Tag: finances
How to save time, money on groceries
Planning ahead doesn’t have to be an arduous task to save you time and money at the grocery store.
Ask FSA Andy about farm storage loans
FSA's Farm Storage Facility Loan program provides low-interest financing to producers to build or upgrade storage facilities.
Ask FSA Andy about FSA guaranteed loans
FSA guaranteed loans allow lenders to provide agricultural credit to farmers who do not meet the lender’s normal underwriting criteria.
IRS warns of last-minute scams
As the 2017 tax filing season winds down to the April 18 deadline, be aware the IRS doesn’t ask for personal info over phone or via email.
Farm Credit salaries, big loans should lead to big questions
Lenders will continue to grow, merge and make whale-sized loans unless the farm, ranch and rural owners of the Farm Credit System begin to question them.
As ag swoons, Farm Credit booms
System banks more than doubled their lending, increased their share of U.S ag debt by half and rose to dominate ag lending.
3 measures to deal with severe farm debt
If you can't resolve financial stress before it's severe, selling inventory and capital assets or liquidating cash and investments can help.
Measure your farm’s financial health
How well each farm would fare through the coming years of substantially lower milk prices would be heavily influenced by the financial health of the farm going in.
How to buy time to catch up on farm debt
Need time to catch up with your debt? Learn more about these seven ways farmers can manage their financial liabilities.
Expect delays if claiming EITC or ACTC
Law requires the IRS to hold refunds claiming the Earned Income Tax Credit and the Additional Child Tax Credit (ACTC) until mid-February.
