Southern University's dynamic AgCenter has embarked upon its third class of the Small Farmer Leadership Institute. The participants were selected from 10 states that have 1890 Land Grant Universities. Each participant brings a unique background and various experiences to the institute. This blog has been initiated as a communication vessel to strengthen us all.
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One idea is to have a bi-monthly newsletter. Instead of saddling one or two individuals with this responsibility, use of the blog is ideal. For those of us without Internet access, extracting a newsletter from the blog will be done using Publisher. One participant expressed the need for computer knowledge in order to produce labels for the fruit preserves. The desire to have graphics and important data on the label for customer feedback and marketing is essential to the farmer's success. Did we forget to mention flyers and post cards for advertising and marketing? InfoPath will be come a highly used tool for each farmer. The need for invoices, receipts and purchase requisitions are all a part of the new wave of farm management. The available tutorials and sample forms are the best points of origin a new user can ask for. The very first file transferred between classmates was the Excel worksheet that allows the user to have a monthly income and expense workbook that has worksheets for each month and has a year to date column, it's perfect for budget projections and accounts management. Each farmer curtails to activities pertinent to their farm. Using Access to maintain customer and supplier tables that allow report generation of select records will help the farmer determine trends and the areas of growth. Use of Microsoft Wordmakes this all possible. From the insertion of graphic images and hyperlinks to grammar checking, Word is the essential tool of choice. Animal and crop production, from seed to harvest, can only shine through PowerPointpresentations with music, video and animations.
MANDATORY Conference Call
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Central Standard Time
• 6:30 Conference – Phone # 1-800-876-6944 / Access Code: 884#
• 7:30 Conference – Phone # 1-800-876-6944 / Access Code: 777#
Hotel Information for Session 2 - Orangeburg, SC
3689 St. Matthews Road
Orangeburg, S.C. 29118
Phone 803-531-7200 Fax 803-531-4100
Check in after 3:00 pm on the 5th of December.
Training will be over by Noon on the 8th.
Conference Call for Baton Rouge, LA
There will be two conference calls Monday, January 7, 2008, for participants having questions concerning the Baton Rouge, LA Session. Listed below are the times of the conferences. Thank you.
Monday, January 7, 2008 (Central Time)
· 6:30 – 7:30pm Dial 1-800-876-6944 Access Code: 884#
· 7:30 – 8:30pm Dial 1-800-876-6944 Access Code: 777#
Hotel Information for Session 3 - Baton Rouge, LA
3045 Valley Creek Road
Baton Rouge, LA 70808
Phone 225-923-3377
Check in is 3:00 p.m. on the 9th of January.