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Getting on Track:
Better Management
Through Basic Financial Statements
Authors:
Rodney L. Sharp
John P. Hewlett
Jeffrey E. Tranel
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Contents include:
- Introduction
- Cash Flow Statements
- Balance Sheets
- Income Statements
- Statements of Owner Equity
- Where Do I Go From Here?
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Getting on Track:
Better Management
Through Basic Ag Records
Authors:
Trent Teegerstrom
John P. Hewlett
Rodney L. Sharp
Jeffrey E. Tranel
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Contents include:
- Vignettes:
- Preserving The Tradition
- Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket
- Get the Max From Your Tax
- 4-H Gone Hog Wild
- Why Keep Records?
- Basic Record Keeping 5 Easy Steps
- Keeping Production Records
- Keeping Financial Records
- Schedule F
- Where Do I Go From Here?
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Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite:
Whole Farm Revenue Insurance
Author:
John P. Hewlett
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Contents include:
- What is AGR-Lite?
- How do I get it?
- More Information
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Livestock Gross Margin - Dairy: Margin Insurance
Author:
John P. Hewlett
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Contents include:
- What is Livestock Gross Margin - Dairy?
- How Does LGM - Dairy Work?
- How do I get it?
- More Information
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Disaster Assistance Programs for Livestock Producers:
A Brief Introduction
Author:
John P. Hewlett
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Contents include:
- What are Disaster Assistance Programs?
- Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP)
- Livestock Forage Disaster Program (LFP)
- Emergency Assistance for Livestock, Honeybees, and Farm-Raised Fish Program (ELAP)
- Supplemental Revenue Assistance Payments Program (SURE)
- More Information
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2008 Insurance & Risk
Management course
Authors:
James B. Johnson
John P. Hewlett
Chris Bastian |
Contents include:
- Introduction to Risk Management
- Sources of Risk
- RMA Insurance Overview
- RMA Crop Production and Revenue Insurance Products
- Acres of planted crops, acres insured; MPCI; CAT
- Crop Revenue Insurance (CRC)
- Group Risk Plan (GRP)
- Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP)
- Forage Insurance (Seeding & Production)
- Seed and Specialty Crop Insurance
- Adjusted Gross Revenue-Lite
- Rangeland Insurance
- GRP Rangeland (Net Hay Index)
- GRP Pasture, Rangeland, Forage (Vegetation Index)
- Production Risk Management in the Absence of RMA
Products
- Livestock Insurance
- LRP Feeder Cattle
- LRP Fed Cattle
- LRP Swine
- LRP Lamb
- Price Risk and Diversification
- Retained Ownership of Livestock and Risk
- Drought Mitigation
- Self-Assessment
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Feasibility of Alternative Rural Enterprises
course Authors:
Rodney Sharp
John P. Hewlett
Jeffrey E. Tranel |
Contents include:
- Agricultural and Rural Enterprises
- Definition and Common Traits
- Alternative Enterprises
- Level Of Interest - SWOT Analysis
- Selecting and Planning for Alternative Enterprises
- Assessing Feasibility
- Competitive Analysis
- Business Planning
- Assessing Risks
- Risk Preferences
- Sources of Risk
- Risk Management Strategies
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Taxes for Agricultural
Enterprises course
Authors:
Jeffrey E. Tranel
John P. Hewlett
Rodney Sharp |
Contents include:
- Definition of a Farm
- Profit Farming
- Hobby Farm
- The Importance of Records
- Farm Income
- Farm Expenses
- Tax Management
- Final Exercise
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Enterprising Rural Families: Making it Work
Strategic Planning and
Goal Setting course
Authors:
William R. Taylor
John P. Hewlett
Randolph R. Weigel
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Contents include:
- Course Overview
- Getting Started
- Meet the Families
- Module 1 - Intro to ERF
- Lesson 1 - The Family Business
- Lesson 2 - The ERF Model
- Lesson 3 - Family and Business Roles
- Lesson 4 - Life Cycle and Changes
- Module 2 - Visions, Missions and Goals
- Lesson 1 - Strategic Planning and Goal Setting
- Lesson 2 - Visioning
- Lesson 3 - The Mission Statement
- Lesson 4 - Strategic Goals
- Lesson 5 - The Planning Process
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Enterprising Rural Families: Making it Work
Resource
Inventory
course
Authors:
Randolph R. Weigel
John P. Hewlett
William R. Taylor |
Contents include:
- Course Description
- Getting Started
- Meet the Prestons
- Resource
Inventory
- Lesson 1 - Intro to Resource Inventory
- Lesson 2 - Individual System Inventory
- Lesson 3 - Family System Inventory
- Lesson 4 - Business System Inventory
- Lesson 5 - Community Inventory
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A Lasting Legacy
Course 1
Authors:
Rodney L. Sharp
John P. Hewlett
Jeffrey E. Tranel
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Contents include:
- Course Overview
- Course Description
- Getting Started
- What is a Legacy?
- Module 1 - Intergenerational Relationships
- Lesson 1 - Parent/Adult Child Relationships
- Lesson 2 - Managing Intergenerational Relationships
- Lesson 3 - Improving Communication
- Module 2 - Legacy Components
- Lesson 1 - Values and Life Lessons
- Lesson 2 - Personal Possessions of Emotional Value
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A Lasting Legacy
Course 2
Authors:
Jeffrey E. Tranel
John P. Hewlett
Rodney L. Sharp |
Contents include:
- Course Overview
- Course Description
- Getting Started
- What is a Legacy?
- Module 1 - Final Wishes and Instructions
- Lesson 1 - End-of-Life Issues
- Lesson 2 - Pre-Death Wishes
- Lesson 3 - Final Instructions
- Module 2 - Financial Assets and Real Estate
- Lesson 1 - Estate Planning
- Lesson 2 - Financial Planning
- Lesson 3 - Transferring Real Property
- Summary
- Lesson 1 - Course Summary
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AGR-Lite
Training
course
Authors:
Rodney L. Sharp
John P. Hewlett
Jeffrey E. Tranel |
Contents include:
- Introduction to Risk Management
- AGR-Lite Overview
- Application Process
- In the Event of a Loss
- Documentation Considerations
- Summary and Example
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SPONSORS:
USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA)
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