University of Minnesota

Farm Management

• Balance Sheet
• Income Statement
• Owner's equity
• Statement of Cash Flows
• Ratios and Measurements
• Generate Your Own Farm Management Report With FINBIN
• Farm Business Management Reports:
• Northwest
• Red River Valley
• Northeast / East Central
• West Central
• Southwest
• South Central
• Southeast
• Statewide Data

Washington State University

• Using Enterprise Budgets To Make Decisions About Your Farm

Land rent and machinery cost estimates

• Custom Farm Work Rates

University of Minnesota

• Machinery Cost Estimates
• Cropland Rental Rates for Minnesota Counties
• Minnesota Farmland Sales

Planning tools for estate, farm transition and other long-term planning needs

University of Minnesota

• Bankruptcy: Chapter 11 Reorganizations
• Bankruptcy: Chapter 12 Reorganizations
• Bankruptcy: Chapter 7 Liquidations
• Bankruptcy: The Last Resort

Estate Planning

• Disposing of Personal and Household Items
• Distribution of Estate Assets
• Establishing a Will
• Estate Planning Principles
• Gifting Assets
• Income Tax Issues for Estate Planning
• Life Insurance in Estate Planning
• Revocable Living Trust
• Steps in Estate Settlement
• TRUSTS: Definitions, Types, and Taxation

Transferring the Farm

• Developing a Written Transfer Plan
• Farming Together as a Transfer Strategy
• Financial Help for Beginning Minnesota Farmers
• Gifting Farm Assets
• Major Tax Considerations When Transferring Assets
• Preparing to Transfer the Farm Business
• Should You Sell Your Real Estate?
• Transferring Livestock & Machinery
• Treatment of the Heirs in the Transfer Process
• Using Farm Partnerships or Corporations to Transfer Assets
• Facts About Credit Scoring
• Farm Leases
• Farm Legal Series
• Farm Management: Fact Sheet Series
• Financing the Farm Operation
• Mortgages and Contracts for Deed
• Rights of Unsecured Creditors
• Security Interests in Personal Property
• Tax Considerations in Liquidations and Reorganizations
• Termination of Contract for Deed
• Termination of Security Interests in Personal Property
• Whole Farm Planning: Combining Family, Profit, and Environment

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Grain Marketing Basics

North Dakota State University

Agricultural Marketing Guidebook (joint project Farm Credit and Chicago Mercantile Exchange)

• Planning the Farm Business
• Managing Price Risk
• Marketing Strategy for Grain
• Understanding Basis
• Using Futures Markets
• Using Agricultural Options
• Basis For Selected North Dakota Crops
• Market Clubs Directory
• Market Club Performance
• Plotting a Course: Short-Term and Long-Term Agricultural Planning Prices For North Dakota
• Seasonal Price Patterns For Crops
• Selling Grain? Know Your Rights and Your Responsibilities
• Use of Crop Futures and Options by the Nontrader

University of Minnesota

• Contracts, Notes, and Guaranties
• Agricultural Production Contracts
• Preserving identity of grain requires planning, records

Current market news - Toolshed

Market forecasts

United States Department of Agriculture

• Economic Research Service’s Outlook Reports
• Economic Research Service’s Wheat Outlook
• Economic Research Service’s Wheat Yearbook

Are you looking for information about crop insurance or other financial tools to minimize farming risk?

North Dakota State University

• RiskMGT - Insurance and Marketing Simulator

University of Minnesota