Friday, September 14, 1C24
Daily Nebraskan
Pago 9
Management program helps
farmers reap bigger profits
By Gene Gentrup '
Dal!y Nctsraskan EBor Eeporter
Farmers end ranchers now can
enroll in a program designed to
help them improve their finan
cial situations through better ma
nagement techniques.
"Managing for Tomorrow," a
program under the direction of
the NU Cooperative Extension
Service, b designed to help pro
' do an answer to the depressed
agricultural economy, said Doug
Jose, who along with Larry Bit
ney, is coordinating the program.
Both are UNL extension farm
management specialists.
THE PROGRAM was set
up in June, when the U.S. Depart
ment of Agriculture approved
$450,000 in funding for the pro
ject. The Nebraska Department
of Agriculture approved $100,000
in funding.
Enrolling for the program began
earlier this week and Jose said he
hopes about 500 Nebraska farm
and ranch families participate in
the program. He said the pro
gram has adequate funding to
keep going for at least two years.
The enrollment fee is $200 per
couple and includes all seminars
and programs in the one-year
project.
Staff selections will soon be
made, Jose said. The staff will
include experts on the financial
and legal aspects of the family
farm. j
The program begins with farm
families taking part in 24 hours of
management instruction through
a series of workshops. The size of
the group will depend on the
number of participants within a
geographic area, but enrollment
will be limited to 20 couples per
wortehoptoemure elective commu
nication, Jose said.
Workshop topics will include
the role of long-range planning,
determining production costs, as
sessing levels of production effi
ciency, evaluating family alterna
tives and cash-fiqw planning.
Specialists in computers, fi
nancial software, goals and moti
vaiton, financial analysis, tax and
legal areas also will help.
AFTER GROUP sessions are
complete, specialists will visit the
individual farms to organize fin
ancial and management data and
do a computer analysis. .
Consultations by the special
ists then will be made to evaluate
the results of the analysis and
computer projection with the farm
families. Goals and record-keeping
systems also will be reviewed,
along with analyzing long-range
plans and discussing alternatives,
Jose said.
A specialist will review the far
mer or rancher's situation with a
committee of experts, who will
then submit additional ideas that
the coupje and specialist may not
have considered. Finally, by the
summer of 19S5, the couple and
specialist will compare actual in
come and expenses with projec
tions and discuss any further
problems that might have oc
curred, he said. .
Robert Raun, director of the
State Department of Agriculture,
said the debt load of Nebraska
farmers and ranchers has grown
substantially in recent years, while
profitability in agriculture ha3
declined.
THESE ARE several causes
for financial difficulties and man
agement is one of them," he said.
'"Farmers are tremendous pro
ducers but some management of
:financial matters has not been
the best."
The small group workshops are
scheduled for November and De
cember. January through March
will be designated for computer
analysis of the farm and the indi
vidual consultations with final
reviewing in the summer and fall.
Voter drive helps students
Anyone who is a Nebraska
resident and at least 18 by
Nov. 6 is eligible for voter
registration, Lancaster
County election commis
sioner Beatty Brasch said
Thursday.
College students attend
ing school In Lancaster
County but who are per
manent residents in another
county can register in either
county, Brasch said. Stu
dents who attend UNL may
decide they want to vote on
issues where their parents
live, she said.
A special form available
at registration booths on
UNL's City and East cam
puses will help students reg
ister for their chosen coun
ties, said Laura Hein, Univer
sity Government Liaison Com
mittee chairwoman. Student
Vote '84 registration drive
ends at the East Union today.
If students miss this drive,
they can write to their county
for registration forms, Brasch
said. The last day Nebraska
residents can register to vote
in the general election is
Oct. 26.
Politial interns...
Continued firom Page 1 pus activities, as well as orches-
"The polls are good," she admit- trating the logistics of yard-sign
ted, "but people are apathetic; placement.
Exon is seen as an incumbent "It's important to get people
that is unbeatable." more informed," Carter said,
The long hours she spends at "because Hoch doesnt have the
headquarters surer sm attempt to name Exon does." The senior bua-
overcome that torpor. The Demo- mess administration major
crats always have manpower and thought the debates would help
the Republicans always have in that respect,
money," Neary said. Carter, in contrast to both Parks
Mike Carter represents Nancy and Neary, doesn't have designs
Hoch's best interests on campus, on law school or a political career.
Another first-time intern, Carter Jack Cheloha, a third intern and
chose the Koch camp because his pre-law student at Exon head
mother knew the Republican quarters, sees his position as a
candidate from college and his stepping stone to a Senate intern
brother also works for her. ship in Washington. Cheloha, a
Spending an average of 15 vol- sophomore serving as field as
unteer hours per week, Carter sistant, keeps in contact with
organizes football game and cam-, neighboring county chairpeople
and helps out with fund-raising
dinners, parades and other pub
lic events.
weary said sne had plans after
the campaign "I'd be lying if I
said I didn't. have plans", bw re- .
Parks, remembering his grand-
mother was a state senator in '
w f oo
that he might complete the fam
ily triumvirate.
"Sure, it's possible," he said, smiling.
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