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Financial Analysis: Planning Ahead

Part 1: Enterprise Budgets

• Michigan State University – Evaluating the Profitability of Changes in Farm Businesses
• Pennsylvania State University – Partial Budgeting for Agricultural Businesses
• Agricultural Marketing Resource Center – Enterprise Budget Tools
• Iowa State University Extension – Market-based Enterprise Budgets Toolkit
• Oklahoma State University – Enterprise Budgets
• MOSES – Fearless Farm Finances Webinar Series

Part 2: Cashflow Projections

• Iowa State University Extension – Understanding Cash Flow Analysis
• University of Wisconsin Extension – Cash Flow Budgeting
• The Land Connection – Farm Finances Webinar Series

Part 3: Recordkeeping Systems

• IRS Schedule F tax form
• IRS Publication 225, Farmer’s Tax Guide (2020)
• The Land Connection – A Practical Guide to Quickbooks
• The Land Connection – Quickbooks Basics Fact Sheet

Part 4: Balance Sheets

• The Land Connection – Crafting a Simple Balance Sheet

Part 5: Liquidity, Solvency, and Profitability

• Iowa State University Extension Ag Decision Maker – Your Net Worth Statement

Part 6: Profitability Ratios and Formulas

• University of Minnesota Extension – Ratios and measurements in farm finance

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Accessing Capital

Part 1: Tools for Assessing Capital Needs

• The Land Connection – The Cash Flow Statement

Part 2: Considerations for Accessing Capital

• University of Minnesota Center for Farm Financial Management – AgPlan
• ATTRA – Beginning Farmer Tutorials
• Cornell Cooperative Extension Small Farms Program – Business Plans
• USDA New Farmers – Make a Business Plan

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Accessing Land

Part 1: Considerations for Purchasing Farmland

• Land Stewardship Project – Farmland Access Decision-Making Tool 
• BeginningFarmers.org – Finding Land to Farm 
• USDA New Farmers – Farmers Seeking Land 

Part 2: Purchasing Farmland from a Retiring Farmer

• Center for Agriculture and Food Systems – Farmland Access Legal Toolkit
• Farm Commons – Financing A Farmland Purchase: Legal basics for traditional and non-traditional farmland purchases

Part 3: Leasing from a Nonoperator Landowner

• Land For Good – Toolbox for Leasing Farmland
• Land For Good – Build-A-Lease Tool

Part 4: Alternatives to Land Ownership

• Farm Commons, Land Matters
• Land for Good, Land Access Toolbox
• National Young Farmers Coalition, Land Access Hub
• Land Stewardship Project, Farm Transitions Toolkit

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Insurance

Part 2: Whole Farm Revenue Protection

• 2020 WFRP FAQ
• USDA Risk Management Agency – Whole Farm Revenue Protection
• National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition – Whole Farm Revenue Protection for Diversified Farms

Part 3: Additional Crop Insurance Options

• USDA Risk Management Agency – Insurance Agent Locator
• USDA Risk Management Agency – Actuarial Information Browser
• USDA Farm Service Agency – Noninsured Crop Disaster Program
• USDA Farm Service Agency – Tree Assistance Program

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Fine Tuning Business Management

Part 1: Data, Trends, and Metrics

• Headwaters Economics – Analysis Tools
• USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS)
• Stewardship Index for Specialty Crops
• Iowa State University Extension’s Ag Decision Maker – Risk Management Practices: Financial Benchmarking
• Iowa State University Extension’s Ag Decision Maker – Crop Decision Tools
• UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems (CIAS) – Veggie Compass

Part 2: Marketing

• GrowNYC and NY Farm Viability Institute – Understanding Customer Behavior at Farmers Markets
• My Digital Farmer’s YouTube Channel
• CSA Innovation Network
• The Land Connection – Mastering the Farmer’s Market

Part 3: Employee Management

• Farm Commons – Worker Resources
• Cornell Cooperative Extension Small Farm’s Program – Farm Employee Training Resources and Standard Operating Procedures
• The Land Connection – Cultivating Motivated and Reliable Farm Employees
• The Land Connection – Employee Management Fact Sheet

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