Building Farmers

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Building Farmers Programs

Cattle graze on summer annuals with mountains in the distance.

Principles of Business Planning and Management

The Principles of Business Planning and Management program is a series of evening classes designed to help new farmers and ranchers explore farming as a business and provide intermediate and experienced farmers and ranchers with tools and ideas to refine and enhance their business management, production, and marketing skills.

Exploring Your Farm Dream

This course empowers learners to explore their interests in becoming a farmer or rancher and introduces practical tools to assess their preparedness to begin a farm or ranch business. The content covered includes market entry, strategic planning, skills and constraints assessment, network building, resource identification and development, and creating pathways for lifelong learning.

Plants growing on rooftop garden at CSU Spur campus