Tag Archive: "crop reports"
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Top-Third vs. Bottom-Third
The Kansas State University Department of Agricultural Economics periodically produces a recap of the high 1/3, mid 1/3 and low 1/3 of various farms in their state. They just released the latest analysis for corn, sorghum, wheat, soybeans and alfalfa for the three years 2006-2008. The total number of crop farms reporting for all three […]
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Your Time is Worth Something
As a CPA, I get asked many times by small business owners what their business is worth. As part of calculating that value we usually work up what the net bottom line earnings of the business is. To detemine that, we take the profit and loss of the company and make certain adjustments. Normally, we […]
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Don’t Wait Too Long
The Department of Agriculture released many crop reports today. As a result, corn, soybeans and wheat prices were sharply lower on the cash and futures markets. In many cases, the drop was 10% or more. Prices has steadily risen over the last few weeks and there were many chances to lock in a profit on […]