Volatile grain and input costs complicate both planting and marketing decisions, making it difficult to confidently know when a sale will add to farm equity, or lock in a loss. Ryan McClintock of Shellsburg, Iowa developed a spreadsheet to provide clarity to both his planting mix and marketing decisions. The tool graphically presents yield and price combinations that allow him to lock in equity growth for his farm after fixed and variable expenses are entered. This simple spreadsheet provides a wealth of information for managing costs and pulling the trigger on corn and soybean sales.
We’re featuring the spreadsheet as our Farm Futures Spreadsheet of the Month. The 209-kilobyte spreadsheet should work with Excel 2000, 2002, 2007 or Excel XP. Just download the file using the link below.
Do you have a spreadsheet that’s made a difference on your operation that you’d be willing to share with other readers? Drop us a line at FarmFutures@farmprogress.com with a description of the spreadsheet.We’ll pay $75 if we feature your farmer-written non-commercial program as our Spreadsheet of the Month.
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