Effective management reports can help you achieve almost any major business goal.

Dairy farm analysis tools.
First Pioneer can help make the tedious, paper-intensive tasks of planning and analysis easier than ever with a versatile set of planning tools designed exclusively for Northeast dairy farmers. Each of these tools provides financial ratios (e.g., net farm income per cow and debt per cow) and production ratios (e.g., pounds of milk sold per cow and feed or labor costs per cow).

• The Northeast Dairy Farm Summary. For "do-it-yourselfers" who want to compare their operation with the summary's benchmark results. You can view information about the latest summary and how to obtain a copy here.
  
• The Farm Analysis Report. For a personalized comparison of your operation against dairy farm benchmarks. This report spells out the comparisons for you.
  
• Record "4" Profit-Planning-for-Success Service. For an in-depth financial report of your dairy operation. This report helps you make management decisions based on the results with the help of a First Pioneer financial specialist.
• The Large Dairy Farm Program. For participation in a large dairy benchmark analysis with other successful dairy farmers. Includes a customized full-day training seminar and one-on-one work with a farm business consultant.

You don't have to look for a hidden agenda when a First Pioneer consultant visits your operation. What you'll get is just plain good advice.

Business consulting.
Helps you improve your profitability. Every business wants to improve profits. Our business consultants can help you analyze your business from many angles and pinpoint methods for improving your bottom line.

Payroll services.

• Mail-in system. We will process your payroll information paychecks, payroll reports, tax deposits and signature-ready federal and state payroll forms. We will manage payroll tax requirements, including W-2 and W-3 income tax statements. We process agricultural and nonagricultural payroll and will customize your payroll to pay employees based on salary, hourly rate, piecework or any combination.
  
• Payroll record-keeping software. We offer ag-specific Redwing Payroll software and support so you can process your own payroll right at your operation.

Farm business seminars.
Call your local office for a schedule of upcoming seminars on practical, down-to-earth solutions. You can be assured that our seminars are presented by agricultural and financial experts who work in the "real world." Recent topics range from "Precision Management" to "Getting the Most from Your Employees."

• Why you need financial statements to successfully manage your business ... and how Farm Credit can help!
• 3 Resources to make payroll a little easier
• Can outsourcing sharpen your competitive edge?
• Cranberry Grower's Planning Handbook.
• Just ask Joe ... Management reports do a lot more than count beans!
• The Entrepreneurial Spirit: Do You Have It?
• A closer look at an income statement and balance sheet
• Business management advice
• Partnership predictor
• Who needs a consultant?
• Business survival test
• Dairy Farm Summary
• Improved management...key to recapturing lost profit
• Business outlook - industry budgeting factors
  
  

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