FILE: Farm Timing Cheat Sheet
DATE: 2015
ARCHIVE: 2020-08-10
(c) Copyright Brett Paufler

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Having some tangential involvement with a farm (relating to the owner side of a owner/tenant split), I put together a list of the yearly activities (that were meaningful to me, I am sure there are others) to better anticipate operational requirements.

As always, the list is obfuscated past the point of usefulness.

Further, this listing informs my involvement far more than the actions required to run or operate a farm... even as an absentee owner.

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January,Lease,Prepare For Year
January,Lease,Mail Out
January,Crop Insurance,Select Policy
February,IRS Tax,Preparation
February,Inputs (Seeds and Chemicals),Budget
February,Liability Insurance,Pay As Owner
February,Crop Insurance,Deadline
March,Lease,Signed Receipt
March,Tenant’s Insurance,Receipt of Proof
March,Planting Plan ,Reach Agreement
March,Marketing (Advance Selling),Make Plan
March,Crop Insurance,Previous Year's Payoff
March,Inputs (Seeds and Chemicals),Prepay
April,Progress Report,
April,Real Estate Tax,First Payment
May,Planting Report,Corn
May,Planting Report - Beans,Beans
June,Progress Report,
July,Progress Report,
July,Photographs of Crops in Field,
July,Crop Insurance,Planting Plan to Insurer
August,Progress Report,
September,Progress Report,
September,FSA Forms,Sign & Return to Tenants
October,Harvest Report,Preliminary
October,Real Estate Tax,Second Payment
November,Improvement Plan,"Tiling, Liming, and Fencing"
November,Harvest Report,Corn
November,Coop Refund Check,Corn
December,Harvest Report,Beans
December,Coop Refund Check,Beans
December,Crop Insurance,Claim Acceptance