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Sweet Berry Farm, Middletown

Surviving Difficult Times in the Green Industry

July 11, West Greenwich, Rhode Island

Hours of Operation:

Registration: 8:30AM, Program 9AM-3PM

Admission Information:

$10 - pay on site

Managing Risk and Uncertainty in a Maturing Marketplace - A Workshop for Nursery & Greenhouse Growers

Are business profits shrinking and you are not sure why?
Do revenues fluctuate widely from year-to-year?
Has marketing become more of a challenge?
Has your business been impacted by drought or freeze?
Is reliable labor hard to come by?
Are labor costs a major burden?
Have delinquencies on accounts receivable grown painfully high?
Are credit terms increasingly unfavorable or difficult to acquire?
Are operating costs spiraling out of control?

If you have answered yes to some of these questions,then join us!

Workshop Agenda
Risk in the agricultural environment and the tools to survive and prosper

Identifying the Beasts; Risks that gnaw at your profits and strategies to overcome them
Measure What You Manage: The financial management toolbox you can't do without
Marketing is not Just Selling: Marketing strategies you need to survive in a maturing industry
Risk Management Tools: The most misunderstood and overlooked secret weapons

Special Guest Presenters
Dr. Laurence Crane, National Crop Insurance Service
Dr. John Haydu and Dr. Alan Hodges, University of Florida
Dr. Charles Hall, Texas A&M University

Continental Breakfast and Full Lunch Provided.

REGISTER NOW.

This workshop is being funded by a grant from the USDA Risk Management Agency to the National Crop Insurance Service of Overland Park, KS, in collaboration with RICAPE.

For more information, click here.

Event Address

Whispering Pines Conference Center
The Spruce Conference Room
Alton Junes URI Campus
401 Victory Highway (Route 102)
West Greenwich, RI 02817
401-397-3361