SLV Area Extension is hosting an Ag Business Management workshop on Tuesday, March 31, and Wednesday, April 1, at the Rio Grande Water Conservation District.
Ag producers interested in breakeven and risk analysis for alfalfa, barley, potatoes, quinoa, cow calf and forage cover crops are encouraged to participate. Ag lenders and ag consultants are also invited to participate.
The April 1 workshop has a $20 registration fee, which includes lunch. To pre-register, call the SLV Extension office at 719-852-7381.
The first workshop on Tuesday, March 31, is free and runs from 6-8 p.m. This session is for ag producers to work on their own enterprise analysis with guidance from SLV Area Extension staff. Participants can bring computers or can work on paper. The analysis can be last year’s actual production, or a projection for this upcoming season.
The April 1 workshop is from 10:30 a.m. to noon. The program includes a presentation and discussion on cow-calf enterprise budgets; lunch from noon to 12:30 p.m.; then crop enterprise budget presentations after lunch.
All budgets presented and discussed will be baseline enterprise budgets developed using 2025 actual financials from SLV producers. In addition, a CSU spreadsheet budgeting tool, which is available free to participants, is set up for producers to put in their own figures next to the baseline numbers. It can be used to calculate a producer’s own projections and actuals, and it automatically generates a risk analysis chart.
The workshops will be conducted by Jeff Tranel, CSU ag economist and regional extension ag business management specialist, and SLV Area Extension Ag Business Agent Larry Brown.
Pre-registration is required to ensure there is enough food for lunch. For questions or to register, call Larry Brown or Jennifer Vandiver at 719-852-7381. Or email L.Brown@colostate.edu or Jennifer.vandiver@colostate.edu.
CSU Extension programs are available to all without discrimination, and all SLV Area Extension programs are designed to foster healthy youth and families, prosperous farms, ranches, and businesses, and strong, resilient, proud communities.