Are you considering a change for your farm or ag business? Or maybe you have an issue that needs to be addressed to improve your business and you are not sure how to get started on that planning. Navigating Your Ag Business: From Stress to Success is a new UW-Madison Division of Extension online course that will provide you strategies to answer these three questions:
- Where are you now?
- Where do you want to be?
- How do you get there?
Navigating Your Ag Business: From Stress to Success combines online self-paced learning activities with live online group meetings, fostering a supportive peer community while collaborating with facilitators. The course starts on January 1, 2024, with the first live Zoom meeting scheduled for Friday, February 2, 2024, from Noon – 1:30 pm. The self-paced learning continues through February and March, with the second live Zoom meeting on Friday, March 22, 2024, from Noon – 1:30 pm. By the end of the course, participants will be able to:
- Prioritize their current unique stressors
- Select which financial camp they are in
- Develop a vision and goals for their farm and family
- Design an action plan to address their identified stressor and reach their vision and goals
The 2024 course is a grant-supported pilot. Participants will be asked to evaluate the materials and course after completion. Space is limited. Multiple farm members are encouraged to participate and attend the live sessions. To learn more about the course and to register go to https://farms.extension.wisc.edu/programs/navigating-your-ag-business/ Direct any questions to Joy Kirkpatrick, Farm Management Outreach Specialist, joy.kirkpatrick@wisc.edu 608.263.3485.
This program is a partnership between UW-Madison Division of Extension’s Farm Management Program and the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, & Consumer Protection’s Farm Center. It is supported by USDA NIFA Award 2020-70028-32728.
