Farm Financial Standards Council

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The Financial Guidelines for Agricultural Producers provides recommended standards for format and content of financial reports, recommended financial measures common to all sectors of agriculture, and example statements and measures. The two documents offered for sale are identical in content. The only difference is in the $8 discounted price for bonafide academics and students.

The Management Accounting Guidelines for Agricultural Producers responds to the ever-increasing need for consistent, reliable, and accurate management information systems to support day-to-day production decisions. The two documents offered for sale are identical in content. The only difference is in the $8 discounted price for bonafide academics and students.

(Updated and copyrighted April 2008)

What’s New with the Financial Guidelines?

Addition of five new financial measures to the recommended financial ratios and measures.
Revised recommendations for calculating depreciation, with a goal of providing a more accurate picture of financial performance and avoiding inconsistencies caused by use of tax-based depreciation methods.
Revised example sets of financial statements and measures to demonstrate these revisions as well as the recommendations of the entire set of guidelines.

Please note that the two PDF documents, the Financial Guidelines for Agricultural Producers and Management Accounting Guidelines for Agricultural Producers, are copyrighted materials with that copyright belonging to the Farm Financial Standards Council. As such, they are protected by U.S. copyright law.

If you are intending to use these materials in a teaching environment, please treat these PDFs as you would any other copyrighted material. Permission is not granted for the posting of the contents of these documents with downloads available at no charge.

If you wish to inquire regarding bulk usage of the PDFs, please contact the offices of the Council directly:

Farm Financial Standards Council
N78W14573 Appleton Ave., #287
Menomonee Falls, WI 53051
262-253-6902
cmerry@countryside-marketing.com

Financial Guidelines for Agricultural Producers, Standard, PDF format, 1.4 MB ($12.00)

Financial Guidelines for Agricultural Producers, Academic ($8.00)

Management Accounting Guidelines for Agricultural Producers, Standard, PDF format, 5.0 MB ($12.00)

Management Accounting Guidelines for Agricultural Producers, Academic ($8.00)