{"id":19835,"date":"2025-05-15T12:47:12","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T16:47:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/?page_id=19835"},"modified":"2025-11-05T09:37:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-05T14:37:18","slug":"financial-management","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/financial-management\/","title":{"rendered":"Financial Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div  class=\"purdue-home-cta-banner purdue-home-link-hero \">\n    <div class=\"image\">\n                    <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"U.S. currency rolled up laying side-by-side\" src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/05\/pexels-pixabay-164527-scaled.jpg\"\/>\n            <\/div>\n    <div class=\"section has-padding-exlarge\">\n        <div class=\"container\">\n                            <p class=\"purdue-home-hero__subheader purdue-home-link-hero__subheader tagged-header tagged-header--gold\">\n                    Financial MANAGEMENT                <\/p>\n                                                        <h1 class=\"second-level-page-heading purdue-home-link-hero__header\">\n                    Strengthen your farm&#8217;s financial health &amp; Drive Profitability                <\/h1>\n                                        <p class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__subtext\">\n                    Understand your balance sheet, track performance, and make confident investment and financing decisions for your farm business                <\/p>\n                                                    <div class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__list-container\">\n                    <span class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__list-desc tablet-hidden\">\n                        Shortcuts:\n                    <\/span>\n                                         <ul class=\"purdue-home-link-hero__list--desktop\">\n                                                                                <li>\n                                <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--white \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/keyword\/financial-statements\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Understand Statements                                <\/a>\n                            <\/li>\n                                                                                <li>\n                                <a class=\"purdue-home-button purdue-home-button--white \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/keyword\/financial-analysis\/\" target=\"_blank\">\n                                    Analyze &amp; 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Understand the essentials\u2014balance sheets, profitability analysis, and performance benchmarks\u2014to help you evaluate your operation\u2019s financial strength and readiness for growth.<\/p>\n                                            <div class=\"purdue-home-button-list\">                                            <div><a class=\"purdue-home-button \" href=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/resource\/2020\/10\/financial-management\/\" target=\"_self\">Explore the Series<\/a><\/div>\n                                        <\/div>                                    <\/div>\n                                <\/div>\n                            <\/div>\n                                                        <div class=\"column is-half-tablet is-6-desktop\">\n                                                                <div class=\"purdue-home-cta-card purdue-home-cta-card--stack\">\n                                                                            <figure class=\"image is-16by9\">\n                                            <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"purdue-home-background-image\" alt=\"\"\n                                                 src=\"https:\/\/ag.purdue.edu\/commercialag\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/Artboard-2.jpg\"\/>\n                                        <\/figure>\n                                                                        <div class=\"flex-container flex-container--align-center\">\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtitle\">Signature Publication<\/p>\n                                                                                    \n                                        <h2 class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-title\">\n                                            Crop Budgeting                                        <\/h2>\n\n                                                                                    <p class=\"purdue-home-cta-grid__card-subtext\">The Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide offers farmers a trusted resource to project financials, plan budgets, and evaluate crop decisions for the upcoming year. 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