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Farm Business Planning – Lesson 4

A Project Funded by:USDA BFRDP

Grant #10506276Development Partners Include:

Mississippi State University

National Association of Agricultural Educators

Oklahoma State University• Agricultural Economics Department• Oklahoma Cooperative Extension

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The following slides provide the answers for the practice problems for Lesson 4. Activity 1 – Practice What

You Learned.

Enterprise Budgets and Analysis

1. The cost of producing soybeans is $280 per acre, and soybeans yield 37 bushels per acre.

•Breakeven Price=

•Breakeven Yield=

Enterprise Budgets and Analysis2. Using this information, estimate the

operating interest that would appear on the farmer’s enterprise budget if the note carries:

•Operating Interest=

•Operating Interest=

Annual Cash Flow Budget FormSources of cash  

Beginning Cash Balance $22,000

Crop Sales -

Livestock Sales $300,000

Sale of Depreciable Assets -

Sale of Land -

Proceeds from Planned Borrowing $102,500

Other Sources of Cash (e.g., contributed capital)

-

Total Sources of Cash $424,500

Uses of Cash  

Cash Expenses (excluding interest paid) $102,500

Breeding Stock Purchases -

Purchase of Other Depreciable Assets -

Purchases of Land -

Principal Payments $15,500

Interest Payments on Long-Term Debt $19,800

Operating Note Repayment $102,500

Interest on Operating Note $3,844

Other Uses of Cash -

Total Uses of Cash $244,144

Net Cash Surplus or Deficit $180,356

Balance Sheets1. Find the following ratios:

• (D/A)=

• (D/E)=

• (E/A)=

• Working Capital = 128,000 – 33,500 = 94.500

• Current Ratio =

Balance Sheets

Is the operation solvent? Is it liquid? Explain.

•The operation is projected to be both solvent and liquid. Current assets exceed current liabilities by over 380% proving liquidity. The D/A and D/E ratios are low while the E/A ratio is high, proving solvency.

Balance SheetsCurrent assets Current liabilities

Cash $43,000 Current Portion of Work Truck Note $7,150

Cash Invested in Building $85,000 Operating Interest

Payable  

    Current Portion of Land Debt $22,000

    Interest Payable $4,350

       

Total current assets $128,000 Total current liabilities $33,500

   

Non-current assets Non-current liabilities

Land $260,000 Long-Term portion of Land Debt $168,000

Work Truck $51,000 Long-Term portion of Work Truck Note $16,000

Machinery and Equipment $350,000    

    Total non-current liabilities $184,000

Total non-current assets $661,000 Total liabilities $217,500

Total assets $789,000 Owner’s equity $571,500

    Total liabilities + Owner’s equity $789,000

Find the missing variables of the balance sheet by using the following information

A. $12,600 Total CL – (Current Portion of Long Term Debt + Interest Payable)

B. $71,300   Working Capital + Total Current Liabilities            C. $33,800   Total Current Assets – ( Accounts Receivable + Cash invested)

D. $212,300 Total Current Liabilities + Total Non-current Liabilities             E. $786,296 Total Liabilities/Debt-to-Asset Ratio            F. $714,996 Total Assets – Total Current Assets            G. $79,996   Total Non-Current Assets – Machinery – Land            H. $573,996 Total Assets – Total Liabilities            

Determine the value of the truck, a non-current asset (NCA) and the amount of current liability (CL) and non-current liability (NCL) that will appear on the balance sheet:

  NCA CL NCL

a. at end of year 2   $38,700 $21,545 $199,502

b. at end of year 3   $31,800 $23,053 $176,448

c. at end of year 4   $24,900 $24,667 $151,782

Special Thanks to:

•USDA BFRDP Grant Program

•Oklahoma State University▫Eric A. DeVuyst, Department of Agricultural

Economics

•National Association of Agricultural Educators