Center for Dairy Profitability

Decision Making Tools

Equivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Ear Corn (4.2008)
Conversion table for converting wet ear corn to its dry corn price equivalent.

Equivalent Price/Ton of: High Moisture Shelled Corn (4.2008)
Conversion table for converting wet shelled corn to its dry corn price equivalent.

COPMilk.XLS (3.2008)
The cost of production (COP) is the costs associated with production divided by the number of units produced. This worksheet looks at three methods (per unit sold, residual claimant, equivalent production) commonly used to calculate the cost of production. (Developed by Dr. Gary Frank, Emeritus Professor, Center for Dairy Profitability)

2008 Small Grain Budgets

2008 Fresh Vegetable Market Budgets

2008 Commercial Vegetable Budgets

Milk Marketing

"Today's Theme for Tomorrow's Successful Farm Business" / Bernhardt, Kevin. UW-Platteville, Center for Dairy Profitability. Powerpoint presentation at the Wisconsin Association of Professional Agricultural Consultants, March 2008.

"Marketing 101" / Bernhardt, Kevin. UW-Platteville, Center for Dairy Profitability. Powerpoint presentation at the Heart of the Farm - Women in Agriculture Conference, March 2008.

Papers, Publications

"Preliminary Dairy Farm Earnings, 2007, University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability, May 2008. (WDD-2008-01)

"Preliminary Balance Sheet, 2007, University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability, May 2008. (WDD-2008-02)

"Preliminary Cost of Production, 2007, University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability, May 2008. (WDD-2008-3)

"Preliminary Cost of Production, 2005-2007 , University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability, May 2008. (WDD-2008-04)

"Preliminary Cost of Production on a per unit sold basis, 2007, University of Wisconsin, Center for Dairy Profitability, May 2008. (WDD-2008-05)

"Impacts of Rising Feed Costs on the Costs of Producing Milk." / Bruce Jones, UW-Madison/Extension, Dept. of Ag Economics, April 2008.

Learning from Existing Farm systems in Minnesota and Wisconsin - A Whole-Farm Data Base Analysis / Toni Bockhop, UW-Platteville, and Kevin Bernhardt, UW-Platteville and UW-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability. Part of a University of Wisconsin Consortium for Extension and Research in Agriculture and Natural Resources Project titled: Production Systems in Southern Wisconsin: Quantifying Economics of Scope, March 2008.

Using Farm Records Effectively for Business and Financial Management / Arlin Brannstom, UW-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability, March 2008.

Software

Agricultural Accounting and Information Management System (AAIMS©)
Version 10 is now Available! Cost: (Farm Operators- New) $150.00 + shipping & handling; Updates from early versions of AAIMS© varies - please call: 608-263-5665.

AIMSBAK.ZIP: AAIMS - 2008 Tax Information. To download: Click the link, choose "SAVE" from the dialog box, and then choose where you want the file to be saved. Rememberwhere you are having this file saved to. When the download is complete, load the contents into AAIMS by using "TOOLS" and "RESTORE DATA SET" from the AAIMS menu bar. Locate the file you just downloaded, select it, and select "OPEN" to load the contents into AAIMS. Questions regarding this update should be directed to Jenny Vanderlin at (608) 263-7795. (1.2008)

2008 ABCS Crop Enterprise Budgets ABCSBACK.ZIP. To download: Click the link, choose "SAVE" from the dialog box and save the .zip file. Unzip the .zip file and move the contents into the ABCS directory on your hard drive. Questions regarding this update should be directed to Ken Barnett at (715.355.4561) or Jenny Vanderlin at (608) 263-7795. (3.2008)

2008 ABCS Fresh Market Budgets ABCSBACK.ZIP . To download: Click the link, choose "SAVE" from the dialog box and save the .zip file. Unzip the .zip file and move the contents into the ABCS directory on your hard drive. Questions regarding this update should be directed to Ken Barnett at (715.355.4561) or Jenny Vanderlin at (608) 263-7795. (4.2008)

AgFA© Subscribers: 2008 Milk Price Information
To incorporate the 2008 milk price information into AgFA©, you must 'SYNCH' the data with the UW server. This update must be made before running a report. If the data is not synchronized, a modification to reflect this new information must be made manually. If this update is not made, the reports generated on a per Product Unit basis will not be correct. Questions regarding this update should be directed to Jenny Vanderlin at (608) 263-7795.