Pettis County
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Management Information Records for the 21st Century
Farm Management Specialist/Farm Business Center Coordinator
Programs and services provided at the Sedalia Farm Business Center:
The MIR (Management Information Records) program is available to all Missouri
farm managers who wish to keep track of their farm profitability. Farm business decisions
are made daily. With the help of MIR, a farmer can track the strengths and weaknesses of
his farm business instantaneously. Your local Farm Management Specialist is nearby to help
advise when needed.
Whether your enterprise is swine, beef, crop, poultry or dairy, there is a way you can use the MIR program to its fullest potential.
Tax reports such as the Form 4562 (depreciation schedule) and IRS Form 1040F, generated by the MIR program, are very helpful at tax time. Your tax practitioner will appreciate these well organized reports.
At the Sedalia Farm Business Center our staff continually endeavors to serve area farmers by offering services and programs that can be utilized in the farm business. For for information we invite you to contact the Sedalia Farm Business Center by e-mail at fbcsedalia@missouri.edu or a phone call at (660) 827-0591.
MISSOURI COW/CALF PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS PROGRAM
"Computerized Performance Analysis For Commercial Cow/Calf enterprises"
Missouri Cow/Calf Performance Record program is a software program for commercial cow/calf producers generated through the Farm Business Center. The program’s analysis provides information for evaluating dam, sire, and calf performance through the weaning and/or yearling stages of production.
The program was written by Dr. Richard Randle, Extension Veterinarian. The program is available for use on your computer or the data may be entered through the Farm Business Center. For more information, contact your University Extension livestock specialist, farm management specialist or the Farm Business Center.
Missouri Farm Income Tax School
A Missouri Farm Income Tax School is held each fall to help income tax preparers update their tax knowledge. The course is taught by Mike Hardin, associate professor of agriculture economics at Oklahoma State University and Leah Marquard, a tax specialist with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) in St. Louis.
The school deals with a broad range of tax issues with special emphasis on farm taxation and is designed to fit the guidelines for Continuing Education Credits for accountants and attorneys. The school is sponsored by University of Missouri Extension and the Sedalia Farm Business Center. The cost of the course includes a 600 page Farm Tax workbook, a highly regarded income-tax reference book.
For more information on the tax school contact the Pettis County University of Missouri Extension Center/Farm Business Center.
FSA Borrower Training
The Farm Business Center in Sedalia is
approved as one of the approved vendors and learning sites for the FSA borrower training.
The core of the program involves enrolling borrowers in the University of Missouri Management Information Records Program (MIR) for one year and conducting a series of educational events around the key aspects of the MIR accounting program and business analysis. The program includes an analysis of the total business as well as individual enterprises of the farm.
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University of Missouri Extension Pettis County pettisco@missouri.edu Site maintained by Eva Kabler, kablere@missouri.edu Updated 05/24/04 |
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