Dairy Business Analysis Project
The Dairy Business Analysis Project involves analyses and benchmarking of the financial performance of dairy businesses in Florida and Georgia.
News & Updates
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2006
| DBAP 2006 data collection spreadsheet (346KB pdf) |
2005
| DBAP 2005 data collection spreadsheet (349KB .xls) |
| Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2005 Financial Summary |
2004
| Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2004 Financial Summary |
| DBAP 2004 data collection spreadsheet (367KB .xls) |
2003
| Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2003 Financial Summary |
| DBAP 2003 data collection spreadsheet (367KB .xls); en Español (379KB .xls) |
2002
| Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2002 Financial Summary |
| DBAP 2002 data collection spreadsheet (368KB .xls);PDF Version (68KB pdf) |
| The Effect of seasonality: financial performance of dairies in Florida (33KB pdf) |
| What is your repayment capacity? (13KB pdf) |
| Profitability of U.S. Dairy Farms (95KB pdf); PowerPoint Slides (482KB pdf) |
| Economic evaluation of dairy production in the southeastern United States (5KB pdf); PowerPoint slides (419KB pdf) |
2001
2000
| Dairy Business Analysis Project: 2000 Financial Summary |
| DBAP 2000 data collection spreadsheet (264KB .xls); PDF Version (73KB pdf) |
| DBAP 2000 data: Georgia Dairy Factsheet (10KB pdf) |
| Averages: 2000, 1999, 1998, 1997 (6KB pdf) |
| DBAP 2000 farm report (71KB pdf) |
| April 2000 newsletter (118KB pdf) |
| February 2000 newsletter (115KB pdf) |
1999
| DBAP 1999 data collection spreadsheet (265KB .xls) |
| Guide to collecting Dairy Business Analysis Project data using the 1999 forms (4KB pdf) |
| Interested in reducing your 1999 tax liability? (9KB pdf) |
| Y2K, a budget for 2000 (8KB pdf) |
| December: it’s inventory time (11KB pdf) |
| November 1999 newsletter (119KB pdf) |
| August 1999 newsletter (116KB pdf) |
| DBAP dairies used 1998 profits to prepare for 1999 (11KB pdf) |
| Shooting for lower cost in 1999 (13KB pdf) |
1998
1997
| Dairy Business Analysis Project: Florida Milk Production Costs, 1997 |
| DBAP 1997 data collection spreadsheet (236KB .xls) |
| DBAP 1997 farm report (73KB pdf) |
| Financing a successful dairy business (13KB pdf) |
| Grazing dairies in DBAP (19KB pdf) |
| Factors affecting personnel costs (14KB pdf) |
| Summer 2X-3X options (13KB pdf) |
1996
1995
| Dairy Business Analysis Project: Florida Milk Production Costs, 1995 |
| DBAP 1995 data collection spreadsheet (229KB .xls) |
About the Program
The Dairy Business Analysis Project (DBAP) was started in 1996 in an effort to improve the financial performance of participating dairies in the Southeast of the U.S. Participants submit financial data, which are screened for completeness and validity. Benchmarks, such as averages and the financially most successful dairies, are calculated from the collected data. Each dairy then receives a report detailing its unique strengths and constraints as far as financial performance.
Specific areas of the business where performance is benchmarked to other dairy businesses include operating, financing and investing activities. These benchmarks represent real and achievable levels of performance in Florida and Georgia. The data is also used for additional analyses to better understand the factors that make dairies financially successful.
All information is kept strictly confidential at the University of Florida in Gainesville. Extension personnel from the Universities of Florida and Georgia are collaborating in this effort to deliver meaningful financial performance information to their client dairies. A committee of dairymen appointed by Southeast Milk, Inc. oversees the project and helps direct its course.
Contacts
- Russ Giesy
University of Florida
Extension Dairy Science
giesyr@aol.com - Lane Ely
The University of Georgia
Department of Animal and Dairy Science
laneely@arches.uga.edu - Albert de Vries
University of Florida
Department of Animal Sciences
devries@animal.ufl.edu
Links
- Business Analysis Summaries--Michigan State University
- Center for Dairy Profitability--University of Wisconsin - Madison
- Dairy Farm Business Analysis--Penn State University (pdf)
- Dairy Financial Performance Pilot Project--NC State University (pdf)
- Dairy Strategies--Dairy Benchmarks
- Farm Business Management--Minnesota State Colleges & Universities
- Farm Financial Benchmarks--University of Illinois
- FINBIN: FINPACK Farm Financial Database--University of Minnesota
- Kentucky Farm Business Management Program--University of Kentucky
- U.S. Top Dairies Benchmarking
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