Farm and ranch finances come down to a few hard numbers: what it costs to produce, what you can borrow against, and whether your cash flow holds up through the year. CAP's finance resources help Nebraska producers work through those numbers with breakeven calculators, loan payment tools, recordkeeping courses and webinars covering everything from cash flow forecasting to tax planning. Below you'll find free downloadable spreadsheets for cow-calf and stocker operations, training in Quicken and QuickBooks, and a library of articles and webinars on farm financial management. If you'd rather talk through your operation's numbers directly, CAP also offers confidential one-on-one financial analysis services.
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Cow-Q-Lators and Other Excel Tools
| TITLE | DESCRIPTION |
|---|---|
Breakeven Cow-Q-Lator for Feeders or Cull Cows (Click to download) | An Excel worksheet that calculates breakevens for feeders or cull cows. |
(Click to download) | An Excel spreadsheet to estimate the cost of maintaining bulls for your herd. |
(Click to download) | An Excel worksheet that compares value differences among bulls of the same type. |
New! (Click to download) | The next-generation Excel worksheet to compare value differences among bulls. Note: This is a Google Drive link. Please download the file to your computer. |
Corn Stalk Grazing Cow-Q-Lator (Click to download) | An Excel worksheet for matching livestock size and numbers with corn stalk acres needed with a cost. View a demo video. |
Cow-Calf Share Lease Cow-Q-Lator (Click to download) | An Excel worksheet that calculates an equitable share arrangement for leasing cows. The password for this spreadsheet is "cow" if prompt to use one. |
(Click to download) | An Excel worksheet that calculates the cost of raising one calf. |
(Click to download) | An Excel worksheet with Examples comparing the cost of TDN and Crude Protein in different feeds considering transportation and handling costs with losses. It also calculates the feed needed and total cost given herd size and days fed. |
(Click to download) | This tool was developed to help producers determine the value of standing forage in the field. |
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