Webinars

Building Your Financial Foundation: Balance Sheets

Ag Smart Money Week Webinar

With Jessica Groskopf, Extension Agricultural Economist, UNL Center for Agricultural Profitability

A balance sheet is the cornerstone of understanding your operation’s financial health. This session will show how to build and interpret one using real farm examples to track assets, liabilities, and net worth to see where you stand and how that position changes over time. Participants will learn how lenders view balance sheets, and how to calculate key ratios like working capital, current ratios, and debt-to-asset.

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Livestock Budgeting with the Agricultural Budget Calculator

Ag Smart Money Week Webinar

With Glennis McClure, Extension Farm and Ranch Management Analyst, UNL Center for Agricultural Profitability 

Livestock operations face unique challenges when it comes to tracking costs and planning for profit. This session focuses on how producers can use the Agricultural Budget Calculator (ABC) to create, compare, and analyze enterprise budgets for cow/calf, backgrounding, and finishing operations. Participants will see how to factor in feed, pasture, labor, and equipment costs, evaluate breakeven prices, and test “what-if” scenarios to guide marketing and herd management decisions. Whether you’re expanding, downsizing, or maintaining your herd, you’ll learn practical ways to make the numbers work for your operation.

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Leases and Rental Rates: Smart Decisions for Land Management

Ag Smart Money Week Webinar

With Jim Jansen, Extension Agricultural Economist, UNL Center for Agricultural Profitability

Leasing arrangements and rental rates are among the most important decisions in any farm or ranch business. This session explores current trends in Nebraska’s cash rental rates for cropland and pasture, and offers practical tools for structuring agreements that balance risk and reward for both tenants and landowners. Learn how to evaluate flexible leases, understand regional rate differences, and use UNL Extension’s survey data to guide fair and informed negotiations.

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Enterprise Budgets: Figuring Your Cost of Production

Ag Smart Money Week Webinar

With Glennis McClure, Extension Farm and Ranch Management Analyst, UNL Center for Agricultural Profitability 

Knowing your cost of production is essential to managing risk and improving profitability. This session will walk through how to build and use enterprise budgets for crops and livestock using the Agricultural Budget Calculator (ABC) tool. Participants will see how to adjust budgets for local input costs, test “what-if” scenarios, and use budget results to guide marketing, leasing, and investment decisions throughout the year.

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Managing Cash Flow: Timing, Forecasting and Operation Stability 

Ag Smart Money Week Webinar

With Shannon Sand, Extension Agricultural Economist, UNL Center for Agricultural Profitability 

A positive bottom line doesn’t always mean positive cash flow. This session breaks down how cash moves through a farm or ranch business, why timing matters, and how to forecast your liquidity position during tight months. Learn how to build a monthly cash flow plan that supports better borrowing, smoother bill management, and stronger relationships with your lender. Real examples will show how cash flow planning can prevent surprises and improve day-to-day decision-making.

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Nebraska and U.S. Farm Income Update and Outlook – Fall 2025

With: Brad Lubben, Extension Associate Professor and Policy Specialist, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; and Alejandro Plastina, Associate Professor of Agricultural Finance and Director of the Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center, University of Missouri.

Nebraska’s farm income prospects remain mixed for 2025, with lower crop revenue projections buffered by continued strength in the cattle sector and substantial government assistance. The net result is that farm income for the state is projected higher in 2025 even as financial challenges deepen for some producers.

While the overall outlook remains strong, it can hide the real concerns in some sectors and the high levels of uncertainty over key production, market, and policy developments that could affect agriculture the rest of this year and into the next.

The details are always more complex and highlight the need for a deeper analysis. Join us for a review of the details and the latest farm income situation and outlook for the rest of 2025 and beyond for ag producers.

Presented by the University of Nebraska-Lincoln’s Center for Agricultural Profitability and the University of Missouri’s Rural and Farm Finance Center.

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Profit and Loss Statements: Measuring Profitability and Net Worth Growth (Ag Smart Money Week Webinar)

Ag Smart Money Week Webinar

With Anastasia Meyer, Extension Agricultural Economist, UNL Center for Agricultural Profitability 

Your income (or profit and loss) statement tells the story of how your farm earned or lost money over a given period. This session explains how to move beyond tax records to understand true operational performance through accrual adjustments and net worth reconciliation.

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Agricultural Land Management Quarterly - Fall 2025

With Jim Jansen and Anastasia Meyer, Agricultural Economists, UNL

Offered since 2019, the quarterly webinars address common management issues for Nebraska landowners, agricultural operators, and related stakeholders interested in the latest insight on trends in real estate, managing agricultural land and solutions for addressing challenges in the upcoming growing season. 

The November 2025 webinar will cover final USDA farm management highlights, including county-level cash rental rate estimates and ARC and PLC farm program payments. Landlord/tenant communication topics will include harvest season reports, closing out leases, and preparing for 2026 leases. A Q&A period will also provide attendees an opportunity to have their land management and leasing questions answered. Questions may also be submitted ahead of time on the form here.

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