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Welcome to FINBIN
Welcome to FINBIN, one of the largest and most accessible sources of farm financial and production benchmark information in the world. FINBIN places detailed reports on whole farm, crop, and livestock financials at your fingertips.


With just a few clicks of the mouse, you can see reports such as:
  • Soybean cost and returns by tillage system
  • Dairy cost and returns by size or location of herd
  • Farm financial standards measures by type or size of farm
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    The possibilities are endless. Select Whole Farm Reports, Crop Reports, or Livestock Reports to create your own custom report.
    2009 FINBIN Report on Minnesota Farm Finances

    Median net farm income per farm was down 63% in 2009. This short paper includes a number of historical graphs to provide a quick visual perspective what´s been happening in Minnesota agriculture.

    Read the 2009 FINBIN Report on Minnesota Farm Finances

    2009 Data is Now in the Bin!!!
    May 25, 2010 A big FINBIN update today with 2009 data from Minnesota, Missouri, North Dakota, Nebraska and Utah farms.
    2008 Organic Farm Performance in Minnesota
    This report summarizes individual farm financial results for participants in the Minnesota Organic Farm Business Management Project for 2008 and provides comparisons to previous years. The report includes whole-farm information as well as costs and returns for individual enterprises. The year-end analysis of the individual farms was completed by Minnesota Farm Business Management instructors or by Minnesota Farm Management Associations. A total of 74 farms participated in the program for 2008. Of those, 48 were “completely organic,” meaning that all of the agricultural products produced on the farm were produced under organic certification. The Whole Farm Results section summarizes only these completely organic farms.

    Click here to view the report
    Featured Report: Organic Dairy Summary Report

    —April 29, 2010

    Did you know that FINBIN has organic data available for reporting?

    Since 2005, FINBIN has been collection data on organic enterprises. FINBIN has data on over 70 organic farms in Minnesota, alone!

    Follow the link below to view the 2009 Minnesota Organic Dairy Summary Report.

    View the Featured Report on Organic Dairies in Minnesota

    Improve your farm management
    As powerful as FINBIN is, you can enhance its value to you as a producer by joining a farm management association or education program. These programs provide individual farm management assistance to producers and have proven their worth to the thousands of producers who participate in these programs.
    Center for Farm Financial Management