Assignment Number           Assignment Topic

 

1                                              Strategies and Tactical Planning

 

2                                              How Much of a Resource to Use

 

3                                              Crop enterprise budgets

 

4                                              Livestock enterprise budgets, partial budgeting

 

5                                              Machinery Purchase Versus Custom Hire                                                                               

 

6                                              Swine Investment Analysis              

 

7                                              Farmsim Financial Statements                                               

 

8                                              Farm business comparative analysis                     

 

9                                              Lease and Land Purchase Analysis

 

10                                            Cash Flow Budgeting, BUDGET Spreadsheets

 

11                                            Farm Financial Analysis

 

12                                            Risk Management in Crop Production     

 

13                                           Farm Income Tax Management

 

14                                           Farmsim Summary             

 

    

 

ASSIGNMENT SCHEDULE AND EXPLANATION

 

Assignments will be handed out to accompany course concepts.  The due date will be indicated for each.  Each assignment will be worth 20 points.  Points will be deducted for assignments handed in late.  Late assignments will have 5 points deducted.  Assignments handed in after the graded assignments have been returned will receive a 10 point reduction.  Assignments will be graded on the basis of accuracy, correctness of methodology and clarity of expression, and neatness.