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From Harvest to Sale:Managing Grain Inventories Using FAST

Travis FarleyUniversity of Illinois

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Tools for Better Farm Decisions

FAST - Farm Analysis Solution Tools

− Financial Analysis

− Investment Analysis

− Loan Analysis

− Farm Management

− Grain Marketing and Management

− Risk Management

− Yield Database Utilities

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Access FAST Tools

• FAST Tools and Resources CD– Subscription service

• University of Illinois farmdoc– Download tools free of charge

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Extension Program

• Provide hands-on training through extension workshops

• Utilize a mobile computer lab

• Demonstrate application of tools through case studies

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Women in Agriculture

• Play a significant role in recordkeeping

• Asked to organize a large amount of grain information during harvest

• Often document harvest information on paper or in homemade spreadsheets

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Questions to Answer

• What is my average yield?

• How much grain have I taken a LDP on?

• What is my average LDP?

• What is my average sales price?

• How much grain have I forward contracted?

• How much grain have I feed to livestock?

• How much grain am I storing for each of my landlords?

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Grain Inventory Management

• Manages and tracks grain inventories by:– Grain owner– Storage site

• The program records the following grain transactions:

– Sales– Production– Transfers– Purchases– Fed to livestock

– Loan Deficiency Payments– Forward pricing– Other price contracts– CCC loan transactions

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Grain Transactions

Stores grain transactions in a searchable database that allows you to:

Search for a specific grain transaction

Sort transactions by various fields and on many levels

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Query the Database

• On what date did a transaction occur?

• What sales prices have I received?

• What LDP prices have I received?

• How many bushels were harvested from a certain field?

Grain Transactions Database

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Grain Reports

• Program reports: – Grain Owner Inventory– Storage Location Inventory– Production Records

• The tool designs reports for the farm operator and landlords documenting crop yields, inventory, and storage sites.

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Grain Owner Report

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Storage Location Report

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Production Report

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Program Navigation

The Main Menu guides the user through the input screens of the tool.

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Closing Comments

• Increasing demand for FAST Tools education

• Program descriptions available on farmdoc and FAST CD

• Grain Inventory Management tool apart of Annie’s Project