Center for Farm Financial Management. This site was created to help producers understand how to interpret common financial statements. Learn how to use your financial statements in day-to-day management of your farm management. Anyone with an internet connection can access these videos. Interpreting Financial Statements and Measures (IFSaM)
Continue readingCategory: DECISION TOOLS
Cornsilage_DM
This spreadsheet allows one 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. Cornsilage_DM
Continue readingCOSTCWT
Spreadsheet for calculating the cost of producing milk per hundredweight equivalent. See also: Cost of Producing Milk per Hundredweight Equivalent Worksheet. COSTCWT Dr. Gary Frank Emeritus Professor, Center for Dairy Profitability.
Continue readingCOPMilk (2014)
The cost of production (COP) is the costs associated with production divided by the number of units produced. This worksheet looks at three methods (per unit sold, residual claimant, equivalent production) commonly used to calculate the cost of production. COPMilk Dr. Gary Frank Emeritus Professor, Center for Dairy Profitability.
Continue readingEquivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Ear Corn (11.2009)
Conversion table for converting wet ear corn to its dry corn price equivalent. Equivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Ear Corn (11.2009)
Continue readingEquivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Shelled Corn (11.2009)
Conversion table for converting wet shelled corn to its dry corn price equivalent. Equivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Shelled Corn (11.2009)
Continue readingEstimating the Value of Standing Corn for Corn Silage (2014)
EXCEL Worksheet for calculating the value of corn silage. TDN Value adjustments included. Estimating the Value of Standing Corn for Corn Silage (2014)
Continue readingFORAGE 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 on the farm. Both
Continue readingWI DAIRY FARM RATIO BENCHMARKING TOOL
WI DAIRY FARM RATIO BENCHMARKING TOOL Compares dairy farm’s financial status with +500 dairy farms in the State of Wisconsin. Data is from the AgFA (Agriculture Financial Advisor) database: 2000-2008. Calculates 15 Financial measures. REQUIRES: Excel 2007.
Continue readingTMR Mixer Cost
TMR Mixer Cost Cost Analysis of TMR Mixer. How to Documentation.
Continue reading