Delaware Farm Families and the Organizations that Support Them: Farm Financial Management

Provides educational programming in financial management, health insurance and consumer related topics.

Provides educational programming in financial management, health insurance and consumer related topics.

Provides educational programming using unbiased educators from the field in all three counties.

$tand By Me offers free one-on-one support to Delawareans who want to understand more about their money, make good financial decisions, and achieve financial goals.

This website was designed to provide information about retirement planning for farm families. 

This non-profit organization provides financial and housing counseling services promoting economic self-sufficiency to individuals and families through financial education and counseling. Since 1966, Guidewell or Consumer Credit Counseling Service of Maryland and Delaware Inc., has  provided a comprehensive set of services that help achieve financial and housing goals. You can attend workshops, or have one-on-one meetings.

This website is provided by the National Endowment for Financial Education and offers unbiased financial management topics and classes.

Tips from USDA

Covers the basics, and answers some frequently asked questions about crop insurance coverage.

If you plan to be transitioning your farm in the next decade, it’s time to start thinking about that process today. It’s never too early to start planning, so here are ways to prepare your operation for when the time comes to hand the farm over to the next generation.

From Farm Credit MidAtlantic
Whether you’re looking to purchase land, equipment or just seed and fertilizer, our young, beginning, small, and minority farmer loan program is designed to help you access credit and build a solid foundation of success in three simple steps.

List of resources to begin or continue the process of succession planning.

The Agricultural Safety and Health Council of America is a not-for-profit organization established to pursue national strategies to create a less-hazardous work environment for American agriculture. ASHCA is a coalition of more than 50 organizations, businesses, federal agencies and safety professionals all seeking to improve the health and safety of farmers, ranchers and agricultural workers.

The mission of the Northeast Center and the national program is educating America’s farmers and ranchers to manage the unique risks of producing food for the world’s table. Find resources to help you learn about risk management and tools you can use to develop a risk management plan.

The Ag Risk & Farm Management Library collects, categorizes and organizes thousands of Agriculture Risk and Farm Management documents, videos and presentations to help you find the information you need.

A collaboration among three University of Maryland entities committed to identifying the legal needs of Maryland farm families and devising strategies to meet them.

The HIREDnAg team is a group of research and Extension professionals committed to understanding how health insurance decisions impact farm and ranch families. The site provides resources for farmers and those supporting farm audiences to better understand the link between farm vitality and health.

Maryland Agricultural Conflict Resolution Service is the official US Department of Agriculture (USDA)-certified agricultural mediation program for Maryland, offering confidential assistance to help resolve agriculture related issues in a productive environment.

From Farm Credit MidAtlantic

eAgronom goal is to provide solutions that encourage farmers to operate smarter and sustainably, with numerous other benefits.