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How Farmers Should Manage Recordkeeping Year-Round for Less Stress and Better Decision-Making
You have a meeting with your tax preparer on the books. And they’re asking for all your documents and receipts from the prior season. So you start to dig: Wait, where did I save that property tax invoice? Where is that stack of gas receipts? Did I record all my repair costs somewhere?
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How Farmers Should Manage Recordkeeping Year-Round for Less Stress and Better Decision-Making
You have a meeting with your tax preparer on the books. And they’re asking for all your documents and receipts from the prior season. So you start to dig: Wait, where did I save that property tax invoice? Where is that stack of gas receipts? Did I record all my repair costs somewhere?
How a mix of diverse backgrounds and a focus on education helps FBFM Bloomington better serve their farmer cooperators
FBFM isn’t just a network of offices helping farmers with their financial management. In each location across Indiana and Illinois, local professionals make recommendations based on their own understanding of the region, the realities of farming, and your specific operation.
Looking Beyond Yield: What Benchmark Data Really Shows
FBFM isn’t just a network of offices helping farmers with their financial management: it’s a group of like-minded professionals working to improve strategic farm management.
Local cooperators can lean on FBFM Atkinson’s staff thanks to decades-long relationships and familiar faces
FBFM isn’t just a network of offices helping farmers with their financial management: it’s a group of like-minded professionals working to improve strategic farm management.
Helping farm families build a successful transition plan
Most farm families know they need a transition plan for their operation. But they don’t always know how to build one — or where to even start the process.
How to Know if Your Cash Rent is Sustainable for Your Operation
Cash rent may not be your biggest expense each year. But it’s still an important piece of the puzzle at a profitable farming operation.
Mid-Year Financial Check-In: What Farmers Should Be Watching Right Now
Planting is in the rearview mirror, harvest hasn’t arrived yet, and you’re still several months away from year-end financial reports.
FBFM Client Stories: Education, partnership, and informed decision-making: How Rob Albers uses FBFM to keep his sixth-gen operation going
FBFM isn’t just a network of offices helping farmers with their financial management: it’s a group of like-minded professionals working to improve strategic farm management.
How the Aledo FBFM team uses strong community ties and a team approach to serve cooperators
FBFM isn’t just a network of offices helping farmers with their financial management. In each location across Indiana and Illinois, local professionals make recommendations based on their own understanding of the region, the realities of farming, and your specific operation.
How longevity and a family atmosphere help Camp Point FBFM office best serve local producers
FBFM isn’t just a network of offices helping farmers with their financial management: it’s a group of like-minded professionals working to improve strategic farm management.
What to know about cash vs accrual accounting — and how to use both on your farming operation
“You have one of the highest net accrual incomes we’ve seen this year.”
That’s what we excitedly told one FBFM cooperator recently.
The 3 financial statements farmers should pay attention to — and how to use them to build your future
Farming can sometimes feel isolated. So it’s natural to wonder what the rest of your peers are doing. Are they more profitable? Are they using a different crop rotation?
Benchmarking Analysis: What is it and why farmers should be using it
Farming can sometimes feel isolated. So it’s natural to wonder what the rest of your peers are doing. Are they more profitable? Are they using a different crop rotation? How did they handle that dry spell a few weeks ago? Are they getting better prices for their crop?
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