Educational Innovations in Teaching Financial Record Keeping to Farmers

Richard L. Trimble, Laura Powers, Steve Isaacs and Geri Isaacs

No 346578, 12th Congress, Durban, South Africa, July 18-24, 1999 from International Farm Management Association

Abstract: Teaching producers farm record keeping has always been difficult. Producers view it as a mysterious, impossible task. As part of an educational program designed for United States Department of Agriculture, Farm Service Agency (FSA) borrowers, teaching innovations were needed to remove the mystery and make record keeping understandable. The innovations used include: realistic receipts, a proven farm record book, use of dual overhead projectors to simultaneously display receipts and book pages when entering transactions, ample consideration of participant suggestions about entering transactions, no mention of "correct entries," and an honest attempt to establish producer ownership of their record book information.

Keywords: Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; Agricultural Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 10
Date: 1999
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.346578

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