Show Me the Money: Farm Financial Management with QuickBooks and Excel
No one gets into farming for the love of financial management, but attention to the numbers is what keeps a farm running year after year. Built on the idea that you don’t need to love the numbers, you just need to have the right tools and systems, this session covers the day-to-day tools Boldly Grown Farm uses to manage its business—QuickBooks plus budgeting and cash-flow spreadsheets in Excel. Attendees will see the real tools in practice and leave with clearer, more confident ways to track cash flow, manage bookkeeping, and build the financial footing that helps small and mid-scale farms protect thin margins and stay in business long-term.
Habrá servicio de interpretación al español disponible para esta sesión.
About the Speakers
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Colton Anderson
AgWest Farm CreditColton grew up in Spanish Fork, Utah on a dairy heifer raising operation. He completed a bachelor’s degree in Finance from Brigham Young University – Idaho and a master’s degree in Agricultural Economics from Purdue University. Colton has worked for AgWest Farm Credit for nine years. He has a passion for agriculture and enjoys working with many diverse agricultural businesses. He has financed a wide variety of industries throughout his career in both Idaho and Washington and loves living in the Pacific Northwest with his family.
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Amy Frye
Boldly Grown FarmAmy Frye and Jacob Slosberg are the co-owners of Boldly Grown Farm, a certified organic vegetable farm in Washington’s Skagit Valley, which they’ve grown over the past decade into a thriving wholesale, CSA, and farm-stand business. The two met at the University of British Columbia, where Amy earned a Master’s in Resource Management and Environmental Studies and Jacob studied agroecology, and where they both worked at the campus farm before starting their own. They came to farming through their environmental values and are passionate about feeding their community with healthy, locally grown food while stewarding their land and water resources and creating living-wage agricultural jobs. Beyond the food they grow, both are active in the broader agricultural community through mentorship and advocacy—Amy on the Local Advisory Committee for AgWest Farm Credit, Jacob as President of the Puget Sound Food Hub Co-op—working to strengthen the resilience of the regional food system. Amy and Jacob have two kids, Leo (9) and Ayla (5), who love living on the farm.
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Darcy Maldonado
Farm Service AgencyDarcy has been with Farm Service Agency in different capacities for 33 years, with the last 13 years making agricultural loans. She grew up Northwest of Spokane on a wheat, dairy/ beef operation, has a B. A. Business Administration: Finance from WSU, and has been living in Whatcom County for 29 years.