Agricultural support courses
SPECIAL INTEREST
SUCCESSION PLANNING
Cake Decorating
Succession Planning I
Prepare your business for the transition of Management. Seminar includes information on the following questions you likely have: Do you have a plan for moving your business forward to the next generation? How will you go about including the next generation into management and decision making positions? What internal and external factors to the business need to be considered as transitions are planned? What retirement plan is in place for each generation? How do I make sure this farm remains a farm, but keep the family a family, too? AG12A 3 HOURS Feb. 13, 2013 6 – 9 PM W $40
Succession Planning II
Learn about the legal side of transitioning your business. Estate planning is discussed in this seminar. Even though the tax liability is less, estate planning is still very important. There are many tools available, and choosing the one that works for you and your family is very important for a successful business transfer to the next generation. AG12B 3 HOURS Feb. 20, 2013 6 – 9 PM W $40
Liabilities seminar Liabilities I
What are the external forces that can affect your business? How can you protect yourself against political and social threats? What type of liability insurance and how much do you really need to protect your business? These topics and more will be addressed in this seminar. AG12C 3 HOURS Jan. 30, 2013 6 – 9 PM W $40
Liabilities II
This seminar focuses on recent law changes that can affect your business. Keeping up to date on changes to laws is essential to protecting your business. AG12D 3 HOURS Feb. 6, 2013 6 – 9 PM W $40
Smartphones for the Agriculture Community: Is there an app for that?
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Have a smartphone or trying to decide if one would benefit you? Attend a one night session to learn what applications are out there for smartphone’s that can enhance your productivity. Learn how to watch the market from the field or make decisions from the cab! Learn about the apps that are available both from Universities as well as Private industry. And, yes there are apps for farming, everything from marking grain, to determining the rate of N for corn, to soil types and more! AG12E 3 HOURS Feb. 27, 2013 6 – 9 PM W $40
Use decorating tools to prepare icings and frostings, piping borders, making flowers and writing. Learn color selection. Ingredients provided by the student, no book necessary for this course. Limited to 12 students. CD12B 18 HOURS Jan. 28, 2013 – Mar. 11, 2013 6 – 9 PM M $95
Advanced Cake Decorating
Learn techniques and develop skill in: stacked and tiered cakes, buttercream icing & rolled fondant, buttercream, royal icing, and fondant flowers and draping. Supplies provided by student, no book necessary for this course. Prerequisite: Cake Decorating. Class limited to 12 students. CD212B 18 HOURS Mar. 18, 2013 – Apr. 29, 2013 6 – 9 PM M $95
Sign Language
Students will learn how to begin a conversation and increase their signed vocabulary. This class is beneficial if you have a friend, relative or business associate who is hearing impaired. Students will learn the symbols of ASL. SL12B 15 HOURS Feb. 26, 2013 – Mar. 26, 2013 6:30 – 9:30 PM T $90
Conversational Spanish
This course is designed to introduce or reintroduce you to Spanish. If you’ve never taken Spanish before or took it long ago, this class is for you. Come prepared to participate. You will have opportunities to speak, hear, read and write Spanish. Your instructor has a Master’s in Spanish as well as a degree in Education and understands the frustrations of learning Spanish as a second language. Bring your sense of humor and give it a try! SP12B 20 HOURS Feb. 12, 2013 – Mar. 19, 2013 6:30 – 8:30 PM T, TH $140
Spanish II
This 20–hour course is designed as a continuation of the beginning course, “Conversational Spanish I”. Join us as we add to our basic vocabulary and practice listening and speaking skills. SPII12A 20 HOURS Apr. 9, 2013 – May 9, 2013 6:30 – 8:30 PM T, TH $140
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