Description: This recorded webinar features the S.D. Small Business Development Center (SD SBDC) and Farm Service Agency (FSA). During the recording, Matty Kerr from the SD SBDC shares resources and services available to producers for business planning prior to approaching a lender.

Gail Gullickson from FSA discusses financing resources for specialty crop producers, reviews the 5C’s of Credit, and more on what financial ratios lenders (FSA and commercial lenders) look at when producers apply for credit. Linked below are the slide decks from both presenters.

Matty Kerr, SD SBDC: Presentation Link

Gail Gullickson, FSA: Presentation Link

Published: Sept. 26, 2025

Video: Financing

This project was supported in part by a Specialty Crop Block Grant Program at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official views of the USDA.

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