Agricultural producers are constantly engaged in evaluating and analyzing their costs of production and returns to measure profitability and develop efficient production management strategies because of continually rising costs. Urbanization and increased environmental regulations have caused escalating production costs. Rapid population growth and urban development have increased competition for land and water uses and prices. The urban-rural interface has also resulted in increasing pesticide regulations.
The Farm Budget Generator V.I. 2012 is a tool created for growers to develop and analyze their enterprise or farm production costs. It is a Microsoft Excel Workbook developed using Visual Basics Application (VBA) programming. The program has capability to calculate multi-year establishment and production costs for perennial crops or to compare and analyze several years' costs of the same crop. To download a copy of the farm budget generator and user's guide, click on the following links below:
Farm Budget Generator: FBG V.I_2012Workbook
User's Guide: FBG V.I_2012 Workbook User's Guide