Finances

Manage farm family finances with these financial strategies. In this section, you’ll also find tips for audits, tax preparation, budgeting, and managing living expenses.

Plug Leaks in Working Capital

Working capital in the ag sector has been steadily declining in recent years and is reaching critically low levels. That takes a painful toll on farmers and ranchers.

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The Big Players in Agrifinance

There’s a lot more going on in the world of agrifinance than you hear about.

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Cost-Effective Animal Healthcare

Vet bills can skyrocket in a hurry, but a pair of vets provide some advice in preventing or minimizing those bills.

A young farmer holding a calf.

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Successful Farming TV Show

Unbelievable Shop/Office with Room for Used Parts Business

By Top Shops

Dave Mowitz travels to Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, to the Runyard farmstead on Top Shops. The Runyards needed a shop that was functional for future expansion and for their used part business.

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Machinery Insider

Sharing Farm Equipment

By Machinery Insider

Reduce machinery costs by jointly owning the equipment with another farmer. Sharing spreads the cost over more acres.

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Wheat

Q&A: Catherine Feuillet, Geneticist and Molecular Biologist

By Women in Agriculture

Catherine Feuillet’s passion for pushing new frontiers, challenging herself, and building something that could benefit others has always propelled her forward.

Catherine Feuillet

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Farm Credit System Reports Decline in Loan Quality

For the first six months of 2019, the Farm Credit System reported steady earnings and higher capital, but a decline in loan quality.

A farmer looking at paperwork in a field.

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Farm Fraud

Fraud isn’t always an evil deed done from the other side of the globe, it could be an inside job. Know how your money comes and goes.

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5 Financial Steps to Take This Month

Review and update your marketing plan this fall.

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How to Handle Tough Times in Farming

Reduce stress by managing attitude, responses, and events.

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Farmers’ Working Capital Hits 10-Year Low, Economists Say

This is a good indication of the amount of cash that farmers have available to make purchases and repay their short-term debt obligations.

A farmer holding an empty wallet.

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Tips for Managing Your Farm Finances

Here are some of the things you will need to know to effectively manage farm finances to ensure profitability.

Farmers exchanging money in a soybean field.

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Tip of the Day

Tech Tip: Pictures Really Are Worth a Thousand Words

Whenever possible, get pictures of any used precision ag technology items you are interested in buying.

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3 Big Things Today, October 18, 2019

Hy+Q Initiative Aims to Boost Soybean Protein Values

Farmland Auction: Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, Land Brings $7,760 per Acre

EPA Ethanol Plan ‘Falls Short of the Promises,’ says House Ag Chairman

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