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18
Feb

Marketing Yourself to Potential Business Partners, Landowners and Customers

February 18, 2020

By: Keith Dickinson

To market yourself to potential business partners, landowners and customers, you need to have a plan. Keith Dickinson discusses a communication tool to connect the values and goals of your business to potential investors.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Tags: business management, business planning, collaboration, communication, consulting, farm management, return on investment
11
Feb

The Importance of Liquidity

February 11, 2020

By: Chris Laughton

In the financial world, your cash position is referred to as liquidity, i.e. your ability to pay your bills. Liquidity is important to any agricultural business, yet it may have a heightened significance depending on what you produce, how long it takes you to produce it and how it’s sold or marketed.

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Posted In: Financial Management

Tags: ag expenses, ag revenue, balance sheet, business management, cash accounting, cash flow, farm finances, farm revenue, financial management, net worth
4
Feb

Balancing Off-Farm Employment When Starting an Operation

February 04, 2020

By: Bill Zweigbaum

Many producers utilize off-farm jobs to generate additional income and procure benefits such as health insurance and retirement funding. This raises the question, particularly for smaller farms, of how to balance off-farm employment while maintaining a successful operation at home. When deciding whether you can (or should) manage an off-farm job, here’s some things to consider.

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Posted In: Business Tips and Tools

Tags: FarmStart, GenerationNext, business management, business planning, consulting, farm business, farm management, productivity, profitability, time management, young & beginning farmers
28
Jan

The SECURE Act is Now the Law of the Land

January 28, 2020

By: Dario Arezzo

The SECURE Act passed in December 2019 with changes and exemptions worth noting. Dario Arezzo gives a summary of ‘stretch IRA’ and 529 plan changes and how they could shake out under the new rules.

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Posted In: Tax Talks

Tags: administration, consulting, estate management, financial management, legislation, taxes, transition planning