Finances and the Farm- Online Class

 

 

Seven Lessons: Recordkeeping, Balance Sheet, Income Statement, Enterprise Budgets, Cash Flow,
Goal Setting and Managing Family Living Expenses

 

This self-paced course can be taken for education-only, or to fulfill FSA borrower's requirements. 

You have six months from registration to complete. 

The course includes 4 hours of material across 26 different videos.

Now Approved as at Kansas State University Microcredential!  

Participants will:

1.) Understand the structure of a balance sheet, income statement, enterprise budgets and cash flow statement.

2.) Perform hands-on financial activities where they will have the opportunity to do performance analysis and benchmarking to understand how financial statements can assist in management decision-making

3.) Be prepared to use financial management techniques on their own farm operation

4.) Set goals for their own operation including key dates of when financial statements will be developed and analyzed

Registration: 

  • $300 for Farm Service Agency Borrower's training credit class. 
  • $100 for education only. 

This course is approved for FSA borrower's training credits for Kansas residents AND Colorado, Illinois, Iowa, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, North Dakota, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Wyoming. Coursework will be graded, and a certificate will be provided upon successful completion of the final exam.

Taught by Robin Reid, robinreid@ksu.edu, 785-532-0964 K-State Extension Farm Economist, and LaVell Winsor, K-State Farm Analyst

 

REGISTER - Education Only $100

REGISTER - FSA Borrower Training - $300

 

 

 

Dates & Location
Friday, October 31, 2025

Online

This is an on-going course. There is no deadline. Participants have six months from registering to complete the course. 

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This material is based upon work partially
supported by USDA/NIFA under
Award Number 2021-70027-34694.