University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension’s Heart of the Farm-Women in Agriculture program will be starting it’s statewide online ‘Coffee Chats’ Fall/Winter 2021/22 series, Thursday, December 2, 2021 from 12-1 p.m.
Coffee Chats will be held the first Thursday of the Month thru February 3, 2022 from 12-1p.m. Upcoming speakers and dates:
- December 2, 2021: End of the Year Tax Tips. Katie Wantoch, UW-Madison Extension Dunn County Educator will be joined by Corey Gertner, Tax Accountant, GreenStone Farm Credit Services and Eric Gullicksrud, EA, VP of Tax and Accounting, Compeer Financial.
- January 6th, 2022: Strategic Thinking: Using a SWOT Analysis for Personal and Business Growth. Stephanie Plaster, Extension Regional Farm Management Educator, will walk through how to assess yourself and your business for strengths, weakness, opportunities, and threats and use them to develop strategies to achieve your goals and improve decision-making.
- February 3rd, 2022: Sam and Jenn Zimmerman, On-Q Holsteins, Marathon County, will be discussing how they have diversified their Dairy Farm Enterprise to promote local farming businesses.
There is no charge for attending the series but you must register at: https://bit.ly/2ZcxoMx
Once registered, you will receive an email confirmation containing information about joining the meeting. Registered participants will only need the meeting website link or phone number to participate.
The Heart of the Farm-Women in Agriculture online Coffee Chat series is a University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension program that addresses the needs of farm women by providing education on farm business topics, connecting them with agricultural resources and creating support networks.
For more information on the Coffee Chats Series or the Heart of the Farm Program, please go to the HOF Website: https://farms.extension.wisc.edu/programs/heart-of-the-farm-women-in-agriculture/, call your local UW-Madison Division of Extension County office, or contact Jenny Vanderlin, jenny.vanderlin@wisc.edu, 608-263-7795.