The Orange County office of Virginia Cooperative Extension is your local connection to Virginia's land-grant universities, Virginia Tech and Virginia State University.
Through educational programs based on research and developed with input from local stakeholders, we help the people of Orange County improve their lives.
We provide education through programs in Agriculture and Natural Resources, Family and Consumer Sciences, 4-H Youth Development, and Community Viability.
146 Madison Rd
Suite 102
Mail To: P.O. Box 30
Orange, VA 22960
Hours: 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Monday - Friday
Main Office: (540) 672-1361
Fax: (540) 672-0234
SPA Financial Evaluation Program for Beef Producers:
Are you interested in determining what it cost to maintain a cow for a year? Are you interested in seeing how your beef farm compares to other beef operations in this area? Over the next several months I am willing to work with you individually to determine your production cost using an IRM worksheet called SPA. This process involves answering 43 production and financial questions about your operation. This will require some detail production and financial records on your farm from 2008. In these very tough times this will help you determine where to cut cost and where you need to be more productive. By combining local producers' data without using names you will also be able to compare your operation to the average farm in the area. It will take some time before we have those averages. Let me know if you are interested. The process is not short or easy, but can be very helpful.
Planning for Baby
Welcoming a new baby can test a family's finances. Check out the Planning for Baby series of publications for helpful tips on finances along with some safety issues.
Extension Newsletters
Virginia Cooperative Extension publishes newsletters from experts on a variety of topics. Check them out in our Newsletters section.