Intro to Farm financials

This workshop will provide an introduction to the tools for understanding the financial part of your farm business. We will explore some simple and free tools that can help any farm start to use their financial information to make decisions. Some of the tools are balance sheet, income statement, cash flow budgeting, enterprise budgeting, and partial budget analysis. We will explore some tools available for free to develop these documents and analysis through our model managed grazing beef farm.

Meets Fridays from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., November 9 to December 14, 2018 at our Reedsburg Campus.

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Developing Farm-to-Table Supplier Relationships

Learn how to establish and foster relationships between farm-to-table producers and end users like restaurants, institutions, grocery stores and customers. This workshop will help you overcome some of the challenges of setting up and maintaining purchasing relationships.

Join us for a panel discussion with farmers, processors and buyers about building strong networks. Then hear about some partnerships and enjoy a chef/farmer collaborated meal.

This workshop will be scheduled in Spring of 2019. Please check back for details.

open house at the farm - October 18, 2018, 1 to 4 p.m. 

Free transportation to the Open House will pick up at the truax Campus Wright Street driveway at 12:30 p.m. and 1:30 P.M. Bus will return to campus at 3:30 p.m. and 4:30 P.M.

Madison College leases Fountain Prairie Farm in Fall River, WI. The farm is Madison College's first entrepreneurial incubator and serves as an educational resource for our community. It's the ideal location to gain a better understanding of farming practices that focus on soil health, grazing and sustainability. 

The farm is a classroom and hands on laboratory for a variety of individual and cross-disciplinary programs at Madison College.

In addition to crops and cattle, a large portion of the farm is restored tallgrass prairie and wetlands, which provides a haven for birds and other wildlife. It is an ecological treasure, nurtured by artisan farmers. Come see this work of art.

Fountain Prairie Farm
W1901 State Road 16
Fall River, WI 53932

Earn a diploma or Degree in one of these agriculture-related fields:

• Agriculture Systems Management--Less Than One Year Technical Diploma
• Sustainable Farm to Table: Modern Meat Production--One Year Technical Diploma

• Agriculture Equipment Technology--Associate Degree

• Veterinary Technician--Associate Degree