FINPACK Training & Related Benchmarking Resources

Closeout Manuals

• 2025 Closeout Manual

• 2025 Farm Bridge Assistance Payment Calculator (download as Excel spreadsheet before use)

• Aquaculture Closeout Manual

• Market Channel Analysis Closeout Manual

Closeout Related Documents

• Average Crop Price Calculator (download as Excel spreadsheet before use)

• Wet to Dry Equivalents Conversion Worksheet (download as Excel spreadsheet before use)

• Recommended Chart of Accounts

• FINBIN Database Submission Thresholds

• More shared resources here: Shared Resources 

Recorded Trainings

2026 RankEm Training: Watch Here

2025 FINPACK Enterprise Analysis Training

1. Balance sheet and whole farm analysis review; Error Sleuthing: Watch here

   • Handouts:

     • Detail is your friend in FINPACK’s Enterprise Analysis

     • Why doesn't my FINAN Balance?

     • Cash Discrepancy Triggers

     • Sleuthing Cash Discrepancies in Schedule F Cash to Accrual Analysis and FINAN

     • Entering Finance Leases in FINPACK

2. Enterprise Analysis Setup; Crop Enterprise Analysis: Watch here

   • Handouts:

     • The Basics of Cover Crop Analysis

     • Keys to Cover Crop Analysis

3. Livestock Enterprise Analysis and Wrap-up: Watch here

2025 Benchmarking Insights

1. 2025 FINPACK & Closeout Recommendations Updates: Watch here

   • Handouts:

     • Presentation Handout

     • Instructions to Make Your Own Gemini Gem

2. Value Driven Benchmarking: Watch here

   • Handout:

     • Presentation Handout

3. Advanced Livestock Enterprise Analysis Topics: Watch here

2024 RankEm Training

• Training handout

• Recording link

FINPACK Long Range Budgeting (FINLRB) Training

January 14, 2025 training: Click here to watch

PcMars FINPACK Interface Training

December 21, 2021 training: Click here to watch

FINPACK TOOLS for Benchmarking Series 

• Day 1 Recording: Balance Sheets.  Click Here

• Day 2 Recording: Whole Farm Analysis (FINAN).  Click Here

• Day 3 Recording: Other Benchmarking Tools.  Click Here

FINPACK Educator Training Resources and Documents

For more information contact:

Pauline Van Nurden                Curtis Mahnken                   

pvannurd@umn.edu                    cmahnken@umn.edu            

612-625-4219                         612-624-7585                

This material is based upon work supported by USDA/NIFA under Award Number 2023-38504-41022 and Award Number 2024-38504-42666.