Search
Displaying 91 - 97 of 97
Summary Book - All Counties
May 1, 2018
Dear Farm Managers and Friends,
The 2017 ProfitLink Summary information processed farm financial records for participating Kansas Farm
Management Association, NW members from 17 counties in northwest Kansas; the map on page 3 shows the counties where
participating members farm and ranch. One hundred thirty‐five (135) farms were summarized and represent 54% of the 2017
KFMA, NW membership. The KFMA economists and staff express thanks to the farm families for their participation and
record keeping to be utilized in the summary. Additional appreciation is extended to the individuals at the KMAR‐105
Association for their help in accumulating the data.
Net farm income increased greatly in 2017 to $94,071 compared to the two low income years in 2015 and 2016.
Although the average net farm income was positive, many operations are still experiencing decreasing liquidity and carryover
debt. There is also a great variance of income across farms in the association and page 19 has a comparison of farms by net
farm income quartile groups. The bottom 25% (33 farms) averaged ‐$146,201 net farm income (loss), while the top 25% (34
farms) averaged $450,929 net farm income. Value of farm production increased 16.8% from an average of $760,276 in 2016
to an average of $913,916 in 2017. Total expense increased 7.6% from an average of $757,379 in 2016 to $819,845 in 2017.
Crop yields were average to a …
Summary Book - All Counties
positive net farm income.
Crop yields were generally above … average of 37.5 bu/ac. Fall crops that
survived spring hail … two years but a surge in market price
was beneficial for …
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
Informational Charts and Graphs for Whole Farm Analysis .........................9 … 49
Crop Enterprise Summary .......................................................................................69 … 69
2017 Crop Enterprise Written Summary …
Summary Book - All Counties
wheat yields and increasing crop
values towards the end of … profitability despite lower fall crop yields. Value of Farm Production … well above average, but fall crops had a tough year and were …
Summary Book - All Counties
13
Crop Machinery Cost & Investment … 15
Comparison of Crop Expense/Harvested Acres … 16
Non-Irrigated Crop Acres, KFMA, NW (Table 10 …
September 30, 2016
Wind Energy Leases
other sources, and
due to market conditions, peak power can … transmission systems, pow-
er marketers and government agencies in … were to measure this on a graph, it would
look like Figure …