Dairy Enterprise Planning Budgets

These documents will help you to construct enterprise and cash flow budgets for dairy. This budget package is intended to help decision makers assess the profitability and financial feasibility of dairy operations under various price and cost conditions. Dairy Enterprise Planning Budget, May 2019     Dairy Enterprise Budget ( Instructions) – May 2019 / Kevin Bernhardt    Enterprise Budging Presentation – May 2019 / Kevin Bernhardt

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On Farm MilkP

   On Farm MilkP After entering projected sales, investment costs, and production coefficients ON FARM MILKP.XLS analyzes your “On Farm Milk Processing” plan. This decision aid produces both a profitability and cash flow analysis. Sensitivity analysis is presented in both tabular and formats. Examples and Instructions:    “You Can Make It, You Can Sell It, But Can You “Make It” Selling It?”    On Farm Milk Processing.ppt 

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FORAGE LAND-BASE CALCULATOR

FORAGE LAND-BASE CALCULATOR   The “Forage Land Base Calculator” is an Excel spreadsheet that can help evaluate change in forage acres (either alfalfa, corn silage, or both) as a result of a change in any one or more of the following factors…forage yield; dairy herd expansion or reduction; custom raising heifers; higher or lower alfalfa / corn silage feeding ratio; and, change in harvest, storage or feeding losses. The first worksheet is the computerized spreadsheet which will do all calculations for you. The second worksheet (located directly behind the computer spreadsheet) can be printed and used as a hand-held worksheet

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