QuickBooks for Farms Course

SCORE Maine and University of Maine Cooperative Extension are pleased to offer this QuickBooks workshop series tailored to small farms and agriculture businesses. This important software can help with your invoicing, tracking sales and expenses, and handling your bookkeeping requirements for tax preparation. QuickBooks will let you sync your data across your computer, tablet and smart phone mobile devices when you need it.

This is a hands-on workshop so you need an internet enabled device to follow along. You will need to use both Zoom and your web browser to access the QB test drive at the same time, so using a smart phone will be more challenging to toggle between the two because of the small screen.

Introductory QuickBooks for Farms
This free, four-part introductory workshop will cover the basics of QuickBooks Online and how farms and agriculture businesses utilize the software. The sessions include an overview of the sales process, using a Point of Sale app with QuickBooks, expense recording and payment, and generating reports to help you manage your business.
QuickBooks Intermediate for Farms
This free, single-session intermediate workshop will cover recording fixed assets and depreciation, recording new loans and payments, reconciling year-end loan balances with lenders and using journal entries in QuickBooks Online. Sponsored by SCORE Maine and University of Maine Cooperative Extension.

When:

The introductory classes will be November 3, 5, 10 and 12, 2025 from 6:00-8:30 p.m.
The intermediate class will be January 26, 2026 from 6:00-8:00 p.m.

Where:

Virtual on-line event via Zoom

Please download the “test drive” software before the workshop begins (FMI see the registration page).

Cost: Free

Registration for Introductory QuickBooks for Farms now closed.

The Presenter:

Michael Fortin from Augusta, graduated from Thomas College in Waterville with a BA in Business Education, and has worked as an accountant for both government and the private sector for more than 30 years with 17 years devoted to teaching QuickBooks. He is also a Maine small business owner for 32 years at Power Mixers, a Maine DJ and audio-reinforcement company serving northern New England.

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