Fearless farm finances
Subtitle: farm financial management demystified
By: authors, Jody Padgham, Paul Dietmann, Craig Chase, Chris Blanchard ; edited by Jody Padgham
Publisher: Midwest Organic And Sustainable Education Service (MOSES)
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Spring Valley, WI
Language: eng
Number of pages: 264
ISBN-13: 9780615582191
Subjects: Agriculture; Accounting; Finance; Comptabilité; Finances
Other titles: Farm financial management demystified
Description: Resource added for the Farm Business and Production Management program 300901.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 252-258) and index.

Funding from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program
Table of contents: title: Why do farmers need farm financial management?; title: Getting a grasp on farm startup finances; title: Goal setting and planning; title: Bookkeeping tools; title: Setting up your financial records; title: Doing the work of data entry; title: Tracking non-financial data; title: The balance sheet; title: The income statement; title: Assessing and understanding cash flow; title: Using ratios to understand your farm; title: Factors that improve profits; title: Should you buy that tractor? Farm investment analysis; title: Working with a lender; title: Enterprise budgets : what part of your operation is making money?; title: Partial budgeting; title: What is your best market? Comparing marketing costs; title: Making assessments about pricing; title: Annual budgeting ; Monitoring and control; title: Labor on your farm; title: Business structure decisions.