AAIMS© – 2022 Tax Information

New State and Federal Tax Withholding Rates (Effective 12/31/2022) The 2022 withholding taxes are now available. If the 2022 tax files do not automatically download first time you use payroll in 2022, Download TAX2022 and save on your desktop. Open AAIMS and under TOOLS, Select INSTALL TAX FILES and choose the file you just downloaded (Tax2022.adf).  All should be ready to go. If this does not work, please send an EMAIL message to Jenny Vanderlin requesting the 2020 tax file.  You will receive file/instructions via email.  OR call 608-263-7795 and leave a detailed message stating EMAIL address and phone # and we

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Cost of Production

Wisconsin Calculated Milk Cost of Production Ken Bolton, UW-Extension, Center for Dairy Profitability January 2012 August 2012 February 2012 September 2012 March 2012 October 2012 April 2012 November 2012 May 2012 September 2011 June 2012 October 2011 July 2012   2017 “Management in Times of Tight Margins” 2015 “DuPont System for Financial Analysis” 2014 “This Thing Called Debt – A Value or Danger” 2011  “Milk Production Costs in 2009 on Selected Wisconsin Dairy Farms” Bolton, Ken and Jenny Vanderlin. University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability. April 2011. 2009  “Milk Production Costs in 2008 on Selected Wisconsin Dairy Farms” Bolton, Ken

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Grazing and Organic

2006 “Costs for Wisconsin Dairies Using Rotational Grazing Practices: new evidence from agricultural resource management survey data.” Jones, Bruce L. University of Wisconsin, Department of Agricultural & Applied Economics. September 2006. “Pastures of Plenty: Financial Performance of Wisconsin Grazing Dairy Farms – Fifth Year Report” Prepared by Tom Kriegl, UW-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability and Ruth McNair, UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. Report was funded in part by a USDA-CSREES grant to CIAS and was published following a joint effort between CDP and CIAS. June 2006 2005 “A Ten Year Economic Look at Wisconsin Dairy Systems” Tom Kriegl and Gary

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Got Risk?

Don’t Gamble the Farm Away Take Charge of Your Future Today! Curriculum Title Page Credits Participant Packet A Participant Packet B Participant Packet C Participant Packet D Participant Packet E Probability Exercises Facilitator’s Notes Powerpoint Presentations GOT RISK? – Choose HTML Version or to Download Bella Acres Family Tree – Choose HTML Version or to Download Videos Bella Acres Video – Choose Full Screen or with Table of Contents Dairy Risk Management: Take Charge of Your Future Today (ordering information only) Risk Management Internet Sources To obtain a CD-ROM with the Got Risk Curriculum and the Bella Acres video, contact

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Farm Succession Planning

Farm succession planning is a journey rather than a one-time event. It involves not only the transfer of livestock, machinery, feed and supply inventories and land, but also the transfer of management and possibly the family home. Planning for succession should include intentional conversations to develop plans that fit the farm’s goals and needs. In addition to the succession plan, retirement planning, or as we like to call it, Shifting Gears for Your Later Farming Years, is also an important and parallel planning process. The University of Wisconsin-Madison Division of Extension has several educational resources for farm businesses considering farm

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Becoming the Employer of Choice

  This is an interactive and immensely applicable one-of-a-kind program offering you the flexibility to focus on what you need to help producers improve their human resource management skills. This program is a series of 7 modules, each standing alone as its own section, but better together. Take one or all! Each module includes the following materials: Short lecture presentation Interactive activities or simulation Additional resources for further learning Click here to follow link!  

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Farm Financial Management & Analysis

   Farming Your Finances (2018) A two-day workshop for understanding an agriculture business designed for farm women and men who are interested in improving their farm financial management skills, part of the fabric of farm life and the farm business.    Center for Farm Financial Management (CFFM) – University of Minnesota The Center for Farm Financial Management’s purpose is to develop educational tools for farmers, agricultural lenders and educators that apply the principles and concepts of farm planning, financing and analysis in a practical manner. The website describes their software FINPACK, DairyCHAMP, PLANETOR, MAP and others.    Interpreting Financial Statements

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