Max Armstrong gets advice on a series of tactics farms can take on to get a handle on financial health including boosting recordkeeping, and understanding costs. And a key approach recommended by an Iowa State University expert is to identify the advisers to your operation, which Max often advises.

Farm Progress America is a daily look at key issues in agriculture. It is produced and presented by Max Armstrong, veteran farm broadcaster and host of This Week in Agribusiness.

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