Measuring & Analyzing Farm Financial Performance

Welcome to the farm finance Web site maintained by the Department of Agricultural Economics and Purdue Extension. This site provides access to materials that will help you measure the financial position of your farm business. These materials represent the first installment of the Farm Business Management for the 21st Century series. We hope you find these materials useful. Be sure to let us know what you think.

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Measuring & Analyzing Farm Financial Performance

 Worksheets

The worksheets for measuring the current financial position of the business and analyzing how changes will affect this position are available here.

Benchmark Data

Farm record summaries provide a good source of benchmark data. Several links to benchmark data on the Web are provided here.

 ExcelŽ Spreadsheet

An Excel spreadsheet removes the need to perform the simple but tedious calculations contained in the worksheets. It also provides you charts that compare your profitability and financial efficiency to benchmarks. You can download this spreadsheet here.

 

Last Updated on 11/16/99
By Craig Dobbins