Upcoming Events

Alex White will be speaking to the Virginia Christmas Tree Growers convention (Waynesboro, VA, August 2010) about marketing and general business management.

Alex White will be speaking on effective marketing strategies at the National Christmas Tree Association convention (Winston-Salem, NC, August 2010).

 

 

 

Recent Master's Degree Projects

Look for extension publications and materials related to these projects in the near future!

Jared Burner

• Inventory Management of the Beef Carcass for Direct Marketers

Brandy Foster Morse

• Developing a Financial Analysis for Virginia Vineyards

Ashleigh Waddle

• A Market Analysis for Specialty Beef in Virginia
• Click here to see a draft of this project

Zachary Waldron

• Business Planning Guide for Virginia Wineries, including a sample business plan for a small winery
• Click here to see draft documents from this project - then scroll to the bottom of the page

Recent Events

Alex White developed and administered the State FFA Farm Business Management CDE. Two chapters competed - Abingdon and Nelson County Sr.

Click here to see copies of the 2010 contests.

Mike Ellerbrock taught economic foundations of capitalism to 90 high school teachers and 90 students in East European nations (Bulgaria, Romania, Slovakia, Hungary) making the transition from communism and socialism to market-based systems. 

Click here for more information on Mike's trip

Mike Roberts coordinated a series of Dairy Risk Management workshops. Click on the following links for access to the handouts and presentations from this series

Dairy Risk Management Workshops - brochure

Dairy Risk Management Workshops - information on the series

 

Topic Search by Person

Eric Eberly

• Income Tax Management
• Enterprise Budgets

Gordon Groover

• Economics of the Equine Industry
• Hay economics

Alex White

• Agricultural Financial Management
• Small Business Management
• Transition Planning
• Retirement Planning

Recent Publications

Virginia Landowner’s Guide to the Carbon Market (442-138), authored by John Ignosh, Kurt Stephenson, Matthew Yancey, Bill Whittle, and Mark Alley can be found at http://www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/bse/442-138/442-138.html. 

A Characterization of Direct-Marketed Beef Production in Virginia (448-124), authored by Denise Mainville, Gordon Groover, Bradley Webb, and Ashleigh Waddle can be found at http://pubs.ext.vt.edu/448/448-124/448-124.html. 

Investing in GPS Guidance Systems? (448-076) by Gordon Groover and Robert Grisso is now available at www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-076/448-076.html and the PDF version can be printed from www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-076/448-076.pdf . The web site provides a link to an online decision aid and an Excel spreadsheet for farmers to estimating their own breakeven acreages for a GPS guidance system.

An Inventory of Beef Slaughter & Processing Facilities for Virginia Direct Marketers of Beef (448-195) by Denise Mainville and Ashleigh Waddle, is available on the VCE website at:  www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-195/448-195.html.  A hard copy of the publication (it is formatted to open out into a booklet that is well suited for posting on your bulletin board and also has a map showing locations of the facilities) please request one at:  https://survey.vt.edu/survey/entry.jsp?id=1225457081494 (you may need to copy and paste this link into your internet browser). 

Describing Commercial Berry Crop Production and Marketing in Virginia:  Results of a 2006 Survey (448-507) by Joseph Monson and Denise Mainville has been published to the VCE website at:  www.ext.vt.edu/pubs/agecon/448-507/448-507.html.

Mixed Hay Enterprise Budget

Excel file
pdf file