Crop Budget Estimator Factsheet
DOWNLOAD FILEJuly 7, 2021 - Author: Jonathan LaPorte, MSU Extension
The Microsoft Excel based tool is built around key areas that producers need to consider as they plan for and continually evaluate their growing season. It combines in one place:
- Marketing Goals
- Yield Goals
- Detailed Chemical Planning
- Detailed Fertilizer Planning
- Break-Evens of:
- Net Farm Income
- Cash Flow
- Net Worth
- Economic Profitability.
The Estimator Tool is only as useful to the producer as the information that they put into it. Using their own farm records, they can build a budget that is used for Marketing decisions, comparing Chemistry and Fertilizer programs recommended by crop nutritionists and advisors, evaluating Capital Purchases (i.e. a new tractor or combine), and other important management decisions for their farm.
These management decisions are broken into four key areas:
- Net Returns
- Financial Scorecard
- Break-Evens
- Fertility Program.
