Resource Round-Up: Tools to Support Your Ag Business
KTA’s Program Team
Between managing finances and taxes, finding stable land and reliable capital, developing market channels, and handling production, running a sustainable agricultural business can be highly challenging. We see producers take on roles as accountants, managers, engineers, salespeople, and marketers to help sustain and grow their businesses.
At Kitchen Table Advisors, our 1:1 Business Advising program focuses on meeting farmers and ranchers where they’re at in their business journeys, providing relevant tools, resources, and relationships to help them navigate these roles. KTA’s Farm Business Advisors work directly with clients across a variety of key learning areas – including business planning, financial management, and land, capital, and market access – to support farmers and ranchers in defining and achieving long-term success. This can look like partnering with clients to diversify their market channels, analyze their costs of production, set up bookkeeping systems, and much more.
Our work is deeply collaborative within a greater ecosystem of partners that complement our team’s expertise and program offerings. In our more than ten years of business advising, our program team has utilized or recommended numerous tools and trainings from partners that have helped farmers and ranchers build business resilience and discover new opportunities. Our team has compiled their recommendations for these business resources, highlighting what they’ve found to be relevant and supportive to sustainable farms and ranches. By sharing them, we hope these resources and tools will reach more farmers and ranchers and uplift the ecosystem of support that surrounds you in the many roles you hold.
Curious to learn more about our 1:1 Business Advising program? Get in touch by emailing info@kitchentableadvisors.org.
Financial Fundamentals
California FarmLink’s Tax Toolshed
California FarmLink’s Tax Toolshed is a comprehensive resource folder designed to help farmers and ranchers navigate tax season. It covers topics such as filing, record keeping, tax rules for agricultural entities, individual federal income tax returns, and special provisions for agricultural producers. The Toolshed includes recorded presentations, diagnostic tools, and customizable resources like the Farm Tax Organizer, and practical guides. Available in both English and Spanish, it empowers producers to confidently manage the specialized tax needs of their agricultural businesses.
Requirements for tool usage: None
Available in Spanish: Yes
The Farmer’s Office
The Farmer’s Office offers online courses to help farmers and ranchers cultivate financially sustainable businesses through financial literacy and business planning. The website offers a variety of learning opportunities, including webinars, self-paced courses, templates, and live, multi-session courses. The site also offers Farm Service Agency (FSA) Borrower Training courses for farmers who have a loan through FSA and are required to take financial management training.
Requirements for tool usage: Though some free webinars are occasionally available, courses require payment and/or registration.
Available in Spanish: No
Business Planning
California FarmLink’s Resilerator / El Resilerador
The Resilerator (English) and El Resilerador (Spanish) are business accelerator courses offered by California FarmLink. Both programs help farmers, ranchers, and fishers strengthen business resilience, achieve sustainable profits, and adopt responsible practices through long-term planning. Courses are taught by experienced instructors and co-led by farmers and ranchers, providing valuable peer-to-peer learning opportunities. While both programs share similar goals, they differ slightly in structure, timing, and format. Ultimately, both courses equip participants with practical tools, supportive networks, and the confidence to grow their operations responsibly and sustainably.
The Resilerator is a 10-week online course covering accounting, bookkeeping, employment, and farm business management. Courses run once a year and are held over Zoom. The next upcoming Resilerator session will begin in October 2026; interested farmers and ranchers are invited to join the 2026 waitlist.
El Resilerador is a six- to seven-session in-person program in Salinas. It covers business structure, labor management, land tenure, accounting, taxes, insurance, and compliance. The next session is November–December 2026. Registration is $200, but is refunded at the end of the course.
Course participants from either program are granted access to a comprehensive resource library and personalized one-on-one support. Additionally, graduates will become eligible for additional workshops and clinics covering more advanced topics, and receive an interest rate discount when applying for California FarmLink financing.
Requirements for tool usage: Applicants should have 2+ years of experience either owning a farm or ranch business, or have significant involvement in managing a farm or ranch.
Available in Spanish: Yes
Land Access
California FarmLink’s
Land Database
California FarmLink’s Land Portal is an online community connecting farmers and ranchers seeking land with landholders. Through the portal, landseekers can explore leasing opportunities reviewed by FarmLink staff, connect directly with landholders, and receive guidance on leases and agreements to build positive, long-term relationships.
Requirements for tool usage: In order to join the Land Portal, both landseekers and landholders must apply for enrollment and pay a nominal annual fee. Qualified landseekers must either have a current management role at a California-based agricultural business, or have two or more years of farming experience or significant field experience.
Available in Spanish: Yes
Capital Access
Community Alliance with Family Farmers’ Farmer Funding Opportunities Database
The Community Alliance with Family Farmers’ Farmer Funding Opportunities Database is a tool that hosts funding opportunities for California-based agricultural producers including cost-share grants, direct funding, partnership grants, and more. The tool shows what grants are currently open for application, where interested folks can apply, what the grants fund, what is needed for the application, and additional helpful information for applying. The tool is updated regularly with new waves of funding, particularly in the Spring and Fall, and is available in both English and Spanish.
Requirements for tool usage: None
Available in Spanish: Yes
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