Farm Credit East Webinars

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Upcoming Webinars

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Past Webinars

21
Mar

OSHA Local Emphasis Program Update for Dairy Farms

March 21, 2019

Ron Williams is the Compliance Assistance Specialist for the Syracuse Area OSHA Office. He has spent time researching inspections conducted by the Albany, Buffalo and Syracuse area offices going back to July 2014; the start of the dairy farm operation Local Emphasis Program (LEP) inspections. In this webinar, Ron discussed total inspections, inspection types, top violations cited along with examples of each of the top violations.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Tags: regulations, risk management
25
Feb

Ag Immigration Law Basics: Immigration Enforcement at the Worksite

February 25, 2019

Federal immigration enforcement actions at places of business have more than doubled in the last year. Do you know what to do if immigration officers come to your farm Kendra Sena, Senior Staff Attorney at the Government Law Center at Albany Law School, discussed the difference between inspection and enforcement and the types of agents who might come to your farm. She also reviewed what agents might look for while at your farm and what you can do to prepare yourself.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Tags: immigration, labor, risk management
13
Feb

Farmer Veteran Coalition Fellowship Fund

February 13, 2019

Farm Credit East was pleased to sponsor the Farmer Veteran Coalition's Fellowship Fund webinar February 13, 2019. This Fund provides small grants ranging from $1,000-$5,000 to assist beginning veteran farmers. This webinar answered questions regarding the application process and provide an overview of business planning, which is a required part of the application.

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Posted In: FarmStart and Beginning Farmers

Tags: young & beginning farmers, farmer veterans
14
Jan

2019 Dairy Outlook

January 14, 2019

Farm Credit East’s annual dairy outlook webinar was held January 15 with Dr. Mark Stephenson, University of Wisconsin-Madison, as the presenter. He gave an overview of the economy, changes to milk production and sales, dairy markets around the world and other factors that may influence the coming year for dairy producers in the Northeast.

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Posted In: Ag Economy

Tags: dairy expenses, dairy revenue, dairy, economy, input costs, market access, milk, risk management, production, trade