Farm Business & Financial Management
Benchmarking Worksheet for Farms
A worksheet for comparing your farm results with similar farms or past years. Helps owners find areas for improvement using their own records and published data.
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What you fill in
- Farm type and size group
- Measure being compared
- Your result for the measure
- Benchmark source and year used
- Benchmark result for comparison
- Gap between the two
- Possible reasons for the gap
- Actions to test
- Date to measure again
How to use this worksheet
Fill it out in pencil first, check the numbers against your records, then ink it. Make a fresh copy for each field, pen or enterprise.
Where to check the details
This sheet is a general template, so confirm specifics with your own manuals, labels and local rules. For current official guidance, start with USDA Economic Research Service and eXtension.
For more in this area, see the farm finance explained. Between chores, farm.FM has farm humor, including What are Farms?, and agribusiness farm stories.