Publications

Enterprise Budgets produced by Beginning Farmer Center,
the Leopold Center for Sustainable Agriculture and Ag Decision Maker.

• Beekeeping
• Christmas Trees
• Dairy Goats
• Popcorn
• Raspberries
• Sheep
• Sorghum
• Sweet Corn

Additional budget tools are available from the following:

• Value Added Ag
• AgMRC

• Wills and Probate
• Trusts
• Real Property Ownership
• Buy-Sell Agreements
• Option Agreements
• Power of Attorney
• General Partnership
• Limited Partnership and Family Limited Partnerships
• Corporations
• Limited Liability Company

• Why the Obsession with Succession?
  Farm Business Transfer Plans (PDF)
  • by John Baker and Ethan Epley
• Beef Cow Sharing Agreements (PDF)
  • by William Edwards, ISU Professor and Extension Economist
• A New Wave of Farmers (PDF)
  • by Abha Gupta, MS student at Oregon State University's Horticulture Dept

• Iowa Farmland Value Portal
• Iowa Finance Authority - Beginning Farmer Programs
• Iowa Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act
  • Iowa Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Program
  • Guidelines and Qualifications flyer
• Writing a Letter to a Prospective Landlord
• Estimated Costs of Crop Production in Iowa

• Iowa Farmers Business and Transfer Plans Survey Results
• 2012 Beginning Farmer Center Annual Report
• Farmland Ownership Survey

• FFED NEWS BITES This monthly e-newsletter is full of information on projects, events and resources to support work with small farms, local food systems and small business development. 
• Additional newsletters of interest.