Monthly Archives: June 2015

Virginia Market Maker, Part I: Introduction

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Rose Jeter

Dr. Kim Morgan, Assistant Professor and Kohl Junior Faculty Fellow

Market Maker, an web-based portal that serves as a virtual marketplace for producers, distributors, and sellers, and buyers of agricultural products, seeks to provide farm-to-fork access to participants in the food va-MarketMakerLogo-rgbsupply chain.

It is with great excitement that Virginia Cooperative Extension announces the official launch of Virginia Market Maker on June 9, 2015! Continue reading →

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The Management Calendar

Posted on June 3, 2015 by Gordon Groover

Gordon Groover, Extension Economist, Farm Management, Department of
Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Tech

Listed below are the items that should be considered for inclusion on the farm business managers’ calendar for spring and summer of 2015:

  • Half the business year will soon be behind us and a six-month financial record check-up is in order.  Updating your records through the month of June allows you to quickly gauge financial progress by comparing the farm’s actual expenses and income to your budgeted amounts.  If you did not develop a budget, compare your mid-year expenses and income to half the items reported on your 2014 Schedule F.  Flag any items that are different from budgeted amounts.  These differences are not necessarily problems, just items that need to be examined and explained.

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