Overview

Choosing what crops or livestock to produce is an essential decision of any farm business. One critical factor in making that decision is the cost of producing the enterprises being considered.

This is known as enterprise budgeting or cost of production budgeting. Enterprises are a single crop or livestock commodity that produces a marketable product. Cost of production (COP) budgeting consists of estimating the costs associated with an enterprise and the expected revenue.

Production economics

Establishment and production cost reports

Crops and livestock budgeting

The following commodities have budgets that can be downloaded. The minimum system requirements is Microsoft Excel 2010.

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Field crops

Berry crops

Organic crops

Specialty crops

Grapes

Livestock

Tree fruit and nut

Vegetables