Educational Programs

We've teamed up with agricultural experts to offer continuing education for our young, small, beginning and minority AgCarolina member-borrowers.

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Ag Biz Basics

Ag Biz Basics is a short, four module e-Learning course being offered to young, beginning, small, and minority farmers to assist them in launching, growing, managing, and transitioning a business.

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Why Ag Biz Basics?

The program functions to assist young, beginning, small and minority farmers in launching, growing, managing, and transitioning a business. The fast-paced online program will aid the participant in understanding financial concepts and how to prepare to meet with a lender.

Curriculum Topics

Side by Side with your Lender
Do you Cash Flow? Cash Flow Planning
What are you worth financially? Business and Personal Balance Sheets
Did you make a profit? Income Statement

Interested applicants residing within AgCarolina Farm Credit's North Carolina service area must complete an application to be considered. Download Application

Ag Biz Planner

Ag Biz Planner is an e-Learning course designed to inform farmers about current agriculture trends and help them create business plans.

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Why Ag Biz Planner?

The program helps young, beginning, small and minority farmers become more successful business people by increasing their knowledge about marketplace, financial and business management topics. Each participant will also develop valuable skills that will enable them to develop a useful, meaningful and strategic business plan for their own business.

Curriculum Topics

Megatrends of Agriculture Strategic Business Planning

Interested applicants residing within AgCarolina Farm Credit's North Carolina service area must complete an application to be considered. Download Application

Preparing for Your Lender
Constructing a Balance Sheet
Constructing an Income Statement and Cash Flow Projections
Understanding Lending Decisions
Farm Business Management Factors / Benchmarks
Growth and Transition Management
Personal Financial Management
Communications, Ethics and Leadership

Ag Leadership Institute

Ag Leadership Institute is an educational weekend conference that features farm-related discussions, networking opportunities and more at no cost to participants.

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The Ag Leadership Institute is a weekend educational conference facilitated by Dr. David Kohl, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech.

The conference brings together young, beginning, small and minority farm customers from all over AgCarolina’s 34-county North Carolina servicing territory to give them a chance to meet and network with others in the industry.

Highlights

Designed for young, beginning, small and minority farm couples and/or individual
Interactive discussions regarding the state of global economies, land values, alternative energy and other farming related topics
Networking opportunity for farmers across eastern North Carolina
Facilitated by Dr. David Kohl, Professor Emeritus of Virginia Tech and a leader in providing cutting-edge programs to agricultural organizations worldwide
No cost to participants