Expert Forum: How to Deliver Farm Advisory Services at Scale

Join this exclusive webinar for KSCPA members looking to enhance their advisory services for agriculture clients. Leading CPA firms are going beyond tax and compliance—delivering proactive financial planning, budgeting, and cash flow forecasting services to help farmers maximize profitability. And they’re not doing it with spreadsheets and desktop systems...

5/07/2025 | 11:00am-12:00pm  |  Webcast  |  KSCPA

Members: $0.00, Non-members: $75.00

CPE Categories: Accounting (1 CPE)


Description

Join this exclusive webinar for KSCPA members looking to enhance their advisory services for agriculture clients. Leading CPA firms are going beyond tax and compliance—delivering proactive financial planning, budgeting, and cash flow forecasting services to help farmers maximize profitability. And they’re not doing it with spreadsheets and desktop systems...

Learn how agriculture-specific finance tools work with cloud accounting systems to save you time on reporting and provide better insights into farm performance so you can deliver high-value advisory services at scale.

You’ll also hear from one of Kansas’ top CPA firms, Adams Brown, who will share how they transitioned from spreadsheets to Figured. Learn how they’re using the tools today and the tangible benefits they’ve gained—both in improving firm efficiency and enhancing profitability for their farming clients.

 

Objectives

What you’ll learn:

  • How ag-specific finance tools can enhance your service offering.
  • How Figured integrates with QuickBooks Online and Xero to automate tasks and replace spreadsheets.
  • Live demos of how Figured simplifies budgeting, cash flow forecasting, succession planning and more.
  • How CPAs can help farmers improve their financial position and access to capital.
  • Real-world examples of how Adams Brown use Figured and the benefits they’ve gained.
  • Ways Figured can be used to save time on farm accounting and grow advisory revenue.

Speakers

Mitchell Parks bio: [Figured]

Farm-raised and Accountant-trained, Mitchell is Figured's Account Executive based in Denver. Having been raised on a farm in the south of New Zealand, and worked as a trained accountant, Mitchell understands the unique challenges and opportunities facing both farmers and accountants. At Figured, he works closely with accounting firms across the US to help drive efficiency and increase the value of their agriculture accounting & advisory services.

 

Turner Polzin bio: [Adams Brown - special guest]

Turner Polzin is a Principal at Adams Brown and one of the leaders of the firm’s agriculture team. With over a decade of public accounting experience, he specializes in tax and consulting services for grain and cattle farms, helping clients address challenges like succession planning, market fluctuations and regulatory compliance. A 2012 graduate of Fort Hays State University with a Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting and Finance, Turner is a member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the Kansas Society of CPAs. In 2020, he completed the Kansas Society of CPAs’ Lead to the Future leadership program, strengthening his commitment to serving Kansas’s agricultural community.

Who Should Attend

CPAs advising clients in agriculture

Prerequisites

None

Sponsor

Figured