Educational Materials for Farm Planning

Overview of Virginia Agriculture

Introduction to US and Virginia Agriculture (ppt)

Economic Costs

Introduction to Economic Costs (ppt)
Opportunity Cost & Marginal Costs (Word)
Fixed Costs & Variable Costs Exercise (Word)
Short run vs Long Run Decisions Exercise (Word)

Breakeven Analysis

Introduction to Breakeven Analysis (Word)
Breakeven graphing exercise (Word)
Breakeven exercises (Word)

Budgeting

Introduction to Enterprise Budgets (Word)
Crop Enterprise Budgets for Virginia
Livestock Enterprise Budgets for Virginia
Horticultural Enterprise Budgets for Virginia
Introduction to Partial Budgets (Word)
Introduction to Job Cost Estimates (Word)
Job Cost Estimate spreadsheet (Excel)
Basic Machinery Budget spreadsheet (Excel)
Introduction to Whole Farm Budgets (ppt)
Example of a Whole Farm Budget (Excel)

Hay Enterprise Decision Aids

Sources of Capital

Introduction to Loans (ppt)
Introduction to Leases (ppt)

Recordkeeping

Introduction to Recordkeeping (ppt)

Financial Statements

Introduction to Agricultural Financial Statements (ppt)
Loan Principal & Interest Calculations (Word)
4-Step Process example (Word)
Balance Sheets (Word)
Income Statement & Cash Flow Statements (Word)

Financial Analysis

Introduction to Agricultural Financial Analysis (ppt)
Quick & Dirty Guide to Financial Ratios (Word)

Investment Analysis

Time Value of Money

Introduction to Time Value of Money (Word)
Time Value "Help" Sheet (Word)
Time Value formulas (Word)
Time Value tables (Excel)

State FFA Farm Business
Management Contests

• 2007 Multiple Choice Section
• 2007 Problem Solving Section
• 2008 Multiple Choice Section
• 2008 Problem Solving Section
• 2009 Multiple Choice Section
• 2009 Problem Solving Section
  

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