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Being Prepared to Borrow
(2003-01-06)
Almost all farmers and ranchers rely on credit at times. Before approaching a lender, certain information must be gathered and decisions made. The 12 questions in this publication lead the prospective borrower through this ...
Farm and Ranch Financial Management: Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
(1996-11-01)
Most agricultural producers use cash accounting, although accrual accounting systems are best for measuring business performance. This publication explains how producers can adjust cash basis income to accrual income to ...
Financial Management: The Key to Farm-Firm Business Management
(2008-10-17)
Those who succeed will manage their operations as farm/ranch businesses, with more emphasis on recordkeeping, planning, profitability analysis and repayment-based financing, and with better production and business monitoring ...
Balance Sheet -- A Financial Management Tool
(2008-09-16)
A balance sheet is a statement of the financial condition of a business at a specific time. This publication briefly discusses the balance sheet, its uses, and how to evaluate it.
Income Statement -- A Financial Management Tool
(2008-09-16)
An income statement measures the success of a business in terms of net income or loss for a period of time. An income statement of a farm business includes items in seven major categories. This publication describes each ...
Financial Management: Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
(2008-10-17)
This publication explains the differences between cash and accrual accounting and suggests how farmers and ranchers can get the best of both accounting systems. There are sample income statements and a table to illustrate ...
Borrowing in a Risky Environment
(2008-10-28)
Credit is a requirement for farming and ranching enterprises. Nowadays, lending institutions are requiring more and better information about enterprises before credit will be extended. This is a guide to the documentation ...
Cash Flow Projection for Operating Loan Determination
(2009-02-04)
A cash flow statement is simply a record of the dollars coming in and the dollars going out of a business. This publication briefly discusses cash flow and gives a cash flow projection for operating loan determination.