Workshop to aid farmers
By Barney Haney
Staff
Writer
Being family members and business partners can
be a difficult transition; however, the 21st annual Farming Together
Workshop, on Friday and Saturday in Stewart Center, Room 318, is put
on to help these families out.
Purdue agricultural economist Howard Doster, who
has been a part of the workshop since its beginning, said the workshops
offer a variety of programs that are geared to assist the future of
Indiana farmers.
Doster said, "It's an opportunity to get families
together to look at business opportunities and work on various aspects
of the plans of farming together."
He added that someone will operate Indiana farmland
and the workshop wants to help those people. Doster thinks multi-generation
farm families and others who are, or who can become good enough, financed
and organized well enough, have the best opportunities for operating
the land. The workshop will help farmers become more successful and
organized.
Alan Miller, another agricultural economist, said
the workshop is also an excellent opportunity for farmers wanting to
merge their resources together to compete on a bigger scale.
"The workshop helps to guide people with shared
visions on how to put their businesses together," said Miller.
Miller said that at a previous Farming Together
Workshops, the economists put together a plan to help five neighboring
individuals merge into one business.
In this year's workshop, Purdue agricultural economists
will work with families and others to find out if they have the commitment
and the physical and financial requirements that it takes to be successful.
Doster said they will help to get families and
friends started on having board meetings to make it easier to talk about
the tough issues and the good ones.
"(The workshop) helps families and friends to find
realistic opportunities in a friendly business environment," said Doster.
"This is the most fun weekend of the year for me and the others involved."
To register by phone, call Howard Doster at 494-4250.
Walk-ins will be accepted.
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