Project a Cash Flow Budget
1. Develop the crop and livestock production plan for the whole farm.
2. Estimate the crop production levels and livestock feed requirements.
3. Estimate cash receipts from livestock and crops.
4. Estimate other income such as interest, government payments, and insurance payments.
5. Estimate cash operating expenses.
6. Estimate personal and, if included with the farm, non-farm cash expenses.
7. Estimate the purchases and sales of capital assets such as machinery, breeding livestock, buildings, land, and ownership in other businesses.
8. Calculate the scheduled principal and interest payments on current loans and capital leases.
9. Estimate the beginning balances of all cash accounts such as checking, saving, and marketing accounts. Determine what desired minimum cash balance is needed to carry from one period to the next.
Enter this information into the cash flow format and complete the flow of funds sum