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Dairy business planning

Tim Beck Dairy Business Management Educator. Dairy business planning. Parts of the Plan – Kurtz Example. “Owning” Your Plan. Does every farm plan have this much information?

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Dairy business planning

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  1. Tim Beck Dairy Business Management Educator Dairy business planning

  2. Parts of the Plan – Kurtz Example

  3. “Owning” Your Plan • Does every farm plan have this much information? • Company summary, Goals, S.W.O.T analysis, Mission Statement, farm alternatives and Human Resource Plan already completed • Preliminary Financial Analysis – spreadsheets with breakeven costs • The Farm Manager needs to fully “own the plan” to manage it successfully in the future.

  4. Key Financial Ratios • Term Debt Coverage (Repayment Capacity) Term-debt coverage ratio - tells whether your business produced enough income to cover all intermediate and long-term debt payments. A ratio of less than 1.0 indicates that the business had to liquidate inventories, run up open accounts, borrow money, or sell assets to make scheduled payments

  5. Key Financial Ratios • Current ratio (Liquidity) Current ratio: measures the extent to which current farm assets, if sold tomorrow, would pay off current farm liabilities

  6. Key Financial Ratios • Farm debt-to-asset ratio (Solvency) Farm debt-to-asset ratio: is the bank’s share of the business. It compares total farm debt to total farm assets. A higher ratio is an indicator of greater financial risk and lower borrowing capacity

  7. Key Financial Ratios Net Farm Income: (Profitability) represents return to 3 things: • Your labor, • Your management and • Your equity, that you have invested in the business

  8. Key Financial Ratios • Loan Payments per Cow (Risk Tolerance) 145 Farms (2013 Cash Flow Plans): • Average $665/cow/year • Range $132 -- $1,697/cow/year

  9. Financial Ratios—Before/After http://www.finbin.umn.edu/

  10. Unique Considerations:Robotic Systems • Hired labor should be lower per cow, loan payments per cow may be higher • Trading capital investment for hired labor cost • Debt per cow high compared to historical standards: • Look more closely at loan payments/cow • Milk sales/cow—evaluate adequacy of the revenue to service debt

  11. Environmental Costs & Funding • Required manure handling, storm water and site improvements can cost $200K - $700K per project • Seek the support of environmental professionals to explore grant funding for these projects • The financial viability of your expansion plan may depend on grant funding • Be prepared to revise your plan as funding is confirmed

  12. Plan Risk Assessment • Ratio of Cows to Crop Acreage • Current production and management compared to plan estimates • Historical proof of business performance • Risk assessment: • Milk / Feed Prices • Milk Margin • Environmental

  13. 2013 Summary – Cash Inflow 143 farms

  14. 2013 Summary – Feed Costs Spent $500 less purchased feed/cow vs. 143 farms

  15. 2013 Summary – The Bottom Line 143 farms

  16. Working with Your Lender • Involve your lender early in the process • Plan at least 1 year before any proposed start • Be flexible and open to lender requests and bank standards • Expect plan revision requests • Be persistent and willing to redesign your plan if the first edition isn’t considered fully viable

  17. Tools for Plan Development: • Penn State Cash Flow spreadsheet: • http://extension.psu.edu/animals/dairy/business-management/financial-tools/cash-flow-planning • FINPACK software • http://www.cffm.umn.edu/FINPACK/ • AgPlan Web Site: • https://www.agplan.umn.edu/ • “Full Version” of Adobe Acrobat

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