Resources
eBooks
Videos
- Video Why Young, Beginning Farmers work with FCS Financial
- Video Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) Insurance - What it is and how it can benefit producers?
- Video Land and Farm Loan Options
- Video Buying & Owning Land
- Video Facility Leases Explained
- Video Young & Beginning Farmers use USDA & FCS Financial to achieve goal of farm life
- Video FCS Financial Connect
- Video Young & beginning farmers describe their experience working with FCS Financial & USDA
- Video 5 Cs of farm credit
- Video Fixed Rates Save Money & Provide Peace of Mind
- Video Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Insurance - What is it and how it can save you money.
- Video How to complete a balance sheet to buy land or a farm
- Video Starla Harper, Chief Financial Officer, Answers Questions about Interest Rates
- Video Tips for Your First Loan Application
Blog
- Blog The Experience Creators - an FCS Financial Member-Owner Feature on Westphalia Trading Co.
- Blog Three Steps to Prepare for a Land Auction
- Blog Land Values in 2023
- Blog Cow/Calves or Backgrounding Stockers?
- Blog Managing Risk in 2023
- Blog Attention to Detail - FCS Financial Member Feature on the Elsons
- Blog Inflation and Interest Rates: 2022 Recap and 2023 Outlook
- Blog New Look at 2022 Production, Weather Impacts and Recent Elections
- Blog An Antidote for Inflation: Raising Interest Rates
- Blog Key Financial Definitions from FCS Financial
- Blog Three Tips for Utilizing Your Revolving Line of Credit
- Blog 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.
- Blog 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
- Blog 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
- Blog 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
- Blog 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
- Blog Down Payment on Recreational Land
- Blog Fixed, Variable and Adjustable Interest Rates - What's the Difference?
- Blog Using Collateral to Purchase Land
- Blog Family living and a budget
- Blog 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.
- Blog Buying Land in the Country Frequently Asked Questions
- Blog Five Tactics to Help You Plan to Buy Land
- Blog Build a Dream House in the Country
- Blog Four Steps for Unplanned Income During Challenging Times