Agricultural producers face very uncertain markets with narrow margins. Producers need to balance the cost and benefits of risk management approaches to protect their businesses from adversity while maintaining profitability. We provide educational programs and software tools that teach producers and professionals about risk management concepts, tools to mitigate risk, and the historical returns to risk management approaches.

You will learn about revenue-based crop insurance in a grain marketing plan, pre-harvest grain marketing, and how to develop and implement a pre-harvest grain marketing plan. We serve farmers, marketing clubs, crop insurance agents, agricultural lenders, elevator managers and farm management staff.

Printable Info Sheet (PDF)

Ag Business Management

	Features
	Interactive Tool for Land Purchase Decisions An amortization schedule of the proposed loan -- variables will impact your decision to buy or not
	2007 Ag Income Tax Update for Farm Families For the 2007 and 2008 tax year, a number of items will be of interest to farm families. (PDF)

	Educational Offerings
	Our award winning workshops have been presented throughout the US to groups of 20 to 500. Contact the Center for Farm Financial Management at 1-800-234-1111. National Ag Risk Education Library — Digital Center for Risk Management Education at the University of Minnesota A series of papers that discuss and analyze crop and livestock insurance

	Program Hot Topics
	FINBIN Wins Award — Farm financial database named Outstanding Agricultural Economics Extension Website.

Contact Information

Robert Craven Content Specialist and Instructor 1994 Buford Ave., 130 Classroom Office Building St. Paul, MN 55108 Phone: 612-625-6701 Fax: 612-625-3105 E-mail: rcraven@umn.edu

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