Calling all women in agriculture

    The Rocky Mountain Farmers Union, along with many other organizations, will be hosting the 2018 Annie’s Project Women’s Retreat in Estes Park on Sept. 27-29. During this conference, presentations and discussions will revolve around business management, record keeping, analyzing business entities, communication skills, estate/succession planning and much more.
    Annie’s Project is an organization dedicated to providing educational programs designed to strengthen women’s roles in the modern farm enterprise. The program honors a woman who spent her lifetime learning how to be an involved business partner with her husband and building a successful farming operation together.
    The program was launched in 2003, and currently there are 33 states that are holding classes. Women have always played a role in agriculture, but they haven’t always had a platform to learn more — Annie’s Project does just that. During the conference, participants will learn and focus on five main topics: financial risk, human resource risk, legal risk, market risk and production risk.

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