Transcript Farm_CaRT_Apr13

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