Farm_CaRT_Apr13
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Peter Zimmel ([email protected])
FAPRI at the University of Missouri
(www.fapri.missouri.edu)
Denver, CO
April 4, 2013
Introduction
Usage
Inputs
Outputs
Developed as part of BFRDP grant
Intended initially for beginning farmers &
ranchers
Can be used by those already farming or thinking
about farming
Guidance from advisory committee and
participating farmers and ranchers
Utilizes data from:
FAPRI baseline
USDA
Allows the user to develop five year, wholefarm budgets by enterprise
Includes historical and projected data
Production
Costs
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 operation
Prices
Costs
Variable and fixed
Four different budget types are available
Whole farm returns – detail
Whole farm returns – summary
Returns by commodity – total
Returns by commodity – per unit
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