Farm Credit East Webinars

Knowledge Exchange

Upcoming Webinars

30
Sep

Ensure You're Prepared for PPP Loan Forgiveness

September 30, 2020

Farm Credit East will be holding a PPP loan forgiveness update Wed., September 30 at 9AM. The webinar will provide a recap and update on the PPP loan forgiveness process and what producers should plan for going forward. This session will be recorded. Join the webinar September 30 at 9AM.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Past Webinars

7
Aug

2019 Dairy Farm Summary & 2020 Mid-year Dairy Outlook

August 07, 2020

Farm Credit East hosted a webinar August 7 that reviewed the 2019 Northeast Dairy Farm Summary and looked at how dairy farms are doing as of mid-2020.

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Posted In: Ag Economy

Tags: ag expenses, ag outlook, business management, business planning, cost of production, dairy expenses, dairy revenue, dairy, dairy benchmarking, economy, efficiency, farm expenses, farm revenue, farm management, fixed costs, key performance metrics, milk, net farm income, variable costs
23
Jul

The Paycheck Protection Program – A Top to Bottom Review of Forgiveness

July 23, 2020

While Northeast businesses and employees have benefited from loans approved through the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), the second critical step is to achieve maximum forgiveness of the loan. Farm Credit East hosted a webinar on July 23, to provide a top-to-bottom guide on preparing for PPP loan forgiveness.

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Posted In: Financial Management

Tags: business management, business planning, consulting, employee management, labor, overtime, real-time accounting data, record keeping, variable costs
25
Jun

Fruits and Vegetables: An Early Season Check-in

June 25, 2020

Farm Credit East hosted a webinar that gave an outlook on the Northeast fruit and vegetable season. This webinar covered the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on Northeast growers, market disruptions, and how production and marketing has shifted to reflect the current environment. Managing workers and their health was also covered. The webinar was co-sponsored by the New York State Vegetable Growers Association.

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Tags: fruit & vegetables, fruit production, input costs, vegetable production
18
Jun

Beef and Beyond: A Look at Local and National Animal Protein Markets

June 18, 2020

On June 18, 2020, Farm Credit East hosted a livestock and meat markets outlook featuring Will Sawyer of CoBank, who gave a national perspective on animal protein markets. Dr. Michael Baker, Senior Extension Associate at Cornell University, spoke about Northeast markets and what the rest of the year has in store.

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Posted In: Ag Economy

Tags: ag outlook, livestock, local food
16
Jun

Economic Trends in the Northeast Forest Industry

June 16, 2020

Eric Kingsley, a forest industry consultant with Innovative Natural Resource Solutions LLC, presented his outlook on the region’s forest products markets—primarily biomass, pulpwood and sawlogs—and potential impacts of the slowing economy on June 16, 2020.

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Posted In: Ag Economy

Tags: forest management, forestry
11
Jun

Feed, Grain and Dairy Markets Around the World and Here in the Northeast

June 11, 2020

Farm Credit East's webinar on June 11, 2020, presented an outlook for feed, grain and dairy markets. Ken Zuckerberg, lead analyst and senior economist at CoBank, presented insight into what’s happening with feed and grain markets both locally and around the world. Dr. Chris Wolf, professor of applied economics and management at Cornell University, covered dairy markets and what the rest of 2020 has in store.

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Posted In: Ag Economy

Tags: ag outlook, cash field, dairy