Farm Partnerships

Choosing  and Forming Farm Partnerships

First Pioneer http://www.firstpioneer.com/finance/finance.htm has expertise in all areas business planning, including forming the right partnership for your professional goals. From business consultants to certified appraisers, First Pioneer can provide professional assistance in various areas. For eastern Connecticut (Windham and New London counties and eastern Tolland), call: Lynn Weaver at (860) 779-0717. For central and western Connecticut (Hartford, Middlesex, New Haven counties and western Tolland) call: Keith Stechschulte at (860) 741-4380. For Fairfield County, contact Blane Allen at (845) 343-1802. For Litchfield County, contact Bill Martin at (518) 851-3313.

Iowa’s Agricultural Marketing Resource Center has a series of web pages with documents on how to start an ag business and the planning process. http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/startingbusiness/

Iowa’s Agricultural Marketing Resource Center including different business organizations http://www.agmrc.org/agmrc/business/startingbusiness/
legalorganizationalstructure.htm

Vermont Land Link has a site http://www.uvm.edu/landlinkvt/?Page=links.html that includes business plan forms

Farm Leasing

The Connecticut Bar Association
http://www.ctbar.org/

Free Advice.com has many legal documents, including a farm lease, for a minimal charge. http://freeadvice.com/legalforms/index.php

 

CT Agriculture Commission Conference--
Growing Farms in Your Community

Saturday

March 24, 2012

EastConn

376 Hartford Turnpike

Hampton, CT
9 am to 3:30 pm

The conference cost is $15 and includes a farm to table lunch.

- Welcome from CT Department of Agriculture Commissioner Steve Reviczky
-An update on the new Farm Bill by Congressman Joe Courtney

also:
*new programs and initiatives you need to know about;
*getting results from your agriculture commission
(expertise from Massachusetts);
*assessing the market channel best suited for your farm profitability;
*connecting farmers to farmland;
*updates from Agriculture Commissions;
*resources for Agriculture Commissions (helping farmers find the answers they need); and food systems (helping your town consider agriculture in everything it does)

To register for the conference, please contact:

Jennifer Kaufman

AGvocate Program Director

860-450-6007, or by

email: AGvocate@yahoo.com, or go to AgInfoTLGV.org/AGvocate.

check their calendar!