Picture from the DeKalb County Farm Bureau’s Connections publication.
Annie’s Project is designed to empower farm women to be better business partners through a series of education sessions covering the business of farming and ranching, and now is your chance to register to attend this program. Since its inception in 2003, 8,000 farm women from 30 states have graduated from the program and have successfully taken on the challenges of managing and operating farms. Annie’s Project helps farm women learn about farm management and improve their skills as business partners. Women are taught the basics of managing money, how property is titled, setting up farm leases, basic grain marketing, deciding on insurance products, and putting together a business plan which includes financial documents like balance sheets, income statement and cash flows. Annie’s Project is ideal for women who marry into farm families, or for women who have been away from the farm scene and need to get in touch with what is happening on their farms that they left years ago.
Classes will be held every Tuesday and Thursday evening from 6:00 to 9:00pm starting February 16 and ending March 3, at the DeKalb County Farm Bureau building located at 1350 West Prairie Drive in Sycamore. Special thanks to DeKalb County Farm Bureau for their sponsorship of Annie’s Project.
The cost of the program is $50 and is payable prior to the evening of February 16. Click here to visit their website and register online. Checks should be payable to University of Illinois Extension. Pre-registration is required by February 10, 2016. If you need a reasonable accommodation for this program, please contact the DeKalb County Extension office at 815-758-8194.
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