Resources
eBooks
Videos
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The Balance Sheet Explained
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Understanding Farmland Loan Options
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2025 Crop Insurance Video Update #1: Updates for 2025 Crop Insurance
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2025 Crop Insurance Video Update #2: New Break Land
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2025 Crop Insurance Video Update #3: NFAC and FAC Soybeans and Grain Sorghum
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What to Know Before You Borrow Money: Key Insights from FCS Financial Experts
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Why Young, Beginning Farmers work with FCS Financial
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Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance - What it is and how it can benefit producers?
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Land and Farm Loan Options
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Buying & Owning Land
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Facility Leases Explained
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Young & Beginning Farmers use USDA & FCS Financial to achieve goal of farm life
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FCS Financial Connect
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Young & beginning farmers describe their experience working with FCS Financial & USDA
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5 Cs of farm credit
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Fixed Rates Save Money & Provide Peace of Mind
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Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance - What is it and how it can save you money.
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How to complete a balance sheet to buy land or a farm
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Starla Harper, Chief Financial Officer, Answers Questions about Interest Rates
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Tips for Your First Loan Application
Blog
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Ask the Expert: Hail Coverage
Can I still add hail coverage to my 2025 crop? What do I need to do to add it?
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Choosing the Right Business Structure for Your Missouri Farm
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Tips for Working with a New Loan Officer
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Building a Chart of Accounts That Works for Your Schedule F Operation
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Three Steps to Prepare for a Land Auction
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Land Values in 2023
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Cow/Calves or Backgrounding Stockers?
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Managing Risk in 2023
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Attention to Detail - FCS Financial Member Feature on the Elsons
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Inflation and Interest Rates: 2022 Recap and 2023 Outlook
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New Look at 2022 Production, Weather Impacts and Recent Elections
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An Antidote for Inflation: Raising Interest Rates
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Key Financial Definitions from FCS Financial
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Three Tips for Utilizing Your Revolving Line of Credit
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Crop Insurance Changes for 2023
Crop insurance continues to be an important risk mitigation tool, this is the time of year when we discuss changes to the crop insurance program.
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Determining an appraised market value
This is the second of two articles highlighting the approaches that an appraiser uses when appraising a piece of property
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How a land or property appraisal is completed
When financing a real estate purchase or refinancing a farm, residence or rural property, the appraisal is an important part of the loan process
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Applying for a Missouri Farm Loan
Agriculture and rural property loans require more information than a typical home mortgage. The FCS Financial application includes a balance sheet
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How much down payment is required to buy farmland?
Your down payment is determined by several factors. These factors include the type of buyer, payment frequency and collateral available
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Down Payment on Recreational Land
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Fixed, Variable and Adjustable Interest Rates - What's the Difference?
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Using Collateral to Purchase Land
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Family living and a budget
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Four Questions to Ask Before Using Borrowed Funds
FCS Financial’s Jill Kohut, Assistance Vice President of Credit, shares four questions farmers and ranchers should ask before using borrowed funds.
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Buying Land in the Country Frequently Asked Questions
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Five Tactics to Help You Plan to Buy Land
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Build a Dream House in the Country
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Four Steps for Unplanned Income During Challenging Times
