The Farmer's Edge

1. Building the Foundation

   9 lessons

   1. Basic Accounting Course Overview
   2. Basic Accounting: Business Basics
   3. Basic Accounting: Key Concepts - Cash vs Accrual
   4. Basic Accounting: Key Concepts - Everything Has a Bucket
   5. Basic Accounting: Key Concepts - The Balance Sheet
   6. Basic Accounting: Key Concepts - Depreciation
   7. Financial Statements Overview
   8. Putting Concepts into Action

   1. Module Quiz

      1. Basic Accounting - Final Quiz

2. Bookkeeping Bootcamp

   39 lessons

   1. Day 1 - Get Grounded

      1. 1 - Overview of Bookkeeping Module
      2. 2 - Overview of QuickBooks and Record Keeping
      3. 3 - Basic Bookkeeping and QuickBooks: 6 Rules of Bookkeeping

   2. Day 2 - Set up your chart of accounts

      1. Basic Bookkeeping and QuickBooks: Chart of Accounts (Part 1)
      2. Part 2: The Chart of Accounts
      3. Setting up Your Chart of Accounts - QuickTips
      4. Putting Concepts into Action

   3. Day 3 - Start entering expenses and using the bank feed

      1. Framework for Entering Transactions - QB QuickTips
      2. Purchasing a Van (or other asset) (QuickBooks QuickTip)
      3. Recording Revenue, Expenses, and Other Cash Flows
      4. Entering Expenses and Other Cash Outflows (QuickTips)
      5. The Bank Feed (QB-Online)
      6. Basic Bookkeeping and QuickBooks: Daily Tasks

   4. Day 4 - Start entering sales

      1. Recording Sales & Cash Inflows
      2. Products and Services
      3. Recording Sales
      4. Advanced Quickbooks: Tracking CC Sales
      5. Advanced Quickbooks: Tracking Items
      6. Entering Sales and Other Cash Inflows (QuickTips)
      7. Using Items (Products & Services) on Invoices and Sales Receipts
      8. Using Items (Products and Services) (QuickTips)
      9. Recording Prepayments and Deposits (QB QuickTips)
      10. Entering Sales Receipts (and dealing with Square/Stripe/Credit Card payments)

   5. Day 5 - Dig deep into journal entries and other advanced functions

      1. Advanced Quickbooks: Intro to General Journal Entries
      2. Advanced Quickbooks: Inventory Adjustments
      3. Recording Depreciation and the Sale of an Asset
      4. Recording Depreciation and the Sale of an Asset
      5. Key Concept: Selling to Yourself
      6. Bank Reconciliation
      7. General Journal Entries

   6. Day 6 - Running Reports

      1. Running Reports

   7. Day 7 - Troubleshooting QuickBooks

      1. Troubleshooting Quickbooks

   8. Bonus Content

      1. Overview
      2. Key Concept: Selling to Yourself
      3. Using QB to Understand and Refine Sales Mix
      4. Using QB to Track and Understand Production Costs

   9. Test your knowledge

      1. Basic Bookkeeping and QuickBooks - Final Quiz
      2. Advanced QuickBooks - Final Quiz

   10. Bonus: 5 Signs of Financial Health

       1. Video: 5 Signs of Financial Health

3. Digging into the Numbers and Harvesting Data

   27 lessons

   1. Cost of Production

      1. Cost of Production: Introduction
      2. Cost of Production: Tomatoes
      3. Cost of Production: Chickens
      4. Cost of Production: Value Added
      5. Cost of Production: Where Do The Numbers Come From?
      6. Cost of Production: Break Even Analysis
      7. Breakeven Analysis - In Action
      8. Using Breakeven to Understand Pricing Strategies
      9. Cost of Production: Summary
      10. Cost of Production: Putting Concepts into Action
      11. Cost of Production - Final Quiz

   2. Cash Flow Management

      1. Cash Flow Management: Tracking Cash Balance
      2. Cash Flow Management: Weekly Cash Plan

   3. Inventory Management

      1. Inventory Management - Overview
      2. Inventory Management Putting Concepts into Practice
      3. Inventory Management - Understanding Sales
      4. Inventory Management - Inventory Adjustments

   4. Reading Financial Statements

      1. Case Study: Artichoke Farm
      2. Reading Financial Statements: Overview and Concepts
      3. Reading Financial Statements: The Income Statement
      4. Reading Financial Statements: Reading Reports in Quickbooks and Excel
      5. Reading Financial Statements: Overview of Enterprise Analysis
      6. Reading Financial Statements: Channel Analysis - Step by Step Example
      7. Reading Financial Statements: Opportunity Costs
      8. Reading Financial Statements: The Balance Sheet
      9. Reading Financial Statements: Putting Concepts into Action
      10. Reading Financial Statements - Final Quiz

4. Planting the Seeds for Growth

   11 lessons

   1. Investment Decisions

      1. Investment Decisions: Overview and Key Concepts
      2. Investment Decisions: Evaluating Feasibility
      3. Investment Decisions: Borrowing Money
      4. Investment Decisions - Case Study
      5. Investment Decisions: Putting Concepts into Action
      6. Investment Decisions – Final Quiz

   2. Cash Flow Projections

      1. Cash Flow Projections: Key Concepts Overview
      2. Cash Flow Projections: Step by Step
      3. Cash Flow Projections: Next Steps
      4. Cash Flow Projections: Putting Concepts into Action
      5. Cash Flow Projections - Final Quiz

5. Bonus Content

   38 lessons

   1. Evaluating Risk in a Time of Climate Change – Masterclass

      1. Masterclass Recording
      2. Tech Tutorial - How to use the template

   2. Excel for Farmers

      1. Excel Basics for Farmers

   3. Live Webinar – Recordings

      1. Breakeven Analysis [Webinar]
      2. Easy Crop Budgets for Farm Profitability [Webinar]
      3. Creating Cash Flow Budgets [Webinars] 1
      4. Creating Cash Flow Budgets [Webinars] 2
      5. Recordkeeping Systems [Webinar]
      6. 5 Signs of Financial Health [Webinar]
      7. Reading Financial Statements [Webinar]
      8. Excel Basics for Farmers [Webinar]
      9. Adapting to the Changing Local Food Market [Webinar]
      10. Crop/Product Costing Models with KTC [Webinar]
      11. Notes From the Field: Practical Implications for Applying the Farm Management Tools [Webinar]
      12. Scenario Planning [Webinar]

   4. Bonus Excel Template

      1. Profit Planning Calculator (Breakeven Analysis)
      2. Cash Flow Projections Template
      3. Agri-Ledger - Cash Flow Tracker
      4. Opportunity Assessment
      5. Product Pricing Calculator
      6. Sales and Inventory Management
      7. QuickBooks - COA QuickConverter
      8. Cost of Production Calculators for Livestock, Vegetables, and Flowers

   5. Preparing for Investments

      1. Preparing for Investments (and Financing) - Overview
      2. Getting the Documentation Together (+ The Business Plan)
      3. Organizing Your Numbers and Financial Projections

   6. Key Concepts

      1. The Farm Financial Calendar
      2. The Balance Sheet
      3. Cash Flow Statement
      4. The Income Statement
      5. Revenue Recognition
      6. Breakdown of the Balance Sheet
      7. Multi-step Income Statement: In depth
      8. Inventory
      9. Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
      10. Capitalized Costs
      11. Financial Ratio Analysis and Benchmarking
      12. Depreciation