The PDPW Financial Literacy for Dairy® Series is presented by Professional Dairy Producers® (PDPW). The 2019-20
Series will bring together dairy farmers, veterinarians, nutritionists,
and other agribusiness professionals and offer three levels of financial
development training between November 2019 and March 2020, held at PDPW
Headquarters, 820 N. Main St., Juneau, Wis.
The series is designed to provide attendees the financial and business
understanding needed to thrive in the dairy farming business. Attendee
gain a strengthened understanding of financial documentation, adjusting
cash basis net income to accrual adjusted data, key ratios and analysis,
cost of production, benchmarking, enterprise analysis and more.
The three trainings and respective meeting dates include:
- Level 1: Nov. 13-14, 2019 and concludes Dec. 18-19, 2019
- Level 2: Jan. 8-9, 2020; continues Feb. 12-13, 2020 and concludes March 4-5, 2020
- Level 3: March 24-25, 2020
An online placement assessment determines the students’ level of entry
and each training group offers a multi-session, multi-date format, with
day one running from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m., and day two reconvenes at 8
a.m. and concludes at 4 p.m.
- Level 1 will dive into core financial concepts such as the value of determining and developing short-term and long-term business goals and the principles of preparing annual balance sheets.
- Level 2 will offer an in-depth look at financial tools such as income statements, inventories, and depreciation. A study of profitability and cost-center tracking will show class trainees how to separate various parts of their operation to measure profitability of each enterprise such as raising heifers, steers and crops.
Level 1 and Level 2 curriculum is authored by Dr. David Kohl, professor
emeritus from Virginia Tech, and classes will be instructed by Gary Sipiorski, an independent business and financial consultant, and Dr. Kevin Bernhardt,
Professor of Agribusiness at UW-Platteville School of Agriculture and
Farm Management Specialist with UW-Extension and Center for Dairy
Profitability.
- The inaugural Level 3 will cover budgeting tools for planning and performance monitoring, trend analysis, key metrics to monitor, and benchmarking. This level will stretch attendees with managing capital investment for their business, how to optimize capital purchases and protocols for sharing records.
Level 3 is authored and instructed by Dick Wittman,
board chair, transition coach and former manager of a 20,000-acre crop,
cattle and timber operation in northern Idaho. Wittman specializes in
financial and family business management, transition planning,
consultant training and conflict management.
To learn more about Financial Literacy for Dairy or to register online,
visit www.pdpw.org or call PDPW at 1-800-947-7379. Follow along
digitally in advance of and during the event by following @dairyPDPW and
using #PDPWFinancialLiteracy on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Financial Literacy for Dairy is an accredited training and offers Dairy
AdvanCE continuing education (CE) credits. To learn more or secure
credits, visit https://dairyadvance.org/.
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