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Evaluating Your Value-Added Business Plan: Questions a Producer Needs to Ask
(2003-04-14)
Consideration of certain questions can help a producer evaluate business proposals and maximize profit. This publication discusses the issues that will help determine the likelihood of success of a business venture.
Basic Marketing of Texas Cotton: Forward Contracts, Cash Sales, Marketing Pools, and the USDA Loan Program
(2006-10-10)
This publication explains basic marketing alternatives for cotton producers, including forward contracts, cash sales, marketing pools and USDA loan programs.
Grid Pricing of Fed Cattle
(2009-03-02)
There are several value-based fed cattle pricing systems, including formula pricing, price grids and alliances. This publication describes the different cattle pricing methods and helps you decide which is best for you.
Income Statement -- A Financial Management Tool
(2008-09-16)
An income statement measures the success of a business in terms of net income or loss for a period of time. An income statement of a farm business includes items in seven major categories. This publication describes each ...
After the Conservation Reserve Program: Economic Decisions with Wildlife in Mind
(2009-04-07)
As Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) contracts begin to expire, landowners must decide to re-enroll the land in the program, convert it back to crops or leave it in permanent cover for grazing and for wildlife. This ...
Financial Management: Cash vs. Accrual Accounting
(2008-10-17)
This publication explains the differences between cash and accrual accounting and suggests how farmers and ranchers can get the best of both accounting systems. There are sample income statements and a table to illustrate ...
Borrowing in a Risky Environment
(2008-10-28)
Credit is a requirement for farming and ranching enterprises. Nowadays, lending institutions are requiring more and better information about enterprises before credit will be extended. This is a guide to the documentation ...
Rolling Up a Put Option as Prices Increase
(2008-10-07)
Agricultural producers use put options to protect themselves against declining prices. The technique of "rolling up a put option, explained in this publication, allows the producer to raise the minimum expected selling ...
Human Resource Management: Employee Attraction and Selection Guide
(2009-04-08)
Successful managers know that recruiting and training key personnel is critical to the health of any business. This publication discusses the five steps to recruiting and selecting the best employees.
How USDA Forecasts Production and Supply/Demand
(2009-06-01)
USDA publishes crop supply and demand estimates for each month. Producers, merchandisers, processors, traders and other market participants rely on this information when making their buying and selling decisions. This ...