2017 Calendar of Events
Date | Event Information | Location |
January 25th | Solid Ground Farmer Trainings: Strengthening Our Farms Across Connecticut: BF 101: New Famer Business Planning; 4 to 7 pm; http://newfarms.extension.uconn.edu/ | Killingly Agricultural Education Center, Killingly |
January 28th | 2017 Beekeeping School, 9 to 3:30; www.ctbees.org/bee-school | CT AG Experiment Station, New Haven |
March 8 to 9 | 2017 Harvest New England Agricultural Marketing Conference and Trade Show; www.harvestnewengland.org/events | Sturbridge, MA |
March 11 to 12 | CT NOFA 35th Annual Winter Conference. www.ct.nofa.org | Western Connecticut State University, Danbury, CT |
March 15 | Deadline to enroll in Noninsured Disaster Assistance Program (NAP) for annual crops. | Visit your county FSA office |
February 20, 2017 | FSA offices are closed |
May 29, 2017 | FSA offices are closed |
July 4, 2017 | FSA offices are closed |
September 4, 2017 | FSA offices are closed |
Apply for FSA Youth Loans of up to $5,000 or new Land Contract Guarantee Program
Contact Ron Clark, Farm Loan Manager at 860.887.3604 x 8073
USDA New Farmers: https://newfarmers.usda.gov/
CT Farmland Restoration Program
www.CTGrown.gov
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Connecticut Agriculture Business Guide: www.ctfarmrisk.uconn.edu
List and Find CT Grown
www.buyCTgrown.com
Aerial Photos 1934 to 2008
Compare land use changes
http://magic.lib.uconn.edu/
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CT Grown Online Listings
Submit info for: Agritourism, Farm Stands/Stores, Dairy & Egg, Honey, Meat
860.713.2503
linda.piotrowicz@ct.gov
Integrated Pest Management: http://ipm.uconn.edu/root/