Agricultural Producer Training

Agricultural Producer Training

A cooperative program between the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services and the U.S. Department of Agriculture will provide several training opportunities for agricultural producers who are looking for ways to reduce the risk of doing business in the ag sector.

The training will cover five major risk areas: production, marketing, financial, legal and human resources. Specific topics will be diversification, crop insurance, marketing contracts, good record keeping and financial planning with training aimed at particular producers such as alligator producers and tomato growers. Other topics having broad appeal are new millennium agriculture and women in agriculture.

Below is a complete list of training initiatives scheduled for this Spring and Summer 2002. The schedule is constantly changing. Please check it periodically.

Community Supported Ag Systems

Tallahassee
Feb. 21-Conner Ag Complex
(850) 487-4322

Crestview
March 4
Okaloosa County Extension Office

Gainesville
March 14
Alachua County Extension Office

West Palm Beach
April 8
Palm Beach County Extension Office

Ft. Pierce
April 9
Martin County Extension Office

Ft. Myers
April 22
Lee County Extension Office

Sarasota
April 22
Fruitville Library

Brooksville
April 25
Hernando County Extension Office

DeLand
June 6
Volusia County Extension Office

Ocala
June 8
TBA

Palatka
June 10
Putnam County Extension Office

Harmful Algae Blooms

Cedar Key, Sebastian, Charlotte Harbor
June
Locations TBA
(850) 488-5471

Freeze Protection for Tropical Fish

Ruskin
Feb 28
Tropical Aquaculture Laboratory
(850) 488-5471

Managing Aquaculture / Seafood

For more information call (850) 488-0163

Jacksonville
June 1
Hilton Jacksonville Riverfront

Tampa
June 6
Hillsborough Community College Del Mabry Campus

Key West
July 12
TBA

Alligator Hides Production RM

Gainesville
June 28
University of Florida
(850) 488-0163

Alligator Meat Production RM

Gainesville
June 28
University of Florida
(850) 488-0163

Young Farmers & Ranchers

Daytona Beach
Aug. 16-18
Adams Mark
(352) 378-8100

Agri-Tourism

Lake City
June 4
Lake City Community College
(386) 362-1725

Small Farms

For more information call (352) 374-1537

Marianna
May 18
North Florida Cooperative

Homestead
May 18
County Extension Office

Ocala
June 8
County Extension Office

Okeechobee
June 15
IFAS Center

New Millennium

For more information call (352) 374-1537

Immokalee
May 23
Southwest Immokalee Research & Education Center

Quincy
June 25
North Florida Research & Education Center

Gainesville
July 16
Florida Farm Bureau Office

Women in Ag

St. Augustine
March 4-5
Casa Monica
(352) 378-8100

RM for Tomato Growers

For more information call (407) 894-3071

Immokalee
Feb. 5
IFAS Center

Boca Raton
Feb. 6
Thomas Produce Co

Boca Raton
March 5
Thomas Produce Co.

Forestry Tour

Lake City
May 23
Division of Forestry Office (start point)
(352) 374-1537

Lake City
37399-Division of Forestry Office (start point)

Forestry Satellite Training

This course is for forest landowners and professional foresters / ecologists.
For more information call (850) 222-5646.

Cantonment
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Escambia County Extension Office

Crestview
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Okaloosa County Extension Office

Daytona Beach
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Daytona Beach Community College

DeFuniak Springs
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Walton County Extension Office

East Palatka
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Putnam County Extension Office

Gainesville
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Fifield Hall, University of Florida Campus

Green Cove Springs
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Clay County Extension Office

Jasper
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Hamilton County High School Library

Kissimmee
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Osceola County School District Instructional Media Center

Lake City
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Lake City Community College

Largo
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Pinellas County Extension Office

Marianna
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Jackson County Extension Office

Quincy
Feb. 26, March 5, 12, 19
Gadsden County Extension Office

Prescribed Burning

This course is designed to teach environmental educators about fire in Florida's urban interface, and the importance of prescribed burning.
For more information call (352) 372-4747 or visit http://flame.fl-dof.com/FIFE/

Orlando
May 1-3
Florida Association of Science Supervisors Conference

Duval
May 17
UNF

Orange County
May 29
Wekiva

Polk County
May 30

Hillsborough
June 12
Nature's Classroom

Martin County
June 19
Dupuis Reserve

Martin County
June 26
Dupuis Reserve

Busch Gardens Educator Camp
June 30

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