Profitable & Healthy Farm Businesses
Your source for research-based, culturally responsive educational programs, information and tools that inform farm business management decisions.
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Farm Pulse: Crop Insurance and Grain Marketing
An online course for farmers interested in learning the importance of risk management, crop insurance, and grain marketing
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Becoming the Employer of Choice
A four week course mixing self-study with instructor-led discussion groups for farm managers looking to improve their farm’s employee engagement
Cultivating Your Farms Future
Wisconsin Extension has developed an interactive program, Cultivating Your Farm’s Future and a corresponding workbook that provides tools and resources for producers to begin the succession planning process.
Farm Pulse Financial Management & Analysis
A self-paced online course for farmers interested in learning how to use farm financials to explore their farm business decisions
Certified Farm Succession Coordinator Training
The UW-Madison Division of Extension in collaboration with the International Farm Transition Network (IFTN), offers the Certified Farm Succession Coordinator Training.
Getting Started with Your Food or Farm Business
Our weekly video series will give you the skills and connections you need to get started with your food business.
Navigating Your Ag Business: From Stress to Success
An online course designed to support farm businesses to make decisions, take action to move their farms forward, and reduce the farm members’ stress
Wisconsin Beginning Farmer Resource Guide
Designed as a road map, this guide walks beginning farmers through a variety of resources available to support them through their journey of starting an agriculture operation, farm, or food business. Print copies are available at your local USDA service center.
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How to Build a Safety-First Culture and a Safety-First Mindset in Agriculture
A safety culture in agriculture saves lives, protects resources, improves efficiency, and ensures sustainable growth. Farm employers know that having a positive safety culture is good for their workers and for their business.
▶ Watch: Production Records: Planting & Harvesting – Recordkeeping for Farmers Who Speak HMoob
The goal of the ‘Production Records: Planting & Harvesting’ template is to provide a central location for a farmer to keep track of planting and harvesting records for each crop they grow. These records will help a farmer identify where each crop is planted, how many acres, and total yield harvested.
Margin Coverage Option (MCO) for Wisconsin Ag Producers
MCO offers protection against unexpected drops in operating margins — the difference between revenue and input cost. Interested producers should contact their crop insurance agent to learn more about how MCO could work for their operation.
▶ Watch: Production Records: Harvesting – Recordkeeping for Farmers Who Speak HMoob
The goal of the ‘Production Records: Harvesting’ template is to provide a central location for a farmer to keep track of when and how often each crop is harvested, the measuring unit, the amount harvested each day, total units harvested for the season, total crop acreage, and total yield.
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The Extension Farm Management Program partners with the agriculture community to develop research-based, culturally responsive educational information, resources and tools that inform decisions for profitable, healthy farm businesses.
Contact our Extension Farm Management team at farms@extension.wisc.edu
