Recommendations • <strong>Producers</strong> enrolled in the Minnesota <strong>FBM</strong> Program be provided with quality business management education based upon their documented interests. • The Minnesota <strong>FBM</strong> Program provide education for employees <strong>of</strong> producers. • Program leaders provide pr<strong>of</strong>essional development <strong>and</strong> other resources needed by the instructors to effectively teach producers.
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