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Manitoba Agriculture, Food and Rural Initiatives

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Farmplan

Farmplan is a set of coordinated financial statements designed to calculate the Net Worth (beginning and ending), Cash Flow, Income Statement and Debt Service Summary based on production and financial management plans for the coming year(s).

 
 
Notice to MS-Office XP Users of Farmplan
  1. Set your “Security Level” in Excel to medium before giving your Farmplan to your lender or to other Excel users. This will enable Excel ’97 users to open your Excel XP file. To do this, follow “How to” below.

  2. If Excel XP won’t allow you to “Enable Macros” - then your Security Level is probably set at “High” by default. Change the security level to “Medium”. Follow “How to” below.

  3. “How To” set Security to Medium: In Excel XP, select Tools, Options and then select the Security tab. Click on the “Macro Security” button, then select “Medium.” Then close and re-open Farmplan and select “Enable Macros” when prompted. Save before giving to others.

     
Cropplan

Cropplan enables farmers to calculate, and at the same time to keep a permanent record of, the quantities of crop inputs needed on the farm as well as the cost of these inputs on a per-acre, per-field and whole-farm basis. It also accepts notes on weather, growing conditions, yield and any other comments the farmer needs to have recorded. Calculates cost of production, net income and break-even prices and yields.
 

 
CowBoss

CowBoss provides a ranking of calves based on their growth performance and is useful in managing the process of herd improvement. Calf growth performance is based on weaning and yearling weight and is adjusted for age of dam and breed of sire and dam. This program uses the equations of the Federal Record of Performance (ROP) program.

 
Decision-Support Software

 

 
Budget Guidelines and Guidelines for Estimating Costs of Production

Beef

  • Backgrounding Costs for Weight Range of 500-900 lbs Based on 500 Head - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Beef Grassing Costs- Based on 500 Steers - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Cow-Calf Production Costs Based on a 150 Head Cow Herd - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Feedlot Finishing Costs for Weight Range of 650-1400 lbs Based on Feeding 500 Steers - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Organic Backgrounding Costs for Weight Range of 575-900 lbs Based  on 150 Head - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Organic Cow-Calf Production Costs Based on a 150 Head Cow Herd - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Shortkeep Feeder Costs for Weight Range of 850-1400 lbs Based on Feeding 500 Steers and Selling in Fall - 2007 (PDF or Excel)

Bees

  • Honey Production Costs 1997 (PDF or Excel)
  • Pollination Costs 1997 (PDF or Excel)

Bison

  • Bison Bull Finishing Costs Weight Range of 524-1075 lbs Based on 25 Head - 2002 (PDF or Excel)
  • Bison Bull Finishing Costs Weight Range of 490-1075 lbs Based on 300 Head - 2002 (PDF or Excel)
  • Bison Cow-Calf Production Costs Based on a 60 Head Cow Herd - 2002 (PDF or Excel)
  • Bison Heifer-Calf Production Costs Based on a 60 Head Herd - 2002 (PDF or Excel)

Crops

  • Crop Production Costs - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Irrigated Processing Potato Production Costs - 2007 (PDF or Excel)
  • Organic Crop Production Costs - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Saskatoon Production Costs - 2008 (PDF or Excel)
  • Seabuckthorn Berry Production Costs - 2006 (PDF or Excel)
  • Soybean Production Costs - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Strawberry Production Costs - 2003 (PDF or Excel)
  • White Pea (Navy) Bean Production - 2009 (PDF or Excel)

Dairy

  • 120 Dairy Cow Enterprise Based on 100 kg of Daily Butterfat Quota - 2005 (PDF or Excel)
  • Cost of Raising Dairy Heifers Based on Marketing 100 Head - 2002 (PDF or Excel)
  • Cost of Raising Dairy Steers for Weight Range of 100-530 lbs Based on Marketing 100 Head per Year - 2002 (PDF or Excel)

Forage

  • Alfalfa Hay Production Costs - 2008 (PDF or Excel)
  • Estimating Barley and Corn Silage Production Costs - 2008 (PDF or Excel)
  • Pasture Cost of Production - 2007 (PDF or Excel)
  • Timothy Hay Production Costs for Export - 2004 (PDF or Excel)

Organic

  • Organic Backgrounding Costs for Weight Range of 575-900 lbs Based  on 150 Head - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Organic Cow-Calf Production Costs Based on a 150 Head Cow Herd - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Organic Crop Production Costs - 2009 (PDF or Excel)

Pork

  • Swine Farrow-Finish Costs Based on 500 Sows - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Swine Farrow-Wean Costs to 5 kg Costs Based on 600 Sows - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Swine (23-118 kg) Finishing Costs - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Swine Hoop Shelter Finishing Costs - 2009 (PDF or Excel)
  • Weaner Pig (Nursery) Costs 6-23 kg - 2009 (PDF or Excel)

Other Livestock

  • Chicken Broiler Production Costs Based on 50,000 kg per Cycle - 1999 (PDF or Excel)
  • Elk Cow-Calf Production Costs Based on a 30 Head Cow Herd - 2003 (PDF or Excel)
  • Elk Velvet Bull Production Costs Based on a 30 Head Bull Herd - 2003 (PDF or Excel)
  • Equine Ranching (PMU) Enterprise Based on 100 Mares on Line - 2002 (PDF or Excel)
  • Meat Goat Production Costs Based on a 300 Doe (Nanny) Herd - 1999 (PDF or Excel)
  • Ostrich Feedlot Finishing Costs for Weight Range of 30-250 lbs Based on 200 Birds - 1999 (PDF or Excel)
  • Wild Boar Cost of Production Based on a Herd of 20 Sows - 1997 (PDF or Excel)