Agricultural Business Training

Do you have a business plan? Do you need to update your marketing plan? Want to learn more about common business issues faced by beginning or new farmers? Want to learn what you can do to control your company’s workers compensation premiums? Want to learn about farm insurance, or financing?

Then this Free training event is for you. All of the experts that can answer these questions have been brought together to bring you Agriculture Business Training. More than 20 different classes are available on everything from marketing your business to saving money on premiums and safety.

This is a FREE event, but pre-registration is highly recommended because this training will fill up. To register, please contact Oscar Cerda at: 360-902-5217; CERO235@Lni.wa.gov.

Courses will include:
– Agriculture Employment Standards
– Marketing Directly to Institutions, Restaurants and Retail
– Nuts and Bolts of a Business Start-up
– DOSH/Safety Consultations
– Everything You wanted to know about your L&I Account
– Options for Young Farmers
– Water Rights and Irrigation
– Financing Options from Start-Up to Expansion
– Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) Preventive Controls
– Food Safety Modernization Act (FSMA) – Proposed Produce Rules
– Introducing Recall Planning-Writing a Plan
– Managing Claims to Control Your Industrial Insurance Costs
– OMWBE Certification

Brought to you by:
Washington State Dept. of Labor and Industries, Washington State Dept. of Agriculture, Washington State University, USDA Risk Management Agency, Enterprise for Equity, and Thurston Conservation District.