Dan Childs Ag Consultant NF3 Team mdchilds@noble.org

• Enrolled Agent (allowed to represent taxpayers before the Internal Revenue Service) certified by the Internal Revenue Service
• Accredited Farm Manager (AFM) by the American Society of Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers
• Master of Science in agricultural economics, 1973, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Okla.
• Bachelor of Science in agricultural economics, 1972, Oklahoma State University

Childs joined the Noble Foundation staff in 1978. His areas of interest include farm taxation and estate planning, financial budgeting, planning and analysis and livestock marketing. Childs enjoys working with farm families and helping them achieve their goals.

Before coming to the Noble Foundation, Childs spent three years with the Oklahoma Cooperative Extension Service and a short time with the United States Department of Agriculture.

Childs was raised in Pontotoc County near Roff, Oklahoma. He is a veteran of the U.S. Army.

Online publications include:
Cow-Calf Economics Have Changed
Is Fertilizer Too High to Buy?
Rules for Deducting the Business Use of Your Vehicle
Is It Time to Buy More Cows?
Graduate Student Program at the Noble Foundation
Corn Prices Shaping Up as Agriculture's Top Issue In 2007
Economic Programs Are Available For Drought Relief
Fertilizer Economics 101: Can You Afford to Fertilize?
Tax and Program Assistance for Drought and Wildfire Victims
Which Replacement Female Option is Right for You?
The Ins and Outs of Deducting the Business Use of Your Vehicle
Even With Record Cattle Prices, Value of Gain is Key
Who Is a Good Tax Preparer?
Best of Times Still Have Challenges
Even An Up-trending Cattle Market Has Challenges
Changes in Beef Production Post Dec. 23, 2003
Improved Cattle Profits May Increase Tax Liabilities
New Farm Bill Has Tax Implications
Are You Doing the "Right Things" on Your Operation?
A Process Verification Study for Spring Grazeout Wheat Pasture Calves: Year One of a Three-Year Study
The 'Nuts' and Bolts of Retained Ownership
The New Farm Bill: Something for Everyone
Tax Considerations When Buying or Selling a Farm
Net Worth Statement: Instructions and Forms
Cattle Cycle, Basis Estimates, and Monthly Average Prices for Various Livestock Classes
An Editorial: America after September 11th
Business Revolution in Agriculture
Icy Tax Issues
Risky Business: Bermudagrass Fertilization
Understanding Tax Basis
The Beef Industry
Why Financial Statements?
Early Weaning Economics
The Business Side of Agriculture
A Few Thoughts on Taxes
Determining Cost of Gain
Deciding When to Cull Cows
It's important to be knowledgeable of the U.S. cattle inventory
Tend to Business
Understanding the Mexican Cattle Industry

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