The gross margin budget templates allows comparisons to be made between enterprises. Gross margin is the financial difference between returns received from sales of produce and the variable costs associated with producing that produce. The business overheads can be taken into account using the Designing a Successful Business template.
Because of the large variation in environmental conditions and management systems it is impossible to produce any budget that has universal applicability. As a consequence all the spreadsheets are designed to allow the user to enter data (yields, costs, prices) that best suit their own environment and management system.
If you require any assistance with the use of these tools or to discuss the results from applying them to your business please contact Peter Ball (Peter.Ball@ dpiw.tas.gov.au phone 62336810) or Robin Thompson (Robin.Thompson@DPIW.tas.gov.au phone 63365291).
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Livestock Gross Margins (368 kb xls file)
Crop Gross Margins (571 kb xls file)
Business Template (194 kb xls file)