Resource Library
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Assessing Farm Stress
Published on July 2, 2020
The MSU Extension Field Crops Virtual Breakfast weekly discussion for July 2, 2020, focuses on assessing farm stress, presented by Eric Karbowski, MSU Extension behavior health educator.
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Bulletin E-3410: Understanding Enterprise Budgets and Economic Profit
Published on February 5, 2020
A bulletin by MSU Extension's Beginning Farmer DEMaND Series focusing on the use of enterprise budgets to help beginning farmers obtain a firm grasp on revenues, expenses, and profitability.
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Bulletin E-3407: How to Motivate Your Lender to Say, “Yes”
Published on July 31, 2019
A bulletin by MSU Extension's Beginning Farmer DEMaND Series with suggestions to help beginning farmer understand the lending process in order to obtain farm financing.
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Emergency Hay and Silage Forage Crops
Published on July 12, 2019
Forage shortages can be good news for growers who are able to harvest because prices may be strong, but are bad news for those unable to harvest.
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Delayed Planting Resources
Published on June 24, 2019
Wet weather and flooding resulted in severely delayed planting and a need to adjust farm management practices. MSU Extension's statewide network of agricultural educators work with farmers and provide informative articles to assist in decision making.
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Understanding Credit and Debt
Published on June 19, 2019
Helping farm families in financial distress understand the fundamentals of credit and debit, including credit scores and how to manage debt.
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Helping Farmers Understand Net Worth
Published on June 19, 2019
This quick guide helps farmers understand their net worth, a net worth statement, why it is important, what you can learn from it and a sample net worth statement to fill out.
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Risk management: Selecting insurance
Published on June 19, 2019
A three-step guide to select the right insurance for your farm and current situation.
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Creating a spending plan
Published on June 19, 2019
For farmers dealing with variable income, low commodity prices and increasing debt, a spending plan can be a useful tool in managing farm family finances or their household (nonbusiness) finances.
