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Unpacking Your Business Toolbox: Leverage and Debt

By FCSAmerica Staff
Ag Finances
Published on Jun 21, 2024
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Farm Credit Services of America (FCSAmerica) and Frontier Farm Credit are co-sponsoring a webinar series, Two Economists and a Lender. Our latest installment featured Agriculture Economic Insights (AEI) co-founders David Widmar and Brent Gloy, and Shayla Troendle, financial officer. The webinar recording from June 20 is available. Explore upcoming webinars.

We’ve heard that debt is an important business tool, but it is easy to forget how exactly the tools should be used. In this episode, we review how debt can help your business, its limitations and how to update our thinking in today’s higher interest rate environment.

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