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Developing & Interpreting Your Financial Statements and Measures

Put financial statements and measures to work on your farm or ranch business
Our Team of Experts
Robert Craven
Robert Craven
Dale Nordquist
Dale Nordquist
Pauline Van Nurden
Pauline Van Nurden
Rachel Purdy
Rachel Purdy
Curtis Mahnken
Curtis Mahnken
Mariah Beverly
Mariah Beverly

The DFSaM & IFSAM Teams are composed of Economists from the Center for Farm Financial Management, Department of Applied Economics, at the University of Minnesota.

Developing Your Financial Statements and Measures
Developing Your Financial Statements and Measures (DYFSaM)

Learn how to transform your financial records into meaningful financial statements and ratios

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Interpreting Your Financial Statements and Measures
Interpreting Financial Statements and Measures (IFSaM)

Learn what your financial statements and ratios mean and how can you use them to improve farm decision making

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Our Team of Experts
Robert Craven
Robert Craven
Dale Nordquist
Dale Nordquist
Pauline Van Nurden
Pauline Van Nurden
Rachel Purdy
Rachel Purdy
Curtis Mahnken
Curtis Mahnken

The DFSaM & IFSAM Teams are composed of Economists from the Center for Farm Financial Management, Department of Applied Economics, at the University of Minnesota.

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Center for Farm Financial Management

With funding from

National Institute of Food and Agriculture

This material is partially supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2018-70017-28605.

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