ClMancttttr Farming, Saturday, January 15. 1994
Guidebook Assists Those Looking For Farming Alternatives
ITHACA, N.Y. A guide
book is available to assist rural
and farm residents who are con
sidering alternative enterprises.
“Farming Alternatives: A
Guide to Evaluating the Feasi
bility of New Farm-Based Enter
prises,” takes the reader through a
step-by-step analysis of a potential
new business. The book uses a
case study and workbook format
to evaluate personal and family
considerations, available re
sources, alternative enterprise op
tions, market potential, production
feasibility, profitability, cash
flow, and a final evaluation of all
factors combined. In addition to
providing a format for evaluating
an alternative enterprise, the
Brubaker
To Host
AKRON (Lancaster Co.)
Growers and producers are invited
to attend any of several education
al mining meetings to be hosted
by Brubaker Agronomic Consult
ing Service, Inc. (BAGS). Meet
ings will be presented uv order to
update growers and producers on
pesticide safety, crop protection
products, integrated crop manage
ment techniques, nutrient manage
ment and profitable production
startegies. The first meeting was
scheduled to be held at Harvest
Drive Restaurant January 14 start
ing at 10:30 a.m.
Zeneca Ag Products
Makes Agreement
WILMINGTON, Del. Zene
ca Ag Products announced it has
reached an agreement with Micro-
Flo Company of Lakeland, Fla.,
whereby Micro-Flo will assume
U.S. marketing responsibilities for
Zeneca captan fungicide in the
agricultural markets.
Zeneca Ag Products manufac
tures captan, a broad-spectrum
fungicide to control destructive
diseases of many fruit and nut
crops and to protect newly planted
seed from decay caused by soil in
habiting fungi. The agreement,
which takes effect on January 1,
does not include the professional
and homeowner uses of captan,
which will continue to be serviced
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guidebook provides sources of in
formation for specific materials.
Starting a new venture requires
resources, careful management,
hard work, and risk. Before com
mitting time and resources to an
enterprise, it is important to look
at the feasibility of the idea on pa
per. Each chapter of Farming Al
ternatives includes exercises
self-tests, checklists, and work
sheets that allow the reader to
analyze an enterprise idea and
build business management skills.
The reader will take an inventory
to identify underutilized resources
that can be used in a new enter
prise, perform 'market research to
determine who will buy a product
Agronomic
Meetings
Other meetings will be held at
the limes and locations below:
January 19,1994,10:00 a.m.-2:00
p.m., Kreider’s Restaurant, Man
heim; February 28, 1994, 11:00
a.m.-2:00 p.m., Stop 35,
Mifflintown.
Pesticide update credits, as well
as valuable crop production know
ledge, can be earned by attendance
at these meetings. Please call the
BAGS office at (717) 859-3276
for more information and to make
reservations for the meeting near
est you.
by Zeneca Professional Products,
nor does it include captan uses for
seed treatment products in the
U.S.
According to Buddy Cantors,
business director for Zeneca’s
Horticulture Business Team,
“This agreement is an excellent
opportunity for both parties. With
the expected registration of Sur
pass herbicide for com in 1994,
and expanded labelling of Karate
insecticide into a number of addi
tional crops, this agreement al
lows us to refocus Zeneca’s mar
keting efforts on these new oppor
tunities without reducing the
support for, and availability of
captan fungicide to U.S. growers.”
FARM & DAIRY STORE
or service, and plan the production
aspects of the enterprise. An in
come statement and cash flow
analysis will be prepared to deter
mine profitability and the finan
cial feasibility of starting and
operating the enterprise. The
guidebook even explains how to
combine the documents to present
your proposal to a lender.
Many extension agents and
other educators have expressed an
interest in organizing workshops
for farm and rural famililes inter
ested in, but not necessarily ex
perienced in, alternative enterpris
es. Farming Alternatives works
well as a textbook for an in-depth
workshop series, as a framework
for one-on-one counseling, and as
a resource for the reader to use on
his or her own.
In addition to the guidebook, a
14-minute video. “Farming Al
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“Farming Alternatives” was
written by Nancy Grudens
Schuck, Cooperative Extension,
Cornell University, Wayne Knob
lauch, Agricultural Eamomics,
Cornell University; Judy Green.
Farming Alternatives Program,
Cornell University; and Mary
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