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May 13, 2005 Livestock Business and Risk Planning Workshops Set Livestock producers are invited to participate in a two-day business and risk planning workshop set for Watford City on May 31-June 1 at the McKenzie County Courthouse meeting room and June 2-3 at the First Congregational Church basement in Hettinger. The focus of the workshops is the application of basic principles of business, risk and financial management specific to livestock and forage producers in the northern Great Plains. The workshops will go from 9 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. each day. Topics addressed in the workshops include:
The workshops are sponsored by South Dakota State University, Montana State University, North Dakota State University, National Crop Insurance Services and the USDA Risk Management Agency. Presenters at the workshop include Harlan Hughes (NDSU, retired), Matthew Diersen (SDSU), Duane Griffith (MSU), Laurence Crane (NCIS) and Cole Gustafson (NDSU). There is no fee for the workshop, but participants are asked to pre-register so adequate materials are available. To register for the Watford City workshop, contact Dale Naze, McKenzie County Extension Service agent, at (701) 444-3451 or e-mail dnaze@ndsuext.nodak.edu. For the Hettinger workshop, contact Jesse Handegard, Adams County Extension Service agent, at (701) 567-2735 or e-mail jhandega@ndsuext.nodak.edu. ### Source:
Cole Gustafson, (701) 231-7096, cole.gustafson@ndsu.edu |
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