10 Tips for Young pork producers: Virginia Tech agricultural economist flags financial and management tips to jump-start careers in pork production

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Young men and women and their parents attending a financial and management seminar targeting young pork producers at the Minnesota Pork Congress this year were treated to an animated presentation by David Kohl, who offered 10 guidelines for their everyday financial planning. At the outset, the Virginia Tech professor emeritus of agricultural and applied economics zeroed in on the practical matter of credit scores. "Young producers need to check their credit scores because it is a baseline that creditors, insurance companies and potential employers regularly use to evaluate risk," he says.