Farm Business Management

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Business Management

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Strategic Dairy Farm Application Form
Milk forecasting calculator
The Milk Forecasting Calculator can be used to see how changes to herd size, yields or calving patterns will impact your business.
Cashflow with VAT calc template
A template for a cashflow spreadsheet. A cashflow spreadsheet is a good way of showing future anticipated peaks and troughs in the money coming into the business and the costs which the business will have to cover during that time.
Profit and loss account template
A profit and loss account template. The profit and loss account describes the business's financial transactions and the resulting profit (or loss) for the trading period.
Risk register - paper version
Risk register - paper version
Risk priority matrix and 5 pillars of risk management
Risk priority matrix and 5 pillars of risk management
Planning wheel and control questions
Planning wheel and control questions that can be used to support the setting of a vision and strategy. These have been adapted from work done by DairyNZ.
Back to Basics on Risk Management – Buying In
A factsheet to give an overview of the strategies that can be developed on to assist with risk management of volatility in the price of purchases to the farm, especially feed.
Joint Ventures Factsheet
A factsheet giving a brief explanation on what Joint Ventures are, who they might be relevant to, and what makes them work.
What is a Joint Venture - Case study
Tony Evans looks at types of business structure which allows a dairy farmer to continue on farming with all of the tax (and lifestyle) advantages.

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