Posts by Mark Cannella

Mark Cannella is a farm business management specialist for UVM Extension and director if the UVM Extension Farm Viability business planning program.

Keeping Records: Enterprise Analysis and Class Tracking With Quick Books™

By Mark Cannella / April 7, 2014

Identify the parts of your business that are working or not working so that you can increase profitability. Enterprise analysis….this is exciting stuff. This past year University of Vermont Extension Farm Viability in partnership with Vermont Farm Viability and The Northeast Center for Risk Management Education is closing up a series of mini-grants focused on…

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The Finances for a Small Organic Broiler Flock

By Mark Cannella / January 7, 2013

  The expansion of production and markets for regional or locally produced poultry products is hot. Recent state processing exemptions that allow small farms to conduct business has opened the door for many small start-ups or add-on poultry enterprises to enter the marketplace. In Vermont, there are many farms now operating through a 1,000 or…

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