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Jackson County Women in Agriculture to offer bookkeeping boot camp

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The Heart of the Farm - Women in Agriculture and the Jackson County UW-Extension are offering a new workshop for women in agriculture. The program is called Bookkeepers' Boot Camp and will be held on Thursday, September 23, 2010 at the Skyline Golf Course, 612 N. 11th Street, Black River Falls. The workshop begins at 9:30 a.m. and ends at 2:30 p.m.

Heart of the Farm- Women in Agriculture is a University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension and UW Center for Dairy Profitability program committed to addressing the needs of farm women by providing education on farm business topics, connecting them with agricultural resources and creating support networks.

Topics for the Bookkeepers' Boot Camp include:

The How and Why of Managing Farm Records. Kay Wiemer, Sr. Farm Accounting Specialist, Badgerland Financial. This session will help you understand what to keep, how long to keep them, and how to organize them for your taxes and your lender.

Luncheon Speaker: Molly Hoffman of Molly's Rude Awakening Coffee House , Black

River Falls. Molly's Rude Awakening is really three businesses owned by Molly Hoffman. They are: 1. a coffee hut (or The Hut); 2. Funktional Junktion (or Funky Junk) ~ a gift shop; 3. The Loony Bin ~ a beer and wine lounge with music every Friday night. Molly will talk about the coffee she provided for the meeting and how she developed her three businesses.

Insurance and FSA Bookkeeping Requirements. Julie Dokkestul, Executive Director, Jackson County Farm Service Agency. Julie will discuss the types of information and bookkeeping necessary for government programs administered through FSA.

What Financial Record Keeping Can Do for Your Bottom Line. Trisha Wagner, Agriculture Agent, Jackson County UW-Extension. You know you need to, keep records for taxes, for the lender, and government programs, but why do you keep records for yourself? Trisha will discuss how the analysis of good records and resulting management decisions can improve your bottom line.

Recordkeeping Options. Joy Kirkpatrick, Outreach Specialist, Center for Dairy Profitability. Ok,

I'm motivated to use farm records to analyze my farm's performance and profitability, but how do I get started? This session will cover what a record system is, basic needs for record keeping systems, different formats, types and where to find more information. Both computer and ledger options will be discussed.

Jackson County UW-Extension and the Jackson County Farm Service Agency office are local sponsors of this workshop. Because of their sponsorship the registration fee is only $10 per person. Registrations are due by Sept. 16, 2010. To register, send payment to Trisha Wagner, Jackson County UW-Extension, 227 S. 11th Street, Black River Falls, WI 54615. Make checks payable to the UW-Extension. Visit the Heart of the Farm website (www.uwex.edu/ces/heartofthefarm) to download a brochure.

Heart of the Farm - Women in Agriculture is sponsored at the state level by the UW Center for Dairy Profitability and is partially funded by a USDA Risk Management Agency grant and the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board.



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