Tag: finances
How much debt can you manage on your dairy?
Most farms have some level of debt. How much and what kind of debt will vary from farm to farm.
Ask FSA Andy about the guaranteed loan program
The purpose of the FSA guaranteed loan program is to assist lenders in extending credit to family farmers who do not qualify for standard commercial loans.
Producers can select comparable farms with update to farm finance...
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A recent upgrade to the popular FINBIN website allows producers to benchmark their farm or ranch finances against a peer...
FSA Andy: Microloans
Hello Again!
The Farm Service Agency is now offering a new microloan program designed to assist small family farms, beginning farmers, and socially disadvantaged farmers...
IRS: Farmers affected by MF Global bankruptcy can avoid tax penalty
WASHINGTON -- The Internal Revenue Service will provide penalty relief to farmers who incur estimated tax penalties because they did not timely receive Forms...
MF Global was not running on vapor
The lead story on the front page of the Jan. 30 Wall Street Journal reported "that a 'significant amount'" of an estimated $1.2 billion in customer money that disappeared when investment bank MF Global Holdings Ltd. collapsed "could have 'vaporized' as a result of chaotic trading ... the week before the company's Oct. 31 bankruptcy filing."
The failure of MF Global leaves CME Group holding the bag...
CHICAGO -- CME Group has taken measures to accelerate the return of substantial customer cash and other assets securely held at CME Clearing, other clearing houses and MF Global custodians following the failure of MF Global Nov. 11.
