Cash Flow Analysis Worksheets

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Cash Flow Analysis Worksheets

This article describes the cash budget and analysis worksheets available for downloading at the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics web site

http://ag.arizona.edu/arec/ext/budgets/counties.html under the financial template section. The worksheets are part of the cashcost file in either the Excel or Quattro Pro format. These spreadsheet templates can be used to generate budget information customized to your operation on an operating or cash cost basis only (fixed costs are not included). A cash flow analysis is an important step in taking control of any agricultural business. The allocation of income to cover expected costs throughout the year will help ensure that all credit obligations will be met. It is equally important not only to track current cash flows, but also to project at the start of

the production year all expected income and expenditures. Once expected income and expenditures are recorded, comparisons can be made between projected and actual cash flows to help point out any discrepancies.

Two of the main worksheets found in the cashcost file are the cash budget worksheet and the analysis worksheet. Both of the worksheets and how to use them are described in the following paragraphs. The cash