Comprehensive Guide to Farm Financial Management
The purpose of this guide is to provide farm managers, and those who work with them, a tool to assist in the development and understanding of a comprehensive guide to the farm financial planning process.
The content of this guide will help you, as a manager, to:
- Develop goals that you are committed to and that will guide the management of your farm and family
- Prepare and analyze financial statements to determine your potential financial ability to pursue stated goals, and
- Develop a management plan to identify the activities and resources necessary to achieve your stated goals.
The guide outlines a set of suggested steps and more importantly, highlights many of the considerable farm management, accounting and financial resources available.
- Overview and Table of Contents
- Introduction - Taking Care of Business
- Acknowledgements and Table of Contents
- Module 1: Identifying Interests and Motivations
- Module 2: Preparing a Net Worth Statement
- Module 3: Developing Goal Statements
- Module 4: Net Worth Statement Analysis
- Module 5: Preparing Cash Flow Statements
- Module 6: Goal Analysis
- Module 7: Cash Flow Statement Analysis
- Module 8: Preparing Income Statements
- Module 9: Income Statement Analysis
- Module 10: Combined Financial Statement Analysis
- Module 11: Developing a Management Plan
- Glossary of Terms and Financial Formulas
- Farm Business Planner Completion Guide with Examples
- Farm Business Planner
- Individual Interest and Motivation Questionnaire
- Management Team Interest and Motivation Questionnaire