Ag Land Management (ALM) Accelerated Program Schedule:
Ag Land Management 1
Farm Budgeting
- How are budgets used and the questions a budget should answer
- What information is needed to prepare a budget
- Difference between fixed and variable costs
- Difference between a partial budget and an enterprise budget
- Cash flow budgets
- How other budgets fit into a whole-farm budget
- Farm financial analysis tool
- Budget case studies
Farm Accounting & Financial Statements
- Overview of accounting
- Financial statements
- Balance sheets
- Assets and liabilities
- Income statements
- Cash flow statements
- Statement of Owner’s Equity
- Financial ratios
Farm Finance
- How to evaluate an investment
- Financial modeling in agriculture
- Introduction to agricultural portfolio management
- Integrated case study
Instructors: Danielle Harris, AFM & Skye Root, AFM, AAC
Audit Assist: Brent Lawson, AFM
Pricing: $1099 Member / $1,299 Non-Member
Required Materials: Laptop, financial calculator and must have a working knowledge of Excel
Format: Hybrid
Contact Hours: 24 hours
Accreditation: This course is required for the AFM and the AAC
Registration Questions: Katelyn Johnson | 303-692-1224 | KJohnson@asfmra.org
This course will be Hybrid (some students in person, some online). Upon registering, you will either select Hybrid Livestream Registration or In Person Registration. If you select the Hybrid Livestream Registration, you will be sent a Zoom link to access this course one week before the course start date. If you select the In Person Registration, you will be expected to attend the offering In Person in Glendale, CO throughout the duration of the offering.
The ASFMRA reserves the right to move this offering to a livestream format up to three weeks before the first date of the offering. Any in-person registrants will be notified at this time. ASFMRA does not reimburse travel costs.