Extension Professor, Center for Farm Financial Management

This is a hybrid, non-tenure track, 12 month, 48.75% appointment. The University of Minnesota is currently offering flexible working options. Specifics will be discussed during the interview stage. The person in this position will work as part of a vibrant team at the Center for Farm Financial Management to strategically plan, develop, and deliver farm financial management educational programs. Specifically the person in this position will:

Educational Program Development and Delivery (75%)

• Identify opportunities to develop educational tools and programming that will help farmers and ranchers and especially underserved producers.
• Lead CFFM teams that develop and deliver tools and programming to help farmers and ranchers.
• Represent CFFM with other organizations throughout the country and especially with USDA and organizations that served underserved producers.
• Develop practical educational programs on a wide-range of farm financial management topics utilizing cutting-edge technology when appropriate.
• Develop innovative farm financial management tools including software, web-based, video, written, and other types of tools.
• Deliver farm management and marketing educational programs to producers, educators, lenders, and other agricultural professionals.
• Continue to expand the use of CFFM educational programs and tools to wider audiences of producers and agricultural professionals.

Scholarly Research (10%)

• Conduct applied research and development in the area of farm financial management and incorporate findings into practical applications.

Entrepreneurship (15%)

• Embrace and expand entrepreneurship within the Center for Farm Financial Management.
• Provide leadership and support to state and national initiatives in which CFFM has leadership and seek opportunities for external funding in CFFM's areas of strategic focus.

The Center for Farm Financial Management (CFFM) provides educational programs and software tools that are practical, timely, and applicable to real-world farm situations. Products and training focus on farm financial planning, financial analysis, risk management, business planning, commodity marketing, and credit analysis. CFFM products are widely used by farmers, lenders and educators across the United States. CFFM is an entrepreneurial unit with major support from revenue and grants.

FINPACK, the Center's flagship software product, provides a suite of tools that guide producers and ag professionals to make sound financial and credit decisions. FINPACK has three major audiences: lenders, educators, and producers. CFFM staff are involved in providing training and presentations to these audiences in a wide variety of venues including national conferences, banking schools, and training for individual lenders.

CFFM hosts and supports the national farm financial benchmarking database, http://finbin.umn.edu. In this role, CFFM staff work with over 20 states to provide training and software tools to complete farm business analysis and benchmarking for their farmer participants. The FINBIN database provides a rich source of data to support presentations and training for farmer groups.
CFFM also provides leadership to a number of national programs funded by USDA/NIFA including Extension Risk Management Education and the Beginning Farmer and Rancher Development program. CFFM supports the online presence of these programs through development and maintenance of FarmAnswers.org, AgRisk.umn.edu, ExtensionRME.org, and RVS.umn.edu. CFFM also supports a number of online tools including AgPlan, AgTransitions, IFSAM, Commodity Challenge, and a number of online training courses. A particular focus is working with historically underserved farmers and ranchers, and work with these communities continues to increase.

CFFM is located in Ruttan Hall on the St. Paul Campus of the University of Minnesota. It is a unit in the Department of Applied Economics. It is also a part of the College of Food, Agricultural and Natural Resource Sciences and University of Minnesota Extension. For more information about CFFM and the scope of its programs, visit http://cffm.umn.edu .

Pay Range: $95,000 annually, based on a 48.75% appointment; depending on education/qualifications/experience.

Retirement plan options are available for Civil Service, Faculty, Labor-Represented, Professional & Administrative, and Temp Casual classifications. Learn more about retirement plans.

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