Summary

A 2018 impact report on the University of Tennessee MANAGE program, providing farm business education in financial planning, marketing, budgeting, and recordkeeping. Reports over 20,500 educational contacts, 119 completed farm financial plans, and 222 educational meetings reaching more than 10,800 people. Summarizes farm scale and financial metrics for participating operations and highlights outcomes such as dairy benchmarking cost reductions, income tax training for professionals, cooperative beef cattle marketing premiums, and one-on-one enterprise analyses that helped farms improve cash flow, reduce costs, and strengthen long-term profitability.