We hope you’ll enjoy getting to know our awesome staff members a little bit better through this monthly spotlight Q & A! Please share your name and job title. Connie Hardy, program specialist, ISU Extension and Outreach Agriculture and Natural Resources. What gets you out of bed in the morning? Four dogs and two cats … Continue reading Team member spotlight: Connie Hardy
Improving Your Farm Profitability: #5 by Craig Chase, FFED program manager When large companies evaluate their business, they are determining their company’s financial condition and performance. What do those terms mean? Get a picture of your farm’s financial condition from its balance sheet. This indicates the value of the assets, liabilities and net worth of … Continue reading How to analyze financial condition and performance for your farm
This article appeared in the May issue of Acreage Living, the monthly newsletter of ISU’s Small Farm Sustainability Program. Read more and subscribe. More consumers want to buy meat directly from producers due to supply chain challenges from COVID-19. But Iowa’s has limited capacity for small-scale meat processing. The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land … Continue reading Guidance for expanding small-scale meat processing
Improving Your Farm Profitability: #4 by Craig Chase, FFED program manager Over the years, I have given numerous presentations and had discussions on developing enterprise budgets. I explain using those budgets to make decisions on pricing, product mix, and production changes. And as farmers get used to developing budgets, they find they can, in fact, … Continue reading Paying yourself: be sure to value your labor in farm budgets