Horizon Farm Credit’s team will be assisting with these projects in the initial Phase 1 Business consultation. Since this program requires specific expectations of the business consultants, farms must work with one of these consultants. Meet the team!
Mike Hosterman has been with Horizon Farm Credit and its predecessor organization for 33 years. In his role, Mike works with farm operations to conduct all types of strategic planning, business planning, transition/succession planning, budgeting, benchmarking, and efficiency reviews.
During his 33 years at Farm Credit, Mike has worked with various ag operations and businesses in 6 states and has primarily worked with dairy clients to benchmark their operations and make profitable business decisions. Mike has served on the Horizon Farm Credit Dairy Team as one of the founding members, and as a contributor to their dairy outlook.
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Rob Goodling is an agricultural business consultant with Horizon Farm Credit in the Lewisburg office. Rob has over twenty years of experience helping producers understand their farm business records and analyses to grow their operations.
His specialties include financial business analysis, cost of production analysis, cash flow planning and budgeting, QuickBooks consultation and troubleshooting, dairy record evaluation, and team facilitation.
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Philip Taylor has been a farm business consultant with Farm Credit in Western Pennsylvania for 10 years. He has more than 35 years of agriculture industry experience, specializing in accounting, financial business analysis, farm succession and transition, feasibility investigations, and team facilitation.
He helps farm families understand the importance of complete and accurate financial and production records for making the best management decisions for future success.
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Jacob Lantzsch is an agricultural business consultant with Horizon Farm Credit. He grew up on a dairy farm and graduated with a degree in Dairy Science from Delaware Valley University. He has over 20 years of management experience in both production as well as agricultural support businesses.
His consulting focus is on helping with farm business transition plans, feasibility studies, as well as a variety of other business focused aspects
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Maureen O’Shea Fitzgerald has 10+ years of experience in financial management and agricultural business development. Paired with her on-farm work experience and bachelor’s degrees in Economics and Finance, this gives her a well-balanced understanding of the business of farming. Maureen’s love of farming was born out of curiosity and interest. She is passionate about regional agriculture, not only for its economic vitality and importance, but the nutritional benefits as well. She understands eating locally sourced, fresh food leads to improved physical and mental health. Supporting local businesses and boosting the health of local communities is a recipe for economic success.
Her areas of expertise include strategic marketing, business and strategic planning, growth planning, and grant writing.