Chamber Offers Farm Business Management School
The Lancaster Chamber of Commerce & Industry’s
2001 Farm Business Management School
Today’s successful faimeis and agri-business managers icalize the importance of the fuluie changes m agnculluic
and how to pioperly piepare for them. The Lancaster Chamber’s Blh8 lh Annual Farm Business Management School,
will host Dr. David Kohl, Professor of Agricultural Finance and Small Business Management at Vnginia Tech,
as he piesents an intensive day focused on;
♦ Global competition and its affect on our local farm economy
♦ Benchmaikmg your farm with others in the industiy
♦ Gaming the most from alliances
♦ Establishing a successful advisory board
♦ Alternative investments
The limited class size and the chance for managers to biing their own personal questions makes this a unique
opportunity to find answers to agriculture’s tough business questions. A continental breakfast, lunch and class
maleiials will be provided during this intensive all day school.
Special Breakfast Meetings will take place with Dr. Kohl on both January 31 & February 1 from 7:00 to 9:00
a.m. at Leola Family Restaurant. The January 31 breakfast will be an opportunity for ag lenders and finance
managers to focus on agn-finance issues. The February 1 breakfast will replace the traditional Alumni Dinner.
All alumni from prior Farm Schools are invited to have your own personalized discussion with Dr. Kohl.
DON’T MISS THIS GREAT OPPORTUNITY!
Contact youi Ag Lender, Accountant, Attorney or Insurance Agent for a possible scholarship today.
Name(s);
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Total Due: $.
Please make all checks payable to the Lancaster Chamber - 2001 Farm School and return form to:
The Lancaster Chamber, Brent Landis, P.O. Box 1558, Lancaster, PA 17608-1558 or FAX to 293-3159.
,If you have any questions, call Brent Landis at The Lancaster Chamber at (717) 397-3531, ext. 134
Blue Ball National Bank would like to Invite our agriculture customers to
the Eighteenth Annual Agricultural Seminar to be held February 7, 2001 at
the Blue Ball Fire Hall beginning at 9:45 a.m.
This year’s speakers include: Mr. Richard Waybright, Co-founder/Owner of
Mason Dixon Farms; Mr. Chuck F. Few, Certified Financial Planner and Trust
Development Officer, Blue Ball National Bank; Mr. Jeffrey H. Stoltzfus, Adult
Agriculture instructor, Elanco School District; Mr. Charles Mossier, Dean of
College of Earth & Mineral Science and Executive Vice President and
Provost for Penn State University; and Professor H. Louis Moore, Professor
of Agricultural Economics for Penn State University.
The bank will provide lunch. Because of limited space, we can only
accommodate those persons who return the coupon at the bottom of this
announcement on or before January 25,2001. Reservations will be taken on
a first come, first served basis. (No telephone reservations will be
accepted.)
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Return To: Blue Ball National Bank, P.O. Box 580, Blue Ball, PA 17506
Attention: Brenda Rogers
Dr. David Kohl, Virginia Tech
Leola Family Restaurant
Wednesday, January 31, 2001
9:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m.
2001 Farm Business Management School Registration Form
Wednesday, January 31,2001,9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
Leola Family Restaurant
Chamber Member Ticket(s) at $75 each, (.
Non-member Ticket(s) at $lOO each, (
Partial/Whole Scholarship from
January 31 - Agri-Finance Breakfast, $l2 each, ( x $l2 =
February 1 - Farm School Alumni Breakfast, $l2 each, (
DEADLINE: All reservations & payments due January 24,2001
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LANCASTER (Lancaster Co.)
Dr. David Kohl, professor of
agricultural finance and small
business management and entre
preneurship at Virginia Tech,
will lead The Lancaster Cham
ber’s two-day Farm Business
Management School Jan. 31 and
Feb. 1 at Leola Family Restau
rant.
Registration is under way for
the Jan. 31 session, an education
al program designed for farm
and agribusiness managers,
which will be conducted from
9:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
The eighth annual event will
again offer farm managers in
struction on practical business
strategies. A second educational
day was added Feb. 1 for local
FFA and 4-H students to learn
more about pursuing a successful
career in farming and agribusi
ness.
Kohl will lead both sessions,
sharing his years of teaching ex
perience and lessons from global
travels. Topics to be covered at
the Jan. 31 session include global
competition and its affect on
local farm economy, benchmark
ing your farm with others in the
industry, gaining the most from
alliances, establishing a success
ful advisory board, and making
alternative investments.
Each of Lancaster County’s
FFA high school chapters, along
with a group of 4-H students,
will be invited to attend the Feb.
1 seminar, “Exploring the Dy
namic World of Agriculture,”
free of charge. Topics to be cov
ered will include choosing a ca
reer path in agriculture, entering
a family business, using invest
ments and credit wisely, and
more. This session will be held
from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Leola
Family Restaurant. The seminar
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Lancaster Farming, Saturday, January 20, 2001-A25
is sponsored by The Chamber,
The Farm and Home Foundation
of Lancaster County, Hoss’s
Steak and Sea House, and The
Ressler Mill Foundation.
“It is a pleasure to open the
Farm School Program up to
young people who are interested
in a career in the farming indus
try,” said Brent Landis, The
Chamber’s agriculture services
coordinator. “It is an investment
in the future success of Lancaster
County’s rich agricultural tradi
tion. Dr. Kohl will serve as an ex
cellent motivator, educator, and
role model for Lancaster’s future
ag industry leaders.”
Special breakfast meetings
with Dr. Kohl will be conducted
on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1 from 7
a.m. to 9 a.m. at Leola Family
Restaurant. The Jan. 31 break
fast will serve as an opportunity
for ag lenders and finance man
agers to focus on agrifinance is
sues. The Feb. 1 breakfast is an
opportunity for Farm School
alumni to have a personalized
discussion with Kohl. The cost
for both of these meetings is $l2
per attendee, which includes a
breakfast buffet.
Kohl is the two-time recipient
of the American Agricultural
Economics Association Out
standing Teacher Award. Kohl
also received the Governor’s
Award for his distinguished serv
ice to Virginia agriculture.
Cost for the Farm Business
Management School Jan. 31 is
$75 for members and $lOO for
nonmembers. Limited schol
arships are sometimes available
through ag lenders and agribusi
nesses.
To register, contact Brent
Landis, agriculture services coor
dinator, at (717) 397-3531, or e
mail blfmdis@lcci.com.