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Farm Financials

This module provides resources to learn about farm recordkeeping, accounting concepts, and using financial information to support farm growth and assess financial health over time.

Curriculum

Farm Financial Modules

Creating Farm Financial Records

In this module we present resources to learn about farm recordkeeping. We define some accounting concepts and ways to use them to set up a recordkeeping process that works for you. 

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Using Farm Financial Records

In this module we present resources to learn how to use financial information to fuel farm growth and understand financial health throughout time, compared to similar farms.

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Presentation:
Creating Farm Financial Records

Presentation:
Using Farm Financial Records

Beginning Farmers Curricula  © 2025 by Michigan Beginner Farmer Curriculum Team is licensed under CC BY-NC 4.0. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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This work is supported by the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development Program grant no. 2021-70033-35833 from the USDA National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this publication are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the view of the U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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​Beginning Farmers Curricula © 2025 by Michigan Beginner Farmer Curriculum Team is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International. To view a copy of this license, visit https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/

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