Search
Displaying 221 - 230 of 249
County Summary
Colby Office
P.O. Box 841
1975 W 4th St
Colby, KS 67701
Ph: 785‐462‐6664
Fax: 785‐462‐3863
kfmanw@listserv.ksu.edu
May 1, 2016
Dear Farm Managers and Friends,
The Kansas Farm Management Association located in Northwest Kansas has been producing a subset analysis
summary report that includes data from Norton, Graham, Trego, Ness, Phillips, Rooks, Ellis, and Rush Counties over the past
few years. An important reason for this “subset” analysis of 40 farms of the 153 in the entire 2015 KFMA, NW summary is to
provide data and reports that are representative of farms in the counties listed. Farms in “western” Northwest Kansas are
usually larger in acreage and also use irrigation farming. That creates a situation where the whole farm and enterprise data
from western counties has limited value to eastern counties, and also the other way around. The table below highlights four
areas of comparison:
Income Measures include Value of Farm
Production, which is an adjusted accrual gross revenue
with cash feed costs subtracted. Net Farm Income on
the accrual basis includes Value of Farm Production
minus cash expenses and management depreciation.
The management depreciation used is NOT tax
depreciation, but rather an economic depreciation that is
intended to reflect actual economic cost of ownership
and use over time.
Financial Measures include the rate of return
on assets and equity. Net return to capital (NFI minus
Operator Labor charges) is divided into average assets
and equity. Note that in the west and east columns the
% return on Assets is slightly larger than equity. This
means the farms in the analysis are earning a lower
return on borrowed money than the cost of the money.
Current ratios declined in 2015 from 2014, but are still
strong. Debt to Asset ratio remains low and very strong.
Measures of Size and Intensity are simply a
measure of the acres on these farms and cropping
(harvesting) intensity. Also the number of beef cows on
average that these regions operated.
Labor Efficiency is a measure of how intensely the farms are utilizing their hired and operator labor. The number of
workdays on a farm is also a measure of size. Western farms by work days are 25% larger on average than the Eastern farms in
the analysis. Western farms seem to crank out more VFP and NFI per workday which implies an increase in labor efficiency.
We hope you will find the information in this “Eastern Counties” Summary and Analysis useful and insightful for
evaluating the KFMA, NW members in general and your farm in particular. If you are currently not a member of the Farm
Management Association, NW, consider giving us a call. We are taking applications for membership in all of the KFMA, NW
area.
Sincerely,
…
Summary Book - All Counties
The 2014 Profit‐link Summary and Analysis information was processed from the farm records of participating Kansas
Farm Management Association members from 17 counties of Northwest Kansas. The location of the participating members is
shown in the map on page 3. One hundred twenty‐three farms were summarized and represent 49% of the Farm Management
Association, NW 2014 membership. The Association Economists and staff of the KFMA, NW wish to say “thank you” to these
families for their efforts in keeping records complete enough for analysis and for sharing their data to be utilized in this
summary. Additional appreciation is extended to the Association support staff and the individuals at the KMAR‐105 Association
for their part in this analysis work.
After the lower net farm income of $35,791 recorded in 2013, net farm income for 2014 did improve even with the
continued drought. For the 123 farms in the summary, net farm income averaged $108,532. On page 6 you can see a
comparison of farms by net income quartile groups. The bottom 25% (30 farms) averaged $‐158,517 of net farm income, while
the top 25% (31 farms) averaged $431,829 of net farm income. The driving force behind the increase in 2014 average net farm
income was an increase of 10.1% in value of farm production from an average of $833,732 in 2013 to $917,918 on average in
2014. This increase in value of farm production can be attributed mostly to higher yields and higher cattle prices. Total expense
increased 1.4% from an average of $797,941 in 2013 to $809,387 on average in 2014.
With the exception of the irrigated corn enterprise, all fall crop yields improved in spite of the continuing drought. Non‐
irrigated wheat yields averaged between 29 and 32 bushels per acre while non‐irrigated corn and milo averaged 71 and 72
bushels per acre, respectively. Non‐irrigated soybean yields averaged 14 bushels per acre. Irrigated corn yields were down from
an average of 195 bushels per acre in 2013 to 177 bushels per acre in 2014. Irrigated soybeans averaged 63 bushels per acre.
Irrigated wheat yields in 2014 averaged 52 bushels per acre. Review the non‐irrigated enterprise summary that begins on page
23 and the irrigated enterprise summary that begins on page 49.
Beef Cow‐calf operations that sell weaned calves experienced an improvement in their Net Returns above Variable cost
in 2014 to $516.46 per cow compared with $100.70 in 2013. This was due to higher market prices and the help of the Livestock
Forage Disaster Program. Feed cost for Cow‐calf operators decreased from $598.93 in 2013 to $545.65 in 2014.
We hope you will find the information useful and insightful for evaluating the KFMA, NW members in general and your
farm in particular. If you want to know more about how your farm compares to similar farms, and you are currently not a
member of the Farm Management Association, NW, consider giving us a call. We are taking applications for membership in all of
the KFMA, NW area.
Sincerely,
…
Summary Book - All Counties
May 1, 2017
Dear Farm Managers and Friends,
The 2016 Profit‐link Summary and Analysis information was processed from the farm records of participating Kansas
Farm Management Association members from 17 counties of Northwest Kansas. The location of the participating members is
shown in the map on page 3. One hundred sixty‐four (164) farms were summarized and represent 65% of the Farm
Management Association, NW 2016 membership. The Association Economists and staff of the KFMA, NW wish to say “thank
you” to these families for their efforts in keeping records complete enough for analysis and for sharing their data to be utilized
in this summary. Additional appreciation is extended to the Association support staff and the individuals at the KMAR‐105
Association for their part in this analysis work.
With net farm income dropping dramatically from 2014 to 2015, we saw a slight bounce back in 2016 to a net farm
income of $389. Although the average net farm income was a small positive, there is a variation of income across farms. On
page 6 you can see a comparison of farms by net income quartile groups. The bottom 25% (41 farms) averaged $‐189,786 of
net farm income, while the top 25% (41 farms) averaged $180,734 of net farm income. The change upward in 2016 average
net farm income was an increase of 4% in value of farm production from an average of $722,590 in 2015 to $751,325 in 2016.
Total expense increased 3.5% in 2016 from an average of $725,561 in 2015 to $750,936 in 2016.
Crop yields were mostly better in 2016 than 2015. Dryland yields were higher than the previous year. Irrigated corn
and soybean yields were actually lower than the previous year while irrigated wheat and milo yields improved from 2015.
Dryland wheat averaged 66 bushels per acre while dryland corn and milo averaged 107 and 87 bushels per acre, respectively.
Dryland soybean yields averaged 39 bushels per acre. Irrigated corn yields were down to an average of 199 bushels per acre
and irrigated soybeans averaged 51 bushels per acre. Irrigated wheat yields in 2016 averaged 81 bushels per acre and
irrigated milo average 119 bushels per acre. Review the non‐irrigated enterprise summary that begins on page 26 and the
irrigated enterprise summary that begins on page 58 for more details.
Beef cow‐calf operations that sell weaned calves experienced a negative net return of $‐32 above variable cost in
2016. Feed cost for cow‐calf operators decreased from $500 in 2015 to $402 in 2016 which will become more and more
important for cattle producers to control feed and non‐feed costs to get back to positive returns.
We hope you will find the information useful and insightful for evaluating the KFMA, NW members in general and
your farm in particular. If you want to know more about how your farm compares to similar farms, and you are currently not
a member of the Farm Management Association, NW, consider giving us a call. We are taking applications for membership in
all of the KFMA, NW area.
Sincerely,
Mark A. Wood …
April 17, 2024
Hog Pricing
assessed
market opportunities,
evaluated business concept
feasibility … reauthorization approaches and AMS evaluates how to best administer the … 7 Evaluating Hog Supply Agreements: A …
August 2, 2022
Recent Videos, Precision Ag and Technology Podcasts and Videos
March 26, 2013
AgManager.info
http://www.AgManager.info/Evaluation/Email.htm
www.agmanager.info
Receive … manager.info
Receive Weekly Email Updates for
AgManager.Info
Regularly …
March 1, 2013
AgManager.info
http://www.AgManager.info/Evaluation/Email.htm
www.agmanager.info
Receive … manager.info
Receive Weekly Email Updates for
AgManager.Info
Regularly …