager to go through to decide among options for long-term investments, projects or changes to the farm business.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 14, 2022 : Cost Volume Profit Analysis and Sensitivity Analysis
12:30 - 1:30pm
Webinar
As you change your prices, volume of sales or costs of production how does your profit change? What is your break-even point and what output level do you need to achieve a target income? We will also cover sensitivity analysis that will help you see how your results will vary over a range of likely scenarios from best case to worst case. This will help you assess the riskiness of your plan.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? Zoom Series
December 15, 2022 : Capital Budgeting Tools - Net Present Value, Internal Rate of Return, and Payback Period
12:30 - 1:30pm
Webinar
Capital budgeting is defined as the process used to determine whether capital assets are worth investing in. it's the process of asking: is an asset worth the resources it requires? Capital assets are usually long-term investments like new equipment, facilities, and other infrastructure upgrades. By incorporating strategically planned capital budgeting into their financial processes, companies can more effectively determine and prioritize which projects, programs and other investment assets could be most financially beneficial in the long-term.
Annual LOF Advisory Committee Meeting
December 16, 2022
10am - 3pm
Ogden Town Hall
Spencerport, NY
Please join us in-person for our annual winter advisory meeting where you can spend time with the team reviewing the team's educational programs and most importantly providing us feedback. Please pre-registration by December 14th at 1 PM.
January 2023
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? 1-day, hands-on skills class
January 11, 2023
9am - 4pm
Orleans CCE
Albion, NY
The Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team and the Lake Ontario Fruit Team are offering a 1-day, hands-on course at 5 locations in NYS in January and February for tree fruit farms on using farm financial information and other resources to make decisions about long-term investments or changes to their business. We will apply the techniques covered in the 8-part webinar series in December to scenarios using sample financial data from fruit farms in NYS.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? 1-day, hands-on skills class
January 20, 2023
9am - 4pm
CCE Wayne County - Note New Date!
Newark, NY
The Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team and the Lake Ontario Fruit Team are offering a 1-day, hands-on course at 5 locations in NYS in January and February for tree fruit farms on using farm financial information and other resources to make decisions about long-term investments or changes to their business. We will apply the techniques covered in the 8-part webinar series in December to scenarios using sample financial data from fruit farms in NYS.
February 2023
Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs) Training & Food Safety Plan-Writing Workshop
February 2 - February 3, 2023
8:45AM-~4:30PM on February 2, 8:45AM-~2PM on February 3
Cornell Cooperative Extension of Wayne County
Newark, NY
Goals of this workshop:
- Understand how GAPs (Good Agricultural Practices) impact produce safety, and how you can improve practices on your farm to reduce the risk of microbial contamination
- Learn the difference between a FSMA Inspection and a GAPs audit, and learn what is needed to have a USDA GAP/GHP audit and the 2 types (Basic & Harmonized)
- Begin writing a farm food safety plan that complies with a USDA GAP/GHP Audit
This workshop is targeted at Mott's growers who need to have a successful GAP audit for the 2023 harvest. However, all farms and organizations are invited to attend.
We will have several breaks, including a lunch break, scattered throughout the day, but feel free to step away whenever you need to. Lunch and snacks provided. Note: All times are approximate. Time spent on each topic varies depending on audience and questions/discussion. There will be time for questions at the end of each section and a final opportunity for questions when we close for the day.
Instructors Confirmed: Craig Kahlke (CCE-LOF), Robert Hadad (CCE-CVP), Caroline Boutard-Hunt (CCE-Yates), Judy Wright (CCE-Seneca), and Representatives from NYS Dept. of Ag & Mkts.
How Profitable Will My New Orchard Investment Be? 1-day, hands-on skills class
February 7, 2023
9am - 4pm
Cornell Hudson Valley Lab
Highland, NY
The Eastern NY Commercial Hort Team and the Lake Ontario Fruit Team are offering a 1-day, hands-on course at 5 locations in NYS in January and February for tree fruit farms on using farm financial information and other resources to make decisions about long-term investments or changes to their business. We will apply the techniques covered in the 8-part webinar series in December to scenarios using sample financial data from fruit farms in NYS.
Apple Leafcurling Midge IPM - Webinar
February 16, 2023
1:30pm - 2:35pm
In recent years, the apple leafcurling midge (ALCM) has become an increasingly problematic pest in many orchards across the northeast.
LOF's Business Management Specialist Position Evaluations
February 17, 2023
Please arrive 5 minutes early 10:15pm - 11am & 1pm - 1:45pm
Irondequoit Public Library
Rochester, NY
Please join us in this very important process of participating in the evaluation of our 2 finalists for our Business Management Specialist position.
Western NY Fruit Conference - "State of the Industry"
February 27 - February 28, 2023
Monday 12 PM-5PM, with optional banquet dinner. Tuesday 8AM-5PM
RIT Inn & Conference Center
Henrietta, NY
Apologies, but we are at capacity for the program on Tuesday, Feb 28. There are only Monday (half day) registrations available. If you want to register one or more from your organization for the half day program on Monday, Feb 27, please contact Natalie Mrzywka at 585-798-4265, ext. 122 or nlm53@cornell.edu ASAP.
Upcoming Events
Produce Safety Alliance Grower Training Course Yates County
December 18, 2024
Penn Yan, NY
Fruit and vegetable growers and others interested in learning about produce safety as well as growers who are covered by the FSMA Produce Safety Rule or who anticipate being covered in the future should consider taking this course.
The PSA Grower Training Course is one way to satisfy the FSMA Produce Safety Rule requirement outlined in ยง 112.22(c) that requires 'At least one supervisor or responsible party for your farm must have successfully completed food safety training at least equivalent to that received under standardized curriculum recognized as adequate by the Food and Drug Administration.'
From Seed to Success: Turn Your Idea into an Actionable Plan
January 7, 2025 : Session 1: The 30,000-foot view, what are you trying to accomplish? What resources do you have?
Unit 1: Introduction to Business Planning and the Business Plan (Liz Higgins)
- Session 1: The 30,000-foot view, what are you trying to accomplish? What resources do you have?
January 14, 2025 : Session 2: Introduction to Project Management
Unit 1: Introduction to Business Planning and the Business Plan (Liz Higgins)
- Session 2: Introduction to Project Management
January 21, 2025 : Session 3: How Business Planning Becomes a Business Plan
Unit 1: Introduction to Business Planning and the Business Plan (Liz Higgins)
- Session 3: How Business Planning Becomes a Business Plan
January 28, 2025 : Session 4: Your Market and Your Competition
Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)
Session 4: Your Market and Your Competition
February 4, 2025 : Session 5: Revenue and Product Mix to Achieve Your Goals
Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)
- Session 5: Revenue and Product Mix to Achieve Your Goals
February 11, 2025 : Session 6: Marketing Plan and Evaluation of Marketing Efforts
Unit 2: Developing a Marketing Plan for Your Farm (Bonnie Nelsen)
- Session 6: Marketing Plan and Evaluation of Marketing Efforts
February 18, 2025 : Session 7: The Basics of Financial Statements
Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)
- Session 7: The Basics of Financial Statements
February 25, 2025 : Session 8: Enhancing Confidence in Your Numbers
Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)
- Session 8: Enhancing Confidence in Your Numbers
March 4, 2025 : Session 9: Using Financial Statements and Financial Information to Plan and Evaluate an Enterprise
Unit 3: Developing a Financial Plan for Your Farm Business (Steve Hadcock)
- Session 9: Using Financial Statements and Financial Information to Plan and Evaluate an Enterprise
Electric Weeding in Organic Perennial Crops
January 14, 2025
Join us for a free webinar on electric weeding in organic perennial crops.