Jonathan LaPorte
laportej@msu.edu
Telephone: 269-445-4438
Cellphone: 269-414-6418
MSU Extension
Farm Management Educator - Southwest Michigan
Cass County Extension Office 120 N. Broadway St.Suite 209
Cassopolis, MI 49031
Jon LaPorte is an Educator with Michigan State University Extension based in Cass County, Michigan. His main area of focus is in Farm Management, with an emphasis on farm business analysis, business transition, income tax education, and general farm business management topics such economics of technologies and return on investment. He provides leadership and programming expertise in the area of Farm Management to farmers and agribusiness across western and southwestern Michigan while also working statewide as needed.
Prior to joining MSU Extension, Jon worked for USDA as a Farm Loan Officer and later as a Certified Crop Advisor (CCA) at a farm retail cooperative. Jon continues to be involved in the family’s small cash crop operation where the farm raises corn and soybeans in the southwest area of Michigan.
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