Farm Cost and Return Tool - Farm CaRT
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Farm Cost and Return Tool -
Farm CaRT
Peter Zimmel ([email protected])
FAPRI at the University of Missouri(www.fapri.missouri.edu)
Denver, COApril 4, 2013
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IntroductionUsageInputsOutputs
Introduction
Developed as part of BFRDP grant Intended initially for beginning farmers &
ranchers Can be used by those already farming or
thinking about farmingGuidance from advisory committee
and participating farmers and ranchers
Intoduction
Utilizes data from: FAPRI baseline USDA
Allows the user to develop five year, whole-farm budgets by enterprise
Includes historical and projected data Production Costs
Usage
Inputs
Commodities include: Corn, soybeans, wheat, sorghum, barley,
oats, hay, rice, cotton, peanuts, sunflower seed, sugar beets, cow/calf, and dairy
Incorporates county level yield estimates
Scale of operationPricesCosts
Variable and fixed
Inputs
Inputs
Inputs
Inputs
Outputs
Four different budget types are available Whole farm returns – detail Whole farm returns – summary Returns by commodity – total Returns by commodity – per unit
Outputs
Outputs
Thanks! FAPRI-MU website: www.fapri.missouri.edu
To contact me: 573-884-8787 [email protected]
Farm Cost and Return Tool (CaRT) www.fapri.missouri.edu/projects