You just can’t put enough emphasis on good education, and that includes education for managing your agribusiness. At the 83rd Annual Meeting and Trade Show of the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers, along with the AgroNomics Conference & Trade Show, the youngest producers are being encouraged to get involved with ASFMRA for the dividends it will pay down the road.
“In conversations we have with new members coming in to our organization, it seems they join for the education and stay for the networking,” said Jeff Berg, ARA and past president of ASFMRA. He added the group’s summer education week, held in either Omaha or Des Moines each year, provides core education for farm managers and appraisers in the Midwest. A couple of years ago, leaders at ASFMRA decided they really needed to open up this education to the next generation. “A lot of college kids don’t even know you can have a wonderful career in farm management, appraisal or consulting occupations.”
Working through their chapters and members at some of the land grant colleges, they set up the training that should help those young producers much further down the road. You can find out more at the ASFMRA’s website.
Listen to Chuck’s interview with Jeff here: Interview with Jeff Berg, ARA, past ASFMRA president
AgWired coverage of the ASFMRA Agronomics Conference is sponsored by Halderman Farm Management.