Completed Project Report

Holistic Management and Risk Assessment Workshops for Dairy Farmers in the Southern Region

  • Award Amount: $49,586
  • Regional Center: Southern Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2015 Education Projects
  • Project Director: Gonzalo FERREIRA
  • Email: gonf@vt.edu
  • Organization: Department of Dairy Science, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University

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Project Overview

The objective of this project was to deliver two dairy management workshops. In these workshops we covered and discussed: 1) production risk, 2) marketing risk, 3) financial risk, and 4) human risk. 
Delivery means for these workshops were: peer-discussion, spreadsheets, educational videos, and fact-sheets. The audience appreciated very much the delivery format (see workshop evaluations).
We delivered each of these 2 workshops at the four major dairy locations within the State of Virginia. We will also deliver once again at University of Nebraska (scheduled for December 2016).
Attendants developed/analyzed/compared/decided about: 1) business strategic plans, 2) financial records, 3) investment analyses, 4) balance sheets, 5) farming systems, and 6) risk management decision-making tools. 
We reached 87 people in total, including (mainly) farmers, extension agents, loan lenders, and students.

Number of Participants: 87

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