Crop Storage Spreadsheet
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This manual provides documentation for the computer program titled, "Crop Storage". The computer program was designed to aid producers in helping them evaluate the economics of storage. For instance, in the fall a producer may be interested in storing corn or soybeans; however, the producer may want to understand the costs of storage and break-even required to profit from storage. By understanding how differences in costs and revenues affect economic returns, producers can better understand if storing grains will be profitable. This program is not intended to provide actual profitability scenarios; rather it was developed to provide a means of enabling the producer to "think" through storage decision and project storage costs into the future. Storage decisions by an individual producer will depend on their personal management strategies and financial situation.
This manual provides definitions and descriptions of specific variables, how to input specific values, sources of specific values if unknown to the individual, and brief instructions on the operation of the "Crop Storage" computer program. Program components as seen on screen in the software program are referenced in the appendix to this manual. This computer program was designed in Microsoft Excel (Version Office 97) to run in Windows 95, 98, or NT. Because Microsoft is the standard for University of Missouri Extension personnel, other versions of this software were not developed.