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AGRICULTURE/MARKETING--FARM ENTERPRISE PLANNING--INTERNET ----------------------------------------------------------------- On Monday, Mar. 18; 30 Nova Scotia farm owners and their families will begin a pilot course in farm enterprise planning. The unique aspect of this course is that the participants will be working independently from the comfort of their home offices. They will be using their computers to access course material through the Internet. This course is a joint project between the farm business management section of the Nova Scotia Department of Agriculture and Marketing and the Canadian Agricultural Knowledge Institute, with funding support from the Canada/Nova Scotia Farm Business Management Agreement. This unique delivery system makes it possible to offer training courses in locations where the traditional classroom approach would not be feasible. Business training is now at farmers fingertips with simple access to the Internet. The farm enterprise planning course involves 40 hours of "virtual classroom" time matched by a similar amount of "homework." Students who complete the course will have a business plan ready to use in their farming operations. This course addresses a renewed interest in the value of farm business planning brought on by the ever increasing influence of global competition. The pilot course materials include a cross section of Nova Scotia farm commodities such as hogs, apples, greenhouse products, dairy, beef, strawberries, chickens, eggs, grain, vegetables and fur. The students enrolled in the course are located from Yarmouth County through to Pictou County. The course will be offered across Canada and to the rest of the world in October of this year and will be the first in a series of farm management courses that will be developed in the future. -30- Contact: Gary Moton 902-679-6007 trp Mar. 15, 1996 3:45 p.m.