On this episode of the Maine Farmcast, Dr. Glenda Pereira, assistant Extension professor and state dairy specialist for the University of Maine Cooperative Extension, has a conversation with Joanna Lidback, CFO for Adirondack Farms and the principal consultant for Adirondack Management Services. Joanna is a Certified Agricultural Consultant and has over 20 years of experience in dairy financial analysis with a background in agricultural credit and consulting. She holds an MBA from the F.W. Olin School of Management and a B.S. from Cornell University. Joanna and her husband Adam started their own dairy farm in Northern Vermont, and are raising their three children there.

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