2025 Newsletter
February Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- Can We Profitably Grow Corn at $4 and Soybeans at $10?
- An Early Look at 2024 Profitability Trends
- Paid Leave Benefits Starting for Minnesotans on January 1, 2026
- New Year, New Resolutions: Understanding Earned Sick and Safe Time
- Minimum Wage in Minnesota
March Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- Educational Opportunities
- An Early Look at Financials 2024
- Now is the Time to See How You Are Doing
- What to Do When Your Farm Financial Results Aren’t What You Want
- MN Paid Leave
- What You Need to Learn from Your Financial Statements
May Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- A Report on the State of SW Minnesota Agriculture in 2024
- End of Tax Season Takeaway
- Missed the Labor Webinar or Garen’s Farm Finance Update at the Profitability Conference?
- Chemical Costs
- Family Living Costs: A Growing Concern for Farm Families
- Working Capital: The Canary in the Coal Mine
- Tax Withholding on Your W-2
- Spring Association Board Meeting
June Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- What Is Your Plan? Summer Visits
- Understanding the Statement of Owner’s Equity: A 2024 Year-End Snapshot
- Weekly Crops Field Notes
- Understanding and Utilizing Agricultural Market Outlooks
- What Taxpayers Should Do If They Get Mail from the IRS
- W-9 Form and Other Reporting Forms
July Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- Summer Visits: In Person or on Zoom – Your Choice!
- Using Your Strengths and Weaknesses Effectively in Agriculture
- Minnesota Paid Leave Publishes Adopted Rules
- Business IQ Survey
- What retirement plans require you to file a 5500
Bottom Line
August Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- How does SDAP work?
- Seasonals still matter- but are they losing their edge?
- One Big Beautiful Bill
- What's in the "One Big Beautiful Bill" for working americans and seniors?
- Opportunities
- Soil health financial assistance grant opens August 2025
September Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- What We Heard on the Road in 2025: Notes from Summer Farm Visits
- Have You Heard of Any Cash Rents in the Area?
- Term Debt Coverage Ratio: A Window into Farm Financial Health
- This Too Shall Pass: Navigating Tight Margins in Agriculture
- One Big Beautiful Bill (More Highlights)
- Ready to grow your Network?
October Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- MDA opens applications for Livestock investment grants
- Negotiating farmland rent
- Rollover money from a 401(k) to an IRA or leave it in the 401(k)
- Minnesota cropland rental rates update
- IRS to phase out paper tax refund checks starting with individual taxpayers
- Prepare for paid leave today
- Farm legal series updated for 2025
November Newsletter
Inside this Issue:
- Find Fair Farmland Rental Rates in Minnesota
- Expectations for a Productive Tax Planning Meeting
- How Did You Do? Evaluating Your 2024 Crop Marketing
- Leasing personal property
- Get Ready for Minnesota’s New Paid Leave Program – Action Needed by Dec. 1
- Want Better Results from Your Grain Marketing?
- Fall Board Meeting Set for December 8
- Unlocking the Economics of Cover Crops: New Insights for Midwest Farmers
- Are You Enjoying Our New Newsletter Layout?
December Newsletter
Inside this Issue
- What Will Net Farm Income Look Like for 2025?
- Top 6 Steps to Get Ready for Your Farm Analysis
- Tile & Land Improvements
- Summary of tax implications cash rent vs share crop
- The Farmer's Ultimate Trade Secret: When Is It Time to Upgrade Your Iron?
- Join us for Strategic Farming: Let's Talk Crops in 2026!
- The Minnesota Paid Leave Program goes into effect on January 1, 2026
- The IRS Never Goes Phishing
Annual Reports
- 2024 SWFM Annual Report (PDF)
- 2023 SWFM Annual Report (PDF)
- 2022 SWFM Annual Report (PDF)
- 2021 SWFM Annual Report (PDF)
- 2020 SWFM Annual Report (PDF)
- 2019 SWFM Annual Report (PDF)
- 2018 SWFM Annual Report (PDF)
- 1989-2017 Annual Reports available on AgEcon Search