At a time when farmers are facing their darkest season in four decades, there’s a cohort of FARM Champions ready to help.
FARM Champions are an outgrowth of the Agricultural Finance, Tax and Asset Protection, or AgFTAP, network, said Ron Rainey, director of the Southern Risk Management Education Center, based at the University of Arkansas Division of Agriculture. Rainey has a Ph.D. in economics.
AgFTAP is an assistance network connecting farmers and other agricultural stakeholders to both private and public technical expertise in financial issues, including taxation and asset protection. It’s managed by Allison Vetter, who has a Ph.D. in sociology, of the Southern Risk Management Education Center.
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