Tag Farm budgets

Understand how to budget and estimate your farming income and expenses to allocate funds for inputs, labor, loan repayments for quality animal and crop production.
Use the Gross Margin analysis (GMA) results for tips, guides and ideas to reduce costs, and increase sales to make extra profits. Finally, learn which farm records to keep per crop or aimal reared for future decision making.

How to Keep Farm Records Better

Do you know that Spending just 15 minutes a day updating your farm records can improve your agribusiness profits? To run a profitable business, keep and use its records. It is a must for all the agribusinesses like farming, input…

How to Make and Use a Farm Budget

cost benefits analysis methods for agriculture businesses

Do you want to know how much money you will make from your farming business? In this post, we give you a simple farm profits calculator using the cost benefit analysis formula or method. You can do it for the entire farming project or a specific crop or livestock.

Is spinach farming in Kenya really profitable?

Growing spinach in Kenya

In this profit analysis, we determine the expected income for spinach farming in Kenya. We use the gross margin analysis method to get total revenues from an average price per Kilogram and total yields per acre. We deduct all costs…

How can you make more farmers profits in Kenya?

Agriculture marketing is the key challenge for smallholder farmers in Kenya  As a result, farmers profits are low while the post-harvest food losses are high. Farmers lack access to markets, buyers, demand and prices. Their investments in transport and processing are low. They act…

How to Store Whole Grains, Beans, Corn, Rice for Years

emergency food storage facilities using hermetic cocoons

How can grain farmers, traders and consumers reduce food losses to pests and bad weather? Explore 3 cheap ideas. These are hermetic bags, airtight containers, metallic and plastic hermetic silos. You will also limit the use of toxic pesticides and preservatives