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2010 Acceptable Crop Price Worksheet - Downloadable Excel File or Acrobat Reader File (10/05/09)

Publications

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• Budget Information
• Cash Rent Information
• Center for Farm Financial Management
• Crop Insurance
• PcMars & General Computer Information
• Education Planning Information
• Estate Planning Series
• Farm Program
• Financial Information
• Financial Statement Series
• FINBIN Executive Summary
• Marketing Information
• SE Minnesota Farm Business Management Reports
• Statewide Organic Financial Reports
• SW Minnesota Farm Business Management Reports
• Tax Information
• Transferring the Farm Series

Budget Information

• 2010 Acceptable Crop Price Worksheet - Downloadable Excel File or Acrobat Reader File (10/05/09)
• 2009 Acceptable Crop Price Worksheet - Downloadable Excel File or Acrobat Reader File (4/4/09)
• 2008 Acceptable Crop Price Worksheet - Downloadable Excel File or Acrobat Reader File (1/4/08)

Cash Rent Information

• Cropland Rental Rates for MN Counties
• Flexible Crop Cash Rents

Center for Farm Financial Management

Crop Insurance

• Crop Insurance Procedures for Delayed Harvest and Aflatoxin Damage (11/05/07)
• Important Federal Crop Insurance Dates and Definitions (6/30/09)
• Tax Planning for Crop and Crop Revenue Insurance (6/30/09)
• Utilizing Federal Crop Insurance: Coverage Alternatives & Pre-Harvest Grain Marketing Strategies (4/10/06)

PcMars & General Computer Information

• Procedure for Data Backup to a Jump Drive (05/10/07)

Education Planning Information

• College Financial Aid Planning for Farm Families
• Educational Credits/Deductions

Estate Planning Series (10/08/09)

1. Estate Planning Principles
2. Distribution of Estate Assets
3. Establishing a Will
4. TRUSTS: Definitions, Types, & Taxation
5. Revocable Living Trust
6. Gifting Assets
7. Tax Issues for Estate Planning
8. Life Insurance in Estate Planning
9. Steps in Estate Settlement
10. Distributing Personal & Household Assets

Farm Program

Financial Information

• An Interactive Aid to Land Purchase Decisions (6/16/08) Downloadable Excel File
• Applying for Federal and State ID Numbers When Starting a New Business (11/14/03)
• Borrowing Money (8/8/06)
• Deferred Payment Contracts and Pre-Paid Farm Expenses (10/30/08)
• Drought and Your Debt (8/8/06)
• Enterprise Profitability (10/10/06)
• Establishing a Farm Filing System
• Evaluating Investments in Value Added Ventures in Agriculture
• How the 2009 Federal Stimulus Package Will Affect Agriculture (03/09/09)
• Historic Crop Enterprise Profits (10/10/06)
• Household and Family Living Expense
• Interactive Aid to Land Purchase Decisions (Excel File)
• Selected Farm Rents, Rates, and Values
• Sharing Farm Machinery
• SW Minnesota County Farm Land Prices 1993 - 2001
• Why Can't Agriculture Be Like It Was in the 1970's? (4/28/09)
• Why Can't Agriculture Be Like It Was in the 1950's? (5/01/07)
• What Does It Take to Earn a Living on the Farm? (4/29/09)

Financial Statement Series (10/08/09)

• Fact Sheet #1 - Balance Sheet
• Fact Sheet #2 - Income Statement
• Fact Sheet #3 - Statement of Owner Equity
• Fact Sheet #4 - Statement of Cash Flows
• Fact Sheet #5 - Ratios and Measurements

FINBIN Executive Summary

Marketing Information

• A Challenge: Can You Make A Profit Selling Grain At The Loan Rate? (10/10/06)
• Cash Marketing Tools (10/10/06)
• Corn and Soybeans Basis (10/10/06)
• Corn and Soybean Price Probability (10/10/06)
• Grain Market Movement (10/10/06)
• Grain Price Risk Management (10/10/06)
• Marketing Strategies for Agricultural Commodities (10/10/06)
• Marketing Tools and Strategies by Ed Usset
• Six Strikes against better marketing

SE Minnesota Farm Business Management Reports

Statewide Organic Financial Reports

SWFM Information

• 1999 Annual Report
• 2000 Annual Report
• 2001 Annual Report
• 2002 Annual Report
• 2003 Annual Report
• 2004 Annual Report
• 2005 Annual Report
• 2006 Annual Report
• 2007 Annual Report
• 2008 Annual Report
• SW Farm Management Association Graphic Data
  • Crop Graphs: Machinery Investment per Acre, Cash Rent Expense per Acre, Corn & Soybean Cost of Prouduction per Bushel, Total Corn & Soybeans Cost per Acre on Cash Rent Acres, Corn & Beans with Government Payments on Cash Rent.
  • Livestock Graphs: Farrow to Finish Hogs, Finish 40# Hogs, Beef Cow/Calf, Wean to Finish Hogs, Finish Beef, and Dairy Cow Whole Herd
• SW Farm Management Association Historic Graphic Data
• SW Minnesota Farm Business Management Association Information

Tax Information

• 2007 Tax Rates and Brackets for Self-Employed Income in MN (filing MFJ) Excel File(Added 08/27/07)
• 2009 Ag Income Tax Update for Farm Families (Added 12/24/08)
• Medical Expenses for Spouse/Employee
• Preparing for IRS Audit
• Tax Planning for Crop and Crop Revenue Insurance
• Weather-Releated Livestock Sales

Transferring the Farm Series (10/08/09)

1. Preparing to Transfer the Farm Business
2. Farm Business Transfer Strategies
3. Utilizing Partnerships, Corporations & Limited Liability Companies to Transfer Farm Assets
4. Transferring Livestock & Machinery
5. Should You Sell Your Real Estate?
6. Gifting Farm Assets
7. Tax Considerations When Transferring Assets
8. Treatment of Heirs in the Transfer Process
9. Developing a Written Transition Plan Outline
10. Financial Help For Beginning Minnesota Farmers
11. Putting a Value on Sweat Equity

Links

• William Lazarus Home Page
• University of Minnesota Center for Farm Financial Management
• Farm Management Links at the University of Minnesota

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