Planning Ahead: Building a Farm Budget

As 2023 approaches, it’s time to start thinking about planning your farm’s budget. Proper planning ahead of time will help you make major decisions for your operation. 

Join FBN®’s Sunday Mancini as she sits down with TJ Wilson to talk about planning ahead and building your budget. 

TJ Wilson is the Director of Sales for FBN® Finance. He comes to FBN from a 15 year career in the banking industry working in lending and management roles after graduating from Kansas State University. In addition to working in FBN Finance, TJ is also part of a corn and soybean operation with his family in Northeast Kansas.

What You’ll Learn

• Getting started (00:00)

• Projecting your income (03:03)

• Projecting your expenses (07:17)

• Prepping your balance sheet (12:23)

• Financial ratios explained (17:35)

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Budget Benchmarking Tools

As TJ mentions, there are a number of tools that are produced annually by different universities across the country. A few good benchmarking tools include those below:

• Kansas State University - https://www.agmanager.info/sites/default/files/pdf/Farm%20Financial%20Benchmarking.pdf

• University of Illinois - https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2018/09/what-should-my-farm-benchmark

• University of Minnesota - https://www.cffm.umn.edu/initiatives/benchmarking/

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Financing Support from FBN

When you partner with FBN, you can rest assured knowing you're supporting your operation with affordable financing from a team that’s 100% dedicated to agriculture. To learn more about our finance solutions, we recommend:

• For U.S. farmers - visiting our website

• For Canadian farmers - contacting your FBN Account Executive

• For Australian farmers - contacting your FBN Account Executive

• Call 1-844-200-FARM

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