Tools for Farmers and Farm Fami ly Audiences:
There is a wide range of financial topics that fall into this area, including personal finance, retirement planning, financial business planning, and contingency, succession, and transition planning to name a few. Cooperative Extension provides programming in these areas. Here are a few resources:
1. Extension Risk Management Education Centers
These centers provide resources and grants to support programs that assist farmers in managing risk in the areas of production, price/market, legal/institutional, financial, and human. The website for grant information can be found at http://extensionrme.org/ This site also curates the agriculture risk and farm management documents, videos, and presentations that can help educators find the information needed. It can be found at www.AgRisk.umn.edu. The library has several major components including:
• Documents & Videos – 2,000+ organized by Production, Marketing, Financial, Legal, and Human Risk topics
• Crop & Livestock Budgets – Over 2,700 crop budgets representing over 280 crops and more than 400 livestock budgets from over 30 states
• Collections – Collections give you access to materials focused on a specific topic or developed as a comprehensive curriculum
• Conference Materials – A continually growing list of presentations from agricultural conferences.
• Many Cooperative Extension educational resources and programs are identified in this library and it is an excellent place to see what has been conducted in other states.
2. Annie’s Project
This organization provides educational programs (Annie’s Project, Managing for Today and Tomorrow, and Inspired by Annie’s Project) designed to strengthen women’s roles in the modern farm enterprise. The mission is to empower farm and ranch women to be better business partners through networks and by managing and organizing critical information. This resource can be found here: https://www.anniesproject.org/
3. Making Family Business Decisions
This Iowa State University Extension publication provides guidelines for conducting effective family business meetings. The resource can be found at https://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm/wholefarm/html/c4- 72.html
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