Cost of Production Spreadsheets

**freewheat** · Mar 4, 2015, 10:17

I just make up my own set every year. I know formulating, and so it is pretty easy to plug in the numbers.

**LEP** · Mar 4, 2015, 10:38

I have my own as well. I do my preseeding budget and adjust to actuals after harvest and have used a similiar system for 17 years. You get really good info over that length of time.

I used to seed 5 crops and what I found was that it was the same three winners on my farm year after year. Now I only grow three, with the odd wild card thrown in from year to year.

The moral of the story is find a system and get familiar with it.

You will make better decisions.

**SASKFARMER3** · Mar 4, 2015, 10:49

Are you kidding!
What planet most farmers have their own or even a couple at their office computer!

**SASKFARMER3** · Mar 4, 2015, 10:53

My point tweedy! Farmers aren't as stupid as you think! We're all doing exactly what your hinting!
Have a great big wonderful day from your office!

**jamesb** · Mar 4, 2015, 12:04

Sask ag has similar to the Manitoba site. I find these of some value to benchmark some of my costs against others ideas.

**fjlip** · Mar 4, 2015, 13:32

Ag Expert Analyst and Field Manager Pro, easy COP fine tuned to what you think is fair.

**freewheat** · Mar 4, 2015, 13:34

James, I find it amazing what some apparently spend on their crops when I look at those sites. I always second guess my costs when I see what an average for non cash, and even some of the basic input costs are.

**tweety** · Mar 4, 2015, 14:01

Hey SF3, just posting a site for info. No need for the dickhead comments.

Good formulas on depreciation etc you may want to incorporate in to your own sheets.

I wrote my own accounting software in SQL server and .net C#. Always nice to see what others are doing.

FCC Agexpert has a great demo download too.

**charliep** · Mar 4, 2015, 15:11

Here is Alberta's version of a cost of production worksheet with some wrinkles around analysing risk/scenario analysis.

[URL="http://www1.agric.gov.ab.ca/$department/softdown.nsf/main?openform&type=CropChoice$&page=information"]Crop Choice[/URL]

As indicated by others, an alternative. Pick the one that works best for you.

Cost of Production Spreadsheets