Technical Assistance
MOFGA offers technical assistance in the following areas. Brief consultations and initial farm visits are free for commercial farmers.
Livestock Production
- Animal health
- Pasture plans and management
- Humane livestock handling techniques
- Food safety considerations
- Equipment considerations
Crop Production
- Pest and disease identification and management decisions
- Soil health and management decisions including: cover cropping, tillage considerations, interpreting soil test results
- Food safety considerations
- Equipment considerations
Processing
- Sourcing local organic ingredients
- Certifying product lines
- Food safety considerations
Business & Marketing
- Starting a farm or food business
- Farm accounting and using QuickBooks
- Financial planning with cash flow projections and enterprise budgets
- Website/social media assistance, logo and label design, branding, etc
- Planning and assessing marketing optionsÂ
- Labor management considerations
Organic Certification
- Transitioning to organic production
- Navigating application materials
Fee for Service
MOFGA also offers a sliding scale fee-for-service model with grant funding often covering the fee for the following consulting services
- Pasture plan design
- Record keeping improvements
- Crop rotation plan
- Fertility plan
- Enterprise analysis
- Cash flow analysis
- Quickbooks setup or reorganizing chart of accounts