March 20, 2018 • Page 14 shop online at www.missourivalleyshopper.com National Ag Week March 18-24, 2018 Know Your Numbers Know Your Options SDSU iGrow BROOKINGS, S.D. - If you're a woman involved in the agriculture industry, with questions about farm finance and leases, then SDSU Extension's Know Your Numbers Know Your Options may be the program for you. This course will be held once a week for four weeks in Watertown at the SDSU Extension Regional Center (1910 W. Kemp Ave.) beginning April 16, 2018. "Know Your Numbers Know Your Options is a course designed for women involved in agriculture who want to learn more about how to develop financial records, learn key communication skills and expand leasing knowledge - all while having fun in a supportive learning environment," said Shannon Sand, SDSU Extension Livestock Business Management Field Specialist. "We like to reference this course as the second level of Annie's Project, however it is not required that you attended Annie's Project course to attend this course." Annie's Project is another course hosted by SDSU Extension that is designed to empower women by providing detailed farm/ranch management information and build networks between women. Know Your Numbers Know Your Options, is a pilot program, similar to Annie's Project, which delves deeper into understanding and use of balance sheets, income statements, cash flows as well as cash and flex leasing. Is this program for you? Have you ever asked a farm/ranch management question and not understood the answer? Have you ever signed papers at the bank or FSA and not really understood what they were for? Have you been thinking about if you have enough insurance? Have you wished you knew more about flexible and/or cash leasing agreements? If you answered "yes" to any one of these questions, then you are a perfect candidate for Know Your Numbers Know Your Options. Registration deadline is April 13, 2018 To register for the Know Your Numbers Know Your Options course, contact Sand at Shannon.Sand@sdstate.edu or call 605-6262870. Class size is limited. The course runs which runs April 16, 30 May 7 and 21. Each session will run from 5:30 to 8:30 p.m. To help cover the costs of meals, registration is $40 per person. Costs of materials are covered by a USDA-NIFA grant award number 2015-49200-24226. Women involved in Agriculture at Plankinton SDSU iGrow BROOKINGS, S.D. - If you're a woman involved in the agriculture industry, then Annie's Project may be the program for you. SDSU Extension is hosting Annie's Project in Plankinton beginning April 3, 2018. Is Annie's Project for you? Have you ever asked a farm/ranch management question and not understood the answer? Have you ever signed papers at the bank or FSA and not really understood what they were for? Have you been thinking about if you have enough insurance or an estate plan? Have you wished you knew more about marketing your cattle or crops? "If you answered "yes" to any one of these questions then you are a perfect candidate for Annie's Project," said Taylor Grussing, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist. Grussing explained that Annie's Project was designed to empower women by providing detailed farm/ranch management information and build networks between women. Over a six-week period, women will learn how to develop financial records, learn key communication skills, ask questions about retirement and estate planning, expand marketing knowledge - all while having fun in a supportive learning environment. Classes meet once a week beginning April 3, 2018 in Plankinton at the Commerce Street Grille, (120 S Main St.). The classes continue on April 10, 17, 24, and May 1 and 8. Each session will run from 5:30 p.m. to 8:45 p.m. CST. To help cover materials, registration is $100 per person. A meal will be served at each session. Pre-registration is requested by March 27th, 2018 Pre-registration is requested by March 27, 2018. Class space is limited to 20. To register, visit the iGrow events page. For more information, contact Taylor Grussing, SDSU Extension Cow/Calf Field Specialist at 605.995.7378 or by email for more information. USDA Announces More Local Control for School Meal Operations WASHINGTON, March 5, 2018 – U.S. Dedistricts more tools and options to build a partment of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Sec- bright, self-sufficient future for America’s retary Steve Censky today announced two children through well-managed school meal new efforts to provide states and school programs.” districts with additional flexibility and supAs part of this package, USDA is offering port to operate more efficient school meal guidance to help schools utilize its awardprograms. Censky made the announcement winning, open-source online school meal during a speech at the School Nutrition Asapplication model. USDA developed the sociation Legislative Action Conference in application with input from local food serWashington, D.C. vice professionals. 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