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Supplemental Uses of Tobacco Greenhouses: Profit or Loss?
Farm Business Management Update, February 2000
March 23, 2000 in Abingdon or March 24, 2000 in Clarksville
75 min Forrest Stegelin, Extension Agricultural Economist, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Marketing and Business Plans
Market and Consumer Analysis - what will sell in your area?
Marketing Defined
60 min Paul Thomas, Extension Floriculturist, University of Georgia, Athens, Ga.
Floriculture Crops as Potential Income Sources
Greenhouse Upgrades (necessary improvements, desirable improvements, costs involved in upgrades)
Marketing Strategies
60 min Jimmy Mullins and Carl Niedziela, Virginia State University, Petersburg, Va.
Vegetable Crops as Potential Income Sources
Greenhouse Upgrades (necessary improvements, desirable improvements, costs involved in upgrades)
Marketing Strategies
35 min Forrest Stegelin
The Hows and Whys of Pricing
Role of Cost and Profit
Margin, Markup, Discounts
Breakeven Decisions
45 min Forrest Stegelin, Paul Thomas, Jimmy Mullins
Successes, Failures, Turnarounds: Learning From Others' Experiences
Meeting Locations:
March 23, 2000, at the Southwest Virginia Higher Education Center, Virginia Highlands Community College, Abingdon. , Va. Registration 8:30 - 9:00; Program 9:00 - 2:00. Local contact: Henry Snodgrass, 540-676-6309.
March 24, 2000, at the Sandy Fork Hunt Club Building, at the end of Greenhouse Drive at Aarons Creek Farms, Clarksville, Va. Registration 8:30 - 9:00 a.m.; Program 9:00 - 2:00; Lunch provided; Tour of Aarons Creek Farms 2:00 p.m. Local contact: Joe Fariss, 804-738-6191.
For Program Information: JoyceLatimer, 540-231-7906.
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