by Michael Langemeier, Associate Director, Center for Commercial Agriculture (Excerpt reprinted by permission of the author and Ag Banking Magazine. Find the full article here.) Introduction Repayment capacity measures include capital debt repayment capacity, capital debt repayment margin, replacement margin, term debt and capital lease coverage ratio, and replacement coverage
Reprinted by permission of the Purdue University Center for Commercial Agriculture In April, the Purdue University/CME Group Ag Economy Barometer recorded the fourth largest one-month drop since data collection began in October 2015. The barometer, which is a sentiment index based on a monthly survey of 400 agricultural producers across
The FFSC is proud to be a sponsor of the National Farm Business Management Conference! We’d love to have you join us in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, from June 9-13. You can find an agenda here, and you can register online here. Information about lodging at the beautiful Blue Harbor Resort and
This ‘n’ That from the Council Your Council has been busy. Council members hit the new year running with presentation to groups in Wisconsin and Iowa all in the past few weeks. On January 9 Brad Guse, Senor VP with BMO Harris in Arpin, WI was joined by BMO Managing
More than 100 producers from across the United States (and one from Canada) joined us for our Farm Futures Boot Camp event in Coralville, Iowa.
An updated version of the Financial Guidelines for Agriculture has been released by the Farm Financial Standards Council. With a January 2019 issue date, this 272-page edition replaces other versions of the document that have been in circulation since 1991. The most recent prior update was done in 2017. Order
This is the first Board Notes we’ve sent since March, so you have not been missing issues, we’ve just not been preparing and sending any. With all the activity going on with the summer meeting, membership renewals, etc., it’s been hectic. New Council Leadership Todd Doehring, second from left, heads
Over 70 agricultural finance professionals, spouses and other family members gathered in Champaign, IL July 25 – 27 for the 2018 annual conference of the Farm Financial Standards Council. The program consisted of committee meetings and topical discussion, general speaker presentations, a tour of local agricultural facilities, and LOTS of
Many members of the FFSC will be at the ABA National Agricultural Bankers Conference in Omaha November 11-14. You can join us by registering here. Information from the conference organizers: The Ag Banking landscape is evolving, and sustaining a successful connection to your customers and communities is more important than
Todd Doehring, second from left, heads up the new FFSC leadership team elected at the Council’s annual meeting held July 27 in Champaign, IL. Doehring is a director with Centrec Consulting Group, Savoy, IL. Other members of the leadership group are, from left: Jan Bitter, Immediate Past president, vice president
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