The lessons in this unit are designed primarily for Missouri vocational agriculture instructors participating in the Farm Business Management Analysis program. Each of the 10 lessons in the unit is a self-contained instructional package and includes material for monthly classroom sessions for young and adult farmers and for individualized instructional activity. The lessons include specific suggestions for teacher preparation. The sample entries throughout the unit are taken from the sample entry material available from the Instructional Materials Laboratory for the Missouri Farm Business Record Book. Lesson components include a review, objective, motivation, key points, introduction of information, discussion, conclusions, announcements, social time, instruction, and lesson materials such as transparencies and handouts and quizzes. Topics covered in the 10 lessons are the following: (1) minimizing the year's taxable income; (2) summarizing the year's records; (3) methods of tax management; (4) planning next year's livestock and cropping programs and cash flow; (5) analyzing a profit and loss statement; (6) analyzing a financial statement and cash flow; (7) analyzing livestock enterprises; (8) analyzing crop enterprises; (9) analyzing machinery, equipment, and building costs; and (10) using farm credit. (KC)