Calendar

                                    Calendar of Events and Meetings 2018

 Jackie Folsom will be representing VTFB at the following meetings:

  Nov 27th           VT Dairy Producers Association 

                                                                  County Meetings

                                         Stay Tuned for Meeting Times and Places

 Please feel free to email or call the state office to report any upcoming meetings.

   Email:  peggyvtfb@gmavt.net                    Phone:  802-434-5646

                                                     DEADLINE(S)

Dec 1st, 2018       Vermont Agriculture Grants

 https://vermont.grantwatch.com/cat/51/farming-agriculture-grants.html

 Dec 14th, 2018    Environmental Quality Incentives Program

 https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/wps/portal/nrcs/detail/vt/programs/financial/eqip/?cid=stelprdb1248990

 Feb 1st , 2019      Forest Management Activity Reports

 Document: http://tax.vermont.gov/sites/tax/files/documents/FMR-318.pdf

Extensions may be granted if the landowner can prove to the Vermont Department of Forests, Parks and Recreation that he/she had been prevented by accident, mistake, or misfortune from filing the FMAR by the February 1st deadline.    For more information, visit their website at:  https://fpr.vermont.gov/forest/your_woods/use_value_appraisal

                         2019 New York Farm Bureau Young Farmers & Ranchers Conference

                                                          Tentative Schedule, February 8-9, 2019

                    Friday, Feb. 8:

•                10:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. –      Registration
•                11:30 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. –      Lunch and Networking Activities
•                  1:15 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.  –    Off-site Agricultural-Related tours
•                 5:45 p.m. –6:45 p.m.   –     Dinner at Hotel
•                6:50 p.m. – 7:50 p.m.  –      Keynote Speaker: Vance Crowe,                                                                                                      Director of Millennial Engagement at Bayer Crop Sciences
•                8:15 p.m. - 11:30 p.m. –     Dessert Party and Team Building Activity

                              Heroes, Villains and their Motivations: Getting beyond “tell your story” 

        In this talk, Vance Crowe will discuss why some stories are more compelling than others,            articulating why it is so easy for consumers to believe that the critics of modern agriculture are        the heroes and the villains are the companies and individuals that have been successful.  Vance        will discuss how individuals can think about articulating their challenges being a successful            farmer in the modern age so that consumers can relate and cheer for you to succeed online, in          person and even in the grocery store.             

                   Saturday, Feb. 9:

•  8:00 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.     –      Young Farmers & Ranchers Breakfast
•  9:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.     –    Young Farmers & Ranchers General Session -                                                                                          Estate Planning from a young farmer perspective
• 10:20 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. –       Workshop - Public Speaking (developing your 30 second elevator                                                  speech) – Elise Stoddard, AFBF Director of Organization                                                              Development

                                    Workshop TBA

• 11:35 a.m. – 12:45 p.m. –     Workshop – Media Training – Elise Stoddard, AFBF Director of                                                    Organization Development

                                    Workshop TBA

• 12:50 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.  -      Closing Lunch & Speaker
• 2:00 p.m.                       –     Conference Ends