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Find resources and articles to help you navigate financing and crop insurance for your farm, home or acreage.

Calculating Your Cost of Production Takes the Uncertainty Out of Your Decisions

The Business of Agriculture

E-learning program focuses on the "why" behind using cost of production numbers and the application to different business decisions.

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Crop Insurance

Updates Make LRP Better Risk Management Tool

It’s not often that livestock producers have an improved way to manage risk. Here we explain how updates to LRP work to the advantage of livestock operations.

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The Business of Agriculture

Farm Loan Affordability: It’s Not Just the Interest Rate

Learn about the calculator and educational programs we offer to help you manage your farm loans and cash flow.

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Crop Insurance

Supplemental Coverage Option

Crop insurance option provides additional coverage for a portion of an underlying crop insurance policy deductible

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Crop Insurance

Farm Program Decision: ARC vs. PLC

Price Loss Coverage (PLC) vs. Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC)-County vs. ARC-Individual – is an annual decision now.

Enhanced Coverage Option

Crop Insurance

Enhanced Coverage Option for Crop Insurance

Enhanced Coverage Option is area-based coverage that can be added on top of individual crop insurance coverage.

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The Business of Agriculture

Why You Need a Cashflow Budget

Discover what a cashflow budget says about your operation.

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Crop Insurance

Precision Farming Data for Crop Insurance

Report your crop insurance acreage from your planter seat using your precision data.

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The Business of Agriculture

Farmland Loans: How to Get the Best Rate

If you want the best interest rate for your real estate purchase, pay attention to your “Sweet 16” ratios. Don’t know them? We’ve got you covered.

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The Business of Agriculture

You've found a farm to buy. Now what?

Our step-by-step guide explains what to expect at each stage of a farmland purchase.

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The Business of Agriculture

Case Study: Will my Land Purchase Cash Flow?

When you are adding owned acres to your operation, cash for a down payment can ensure your real estate purchase is sustainable. We examine how your down payment on a land purchase impacts cash flow.

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The Business of Agriculture

Expanding Your Farm - Renting vs. Buying

Understanding your CRE provide some of the important information you need before making a final decision.

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The Business of Agriculture

How Much Land Can I Afford?

The key is knowing what you can realistically afford based on your business.

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