In Financial Feasibility, compare and contrast alternative means of gaining use of assets: purchase, lease or custom hire. In Buying Big Ticket Items learn about considerations when making capital investments. In the Evaluating the Drill Purchase video, see an example evaluation of a capital purchase. In the operating lease vs. financial lease video see a comparison between leasing and purchasing a drill.

Presentations

Financial Feasibility

Follow along with the Financing a Farm: Financial Feasibility PowerPoint presentation.

Buying Big Ticket Items

Follow along with the Evaluating Capital Investments: Buying the Big Ticket Items PowerPoint presentation.

Evaluating the Drill Purchase

Follow along with the Capital Investment Evaluation of the Drill Purchase PowerPoint presentation.

Operating Lease vs. Financial Lease

Follow along with the Operating Lease vs. Financial Lease PowerPoint presentation.

Other Resources

OSU Publications

• Capital Leases
• Machinery Ownership versus Custom Harvest
• Negotiation Strategies
• Oklahoma Cropland Rental Rates: 2020-21
• Oklahoma Farm and Ranch Custom Rates, 2021‑2022
• Oklahoma Pasture Rental Rates: 2020-21
• Tax Aspects of Leasing

Websites

• Leasing versus Buying a Car
• ISU Own Tractor Tool
• KSU Farmland Purchase Analysis Tool
• Cow Bid Price Estimate Calculator
• Ag Risk and Farm Management Library
• PSU Ag Alternatives Library
• Enterprise Budgets
• Oklahoma Land Values
• Leasing Decision Tools
• Purchasing and Leasing Farm Equipment