MFU Education Director Attends NFU Women’s Conference

GREAT FALLS, Mont., Jan. 22 -- Montana Farmers Union issued the following news release:

Delisa Clampitt, MFU Education Director, attended the National Farmers Union's (NFU) 2014 Women's Conference, which concluded recently.

The conference, which was held in Clearwater Beach, Fla, was designed for farm and rural women and was based on the well-respected Annie's Project education program, which provides participants with tools and information to manage risks in their farm or ranch operations and develop leadership skills.

"The NFU Women's Conference was empowering for all of the ladies who attended," said MFU Education Director Delisa Clampitt. "By arming us with knowledge, we are able to make sound business decisions, benefitting our families and operations."

U.S. Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Krysta Harden was a keynote speaker at the event. A variety of trained instructors taught family farm finances, budgeting and cash flow, cooperatives, marketing, farm transfer and estate planning, business planning, leadership assessment and skills, generational issues, and action planning. Attendees learned about skills for women leading in agriculture and had peer-to-peer networking opportunities.

Annie's Project also helps women find new ways to balance the demands of family, community and professionalism within the agricultural community. The conference was sponsored by Farm Credit, American Farmland Trust, CoBank, FUI Foundation and the NFU Foundation.

[Category: Agriculture]

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