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While many websites provide news, weather and market information to farmers, there are only a few that attempt to translate this data into perspective to help producers make management decisions. One such site is farmcentre.com

Farmcentre is the web play developed by the Canadian Farm Business Management Council, an organization with an arms length affiliation to the federal government. At first glance the site has typical offerings for a farmer audience …links to a range of resources, news, commentary, and ideas to help growers manage their farm.

Farmcentre also offers Agriwebinars. These are online conferences that bring the expertise of today's agricultural leaders, right to the comfort of your home or office. The opportunity here is to listen to management specialists without the cost and hassle of traveling long distances to a conference.

The site lists upcoming webinar speakers, but, if you happened to miss a live conference date, you can watch it by finding it in the archived Agriwebinars. You don't need a fast web connection to listen to a webinar-- but it helps.

Farmcentre also offers a free e-newsletter which delivers weekly insight and commentary on the agricultural industry and provides links to other farm business management resources.

To subscribe to the Farm Centre newsletter, click on the 'Subscribe to CFM for free' link. To receive the e-newsletter, click the 'email subscription' link and submit your email address to receive the newsletter right into your inbox.

But you can also receive the newsletter right to your postal mailbox.. Sign up with your mailing address and you'll be getting the newsletter every two months!

When you drill down, farmcentre offers quite a range of resources including crop calculators, farm software, specialty guides, tutorials and management workshops. If you have a few minutes, farmcentre.com is worth a visit.

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