Completed Project Report


Structuring the Farm to Succeed: What Farm Business Entity is Right for You

  • Award Amount: $50,000
  • Regional Center: North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center
  • Grant Program: 2020 Education Projects
  • Project Director: C. Robert Holcomb
  • Email: holcombr@umn.edu
  • Organization: University of Minnesota Extension

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Project Overview

Project overview for Business Entity curriculum titled, "I need to choose WHAT? Why the right business entity is important to my farming operation".

Our initial goal for the grant project was 12 workshops with a total attendance of 300 participants. We held ten workshops/events with a total attendance of 206.

Evaluations were processed through Qualtrics©. Participants for the online seminar programs were provided a link where they could complete the online assessment. Paper evaluations were collected at the in-person events and entered into the Qualtrics© software. We received 100 evaluations from the 206 participants (48.5% return rate).

Participants were asked to evaluate the quality of the program. This was done on a Likert scale of 1 to 5 (1 = poor, 2 = fair, 3 = neutral, 4 = good, and 5 = excellent). The calculated mean for the overall program rating was 4.47. Ninety-eight percent of workshop participants rated the workshop as either good or excellent.

Please see the attached evaluation report for a more complete summary.

Number of Participants: 206

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