N D S U Home Page  North Dakota State University
INFORMATION find our service links to the right  Home  Ag Ec Home  Course Description  Calendar  AGEC Home

QUICK LINKS For Student related links, look below
 Course Topics
 Reference Topics
 Related Links
 Contact Instructor



Best if printed in landscape.

Sample Format to Prepare an Enterprise Analysis

Description of enterprise analysis

Example of completed enterprise analysis

 

Enterprise Analysis (separate sheet for each enterprise)

Enterprise _________________________

 

Period covered

_____________________

 

Date prepared

______________________

(Check 1)

____ Report of past activities

____ Projection of future activities

(Check 1)

____ Prepared on a "per-unit basis (e.g., per acre or per head)

____ Prepared for "entire enterprise"

REVENUE:  sources
Quantity
Price
Revenue
Cash inflow
a.        
b.        
c.        
d.        
1. Total Revenue        
COSTS: sources
Quantity
Price
Cost
Cash outflow

Variable cash costs

a. seed

       
b. fertilizer        

c. chemicals

       

d. medicine

       
e. land rent        
f. hired labor        
g. interest on operating loan        
h. repairs        
i. custom operations        
j. professional services        
k.        
2. Total variable cash costs        

Variable non-cash costs

a. raised seed

       
b. raised feed        
c.        
3. Total variable non-cash costs        

Fixed cash costs

a. property tax

       
b. interest on long-term debt        
c. allocated business overhead        
d.        
4. Total fixed cash costs        

Fixed non-cash costs

a. depreciation

       
b.        
5. Total fixed non-cash costs        
Total Cost (sum of lines 2, 3, 4, 5)        
6. Accounting profit (return to owned assets) line 1 minus lines 2, 3, 4, 5        

Opportunity costs

a. unpaid labor

       
b. land equity        
c. cash from savings        
d. non-land equity        
e.        
7. Total assigned opportunity cost        
Return to owned assets not assigned an opportunity cost (line 6 minus line 7)        

Non-cost cash outlays

a. principal payments

       
b. owners' draw        
c.        
8. Total non-cost cash outlays        
Net cash flow (line 1 minus lines 2, 4, 8)        

 

Last Updated November 1, 2006

   

Email: David.Saxowsky@ndsu.edu

This material is intended for educational purposes only. It is not a substitute for competent professional advice. Seek appropriate advice for answers to your specific questions.

  NDSU Home  Phone Book  Campus Map  NDSU Search  College of Agriculture

E-Mail:sswandal@ndsuext.nodak.edu
Published by Agricusiness and Applied Economics
Morrill Room 217
North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105-5636
Phone: (701) 231-7441