The CWT Herd Reduction (Buyout) Program is a new industry initiative intended to reduce milk production by 540 million pounds by taking whole herds out of production. A producer can only participate by submitting a bid and having that bid accepted by the program administrators, and there are regional limits to participation. Bids are stated on a per hundredweight basis relative to milk sales in a base history period. Our only previous …
Conducting a farm financial performance or financial benchmarking analysis can be daunting to those unaccustomed to doing them. If we are lucky enough to have the minimum number of financial documents needed to conduct a meaningful financial analysis (both beginning and ending balance sheets, either an actual accrual or accrual adjusted income statement, and a statement of cash flows), we are then inundated with pages and pages of intimidating numbers to sort through.
This gives many managers and advisers a …
As dairy farms grow and specialize in milking cows, one enterprise that may be removed from the dairy farm to allow for milk cow herd expansion is heifer raising. Custom heifer raising is increasingly common across the country and purchasing heifers may be preferred to raising heifers. However, these alternatives are not suitable for all dairy farmers. In this article, we examine heifer enterprise costs relative to using a custom raiser or purchasing heifers. We identify factors that should …
Items under account titles are suggested sub categories.
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ACCOUNT TITLE |
ITEMS TO BE INCLUDED |
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Income |
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| Ag Program Payments | FSA Payments, Cost Sharing, Etc |
| Calf Sales | Sale of Bull & Heifer Calves1 |
| *In memo field include number of calves sold each transaction.1 | |
| Capital Sales | Capital Assets Sold |
| Real Estate | Gravel, Lumber, Land |
| Machinery | Machinery & Equipment |
| Co-op Equity | Equity redeemed for cash |
| Cull Cows | Cull Cow Sales1 |
| Purchased Animals Sold | |
| Home Grown Animals Sold | |
| *In memo field include | |
In recent years, farm and …
For years farmers have been reporting financial information on a variety of forms for various reasons. Effective management of a farming operation today requires that records be kept so managers can make informed decisions affecting the profitability of their farms.
Some lending institutions require detailed business and personal information on everything a farmer owns, as well as the status of unpaid loans. They may also require production records and an estimate of expected sales and expenses for the next …
