2025 Colorado Building Farmers and Ranchers Course
The Colorado Building Farmers and Ranchers program builds community and capacity in agriculture for beginning farmers and ranchers around the state. From January 14 to March 4, 2025, course facilitators and instructors will guide new and beginning farmers (those with less than 10 years of experience) through a series of eight online evening classes designed to explore agriculture as a business, including the principles of business management, developing a marketing plan, managing risk, obtaining financing, and more. The program also provides more experienced farmers and ranchers with tools and ideas to refine and enhance their business management and marketing skills. Participants are supported with group and individual exercises and coaching, which result in participants creating a business plan and presenting it to a group of peers.
When: Tuesdays evenings, 6pm-8:30pm from January 14-March 4, 2025
Where: Online, via Zoom
Who: Agricultural producers with less than 10 years of farming experience
Cost: $250 per participant, and $125 for each additional participant from the same farm business
