Jim Casler has provided consulting services in the areas of strategic, financial and organizational analysis and planning since 1989. Jim loves to help improve the financial success of farms and family businesses by analyzing operations, listening to stakeholders and helping business owners and senior management implement strategies to improve financial performance, facilitate succession planning and analyze real estate investments.  

• Jim earned a bachelor degree in Finance from Eastern Michigan University and an Agribusiness Management degree from Colorado State University. Jim is also a licensed real estate broker in the State of Michigan.

• Prior to consulting with family business owners, Jim owned and operated a residential mortgage lending firm for 18 years and a real estate property management firm in Michigan and Mississippi.

• Jim currently serves as the full-time CFO of Sandyland Farms in Howard City, Michigan, a 4th generation potato grower. 

• Jim also serves as the Treasurer/Secretary of Farm Services Inc, a center irrigation pivot dealer in Lakeview, Michigan. 

Jim serves select clients throughout the United States upon full disclosure and  determining there is no conflict of interest. Jim is married, two adult children, lives in NW Michigan and owns a 100% grass-fed, registered Dexter cattle beef operation, The North Coast Ranch,