| Marketing Risk | Risk due to fluctuations in prices paid for inputs and received for outputs. |
| Financial Risk | Risk due to insufficient cash to meet expected obligations, generating lower than expected profits, and changes in equity – money management issues. |
| Legal Risk | Risk due to outside influences on the business – changes to the rules of the game. |
| Production Risk | Fluctuations in yields (quantity + quality). |
| Human Risk | Risk due to the uncertainties attributed to the character, health, and behavior of the people involved in the business. |
| General Risk | Risk pertaining to more than one of the five categories of risk. |
Financial Risk
- Online Courses
- Leasing Fact Sheets
- Crop Share Lease Agreements
- Fixed Cash Crop Lease Agreements
- Estimating Rental Rates of Crop Land for Landowners & Tenants
- Are Crop Share Proportions Equitable for Landowners & Tenants?
- Flexible Cash Lease Arrangements
- Leasing Arrangements for Cattle
- Analyzing Hay Storage Investments
- Pasture Lease Arrangements
- Leasing Rental Rates Publications
- 2022 USDA Colorado Agricultural Land Cash Rental Rates
- 2021 USDA Colorado Agricultural Land Cash Rental Rates
- 2020 USDA Colorado Agricultural Land Cash Rental Rates
- 2019 USDA Colorado Agricultural Land Cash Rental Rates
- 2017 USDA Colorado Agricultural Land Cash Rental Rates
- Lease Rates for Privately Owned, Non-Irrigated Pasture in 2021 and 2022
- Lease Rates for Privately Owned, Non-Irrigated Pasture in 2018 and 2019
- Lease Rates for Privately Owned, Non-Irrigated Pasture in 2015 and 2016
- Lease Rates for Privately Owned, Non-Irrigated Pastures for 2013
- Tax Management
- The Optimal Cow Size
- Leasing Beef Cattle
- Dairy Financial Planning Fact Sheet
- Dairy Analysis
- Lavender Worksheet Tools
- Economics of Fertilization for Grass Hay Production
- Grass Hay Pasture Budget Tool
- Buy Hay or Sell Cows
- Dairy Analysis Factsheet
- Dairy Analysis
- What Can You Afford to Pay for a Cow?
- Buying versus Raising Replacement Heifers
- Estimating Costs & Returns for Yearling Cattle
- Calculating Your Cow Carrying Costs
- Strategies for Cattle Herd During Drought
- Financial Ratios: What They Say About Your Business
- Enterprise Budgeting
- Partial Budgeting
- Using Partial Budgeting to Analyze Drought Management Strategies
- Record Keeping and Accounting
- Preparing a Balance Sheet
- Preparing an Income Statement
- Preparing and Analyzing a Cash Flow Statement
- RDFinancial
- Strategic Planning for Financial Success
- Selecting Financial Record-Keeping Software
- Analyzing Potential Rates for CRP Enrollment and Other Alternative Uses
- Loan Amortization Worksheet
Production Risk
- T.R.A.C. (Total Ranch Analysis for Colorado) 2022 Priority Report – CO Cow-Calf Business Benchmarks
- Multi-Peril Crop Insurance — A Drought Management Tool
- Enterprise Budget and NPV Analysis Tool
- Matching Cow Size to Available Forage
- Estimating Crop Revenue Due to Well Sites
- Comparing Options for Land Expiring from the Conservation Reserve Program
- Photovoltaic System Feasibility Calculator
Legal Risk
- Economic Impact of Excess Wild Horses on BLM Grazing allotments in Rio Blanco County
- Organizational Structures
Human Risk
- A Lasting Legacy Course 1
- A Lasting Legacy Course 2
- Personnel Planning
- Employee vs. Independent Contractor
- Employee Compensation
- Withholding Taxes from Employees
- Labor Management: Issues and Strategies for Incentive Pay Programs
- Child Labor
- Commercial Pesticide Application
- Payroll Taxes
- Colorado Unemployment Insurance
- Federal Minimum Wage
- Overtime Pay
- A Lasting Legacy #1
- A Lasting Legacy #2
- “Leaving a Lasting Legacy”
- Management Succession: Where Are We?
- Management Succession: Where Do We Want to Go?
- Management Succession: How Can We Best Get There from Here?
- AgTransitions
- Being a Personal Representative
- Probate in Colorado
- Terminology Common to Estate and Business Succession Planning
- Wills
- Trusts
- Living Wills/Advanced Directives
- Families Providing Care to an Elderly or Ill Family Member
- Calculating Compensation Decision Tool
- Ag Help Wanted: Guidelines for Managing Agricultural Labor
