WorksheetsFarm business Management 1
Total questions: 40
Worksheet time: 20mins
By selecting multiple auction barns to sell livestock at, you are addressing
production risk
human risk
market risk
legal risk
financial risk
MO FFA farms purchased a a sprayer for $300,000 three years ago. The sprayer has been depreciated $110,000 on their machinery inventory. Their lender assigned a market value of $225,000 to the sprayer. The value to list on a Cost Basis Balance Sheet is:
$300,000
$110,000
$225,000
$190,000
An example of a Current Liability is:
Stored grain
market cattle
prepaid fertilizer
Accrued Interest
A farmer should issue an IRS Form 1099-NEC for which of the following
$850 paid to a neighbor for baling the farmer's hay
$850 paid to a neighbor for hay
$425 paid to a neighbor for building a fence
$500 paid to a neighbor for a bull calf
$600 paid to a neighbor for firewood
Which of the following is not a supply shifter for farm products?
None of the options
Government programs.
New Technology.
Weather.
Consumer income.
By purchasing yield protection insurance, you are addressing
Market risk
Financial risk
legal risk
human risk
production risk
If anhydrous ammonia (NH3) is 82.3% nitrogen by weight and is selling for $1,600 per ton, what is the cost per pound of actual N?
$1.40
$0.53
$1.49
$0.66
If the price of a commodity is too low, the demand will be greater than the supply resulting in a:
boycott
monopoly
surplus
shortage
None of the options
For Tax year 2022, the social security wage base was
$137,700
$142,800
$147,000
$116,200
$132,900
An LLC (Limited Liability Company) is usually
Not for profit and therefore not taxed
Taxed like a corporation
Illegal is Missouri
Tax exempt if farm related
Taxed like a partnership.
What typically happens to the basis during the harvest of a larger than usual crop?
Basis narrows
Basis widens
None of these answers
Basis stays the same all year long
International economic challenges due to government intervention is an example of:
Production risk
human risk
legal risk
financial risk
market risk
Which of the following causes a direct shift in the demand for beef
Increase cost of producing beef.
Increase income of consumers.
A decrease in cattle numbers.
increase number of cattle producers
None of the options.
The maximum amount that can be claimed as a section 179 expense deduction on your 2021 tax return is:
$1,050,000
$1,080,000
$30,000
$250,000
The demand curve shows the relationship between:
Money income and quantity demanded
price and the quantity demanded.
None of the options
Consumer tastes and quantity demanded.
Price and production costs.
The change in total cost or total variable cost, due to one unit change in output
Marginal input cost
cost of production
total product
total returns
A decrease in the value of the U.S dollar relative to the currency of other countries should result in:
More costly imports.
No effect on imports or export
Less costly imports
None of the options
Decreased exports.
How often a yield is achieved is an example of measuring ___in risk management
probability
skewness
frequency
modality
variance
A grain farmer who normally stores his soybeans at a local elevator has decided to use the options market to create a synthetic storage. To do so he will sell his beans at harvest and:
Sell a put option
buy a put option
Buy a call option
Sell a call option
Which budget is useful for estimating profitability for a cow/calf operation?
Cash flow budget
Enterprise budget
Whole farm budget
Partial budget
Which financial Ratio is used to evaluate the Solvency of a farm business?
Debt to Asset Ratio
Working Capital
Net Cash Income
Current Ratio
Equity plus liabilities equals:
Total Assets
Net Farm Income
Total Liabilities
Net Cash Income
The main reason for hedging is
To make more profit
to reduce the price risk associated with producing or storing a cash commodity
To take an opposite position from the speculator
to insure against a production loss
The demand for an item with many possible substitutes is___than the demand for an item with few substitutes
Less
none of the options
more
more elastic
less elastic
When required, you must spend an IRS Form 1099-MISC to the individual you paid by
January 31
April 15
July 15
February 28
90 days after payment
Corn and grain sorghum are substitutes for each other in many livestock feed rations. Assuming they are substitutes, a decrease in the supply of corn would cause the demand for grain sorghum to:
Shift to the left
Remain unchnged
shift to the right
decrease
Marginal outputs decreasing with each additional unit of input:
Diminishing economic returns
Cost of production
Diminishing physical returns
Point of maximum profit
The standard mileage rate for the last six months of 2022 for the cost of operating your car, van, pickup, or panel truck for each business use trip is
$0.575
$0.66
$0.665
$0.545
$0.625
The maximum amount a wife can inherit from her husband without owing any federal estate tax is:
$850,000 less excess gift tax
50% of the excess over $11.58 million
$15,000
Unlimited
$950,000
Which of the following is an appropriate enterprise unit combination for an enterprise budget?
Poultry-per 25 birds
Cow/calf-per cow/calf pair
All of the options
Corn-per acre
Sheep-per ewe
The IRS form used to calculate self-employment tax is:
Incorrect
Schedule 1099-NEC
Schedule 1099-MISC
Form 1099-k
Schedule SE
The total tax deduction for conservation expenses in any tax year is limited to__of your gross income from farming for the year.
50%
None of the options
100%
25%
75%
The self-employment tax rate for Medicare is
7.65%
None of these options
1.45%
2.90%
5.30%
MO FFA Farms purchased seed corn in November 2022. It will be used for the 2023 crop. The seed corn should be listed on the ending 2022 Market Value Balance sheet as a:
Current asset
Current liability
should not be listed
Non-current Asset
Which of the following is considered schedule F farm income
Sale of hay and straw
Sale of a capital asset such as a tractor
Interest earned from the bank on a checking account
Sale of John Deere Stock
For tax purposes, a new machine shed built and completed in October 2022 has a depreciable life of___
3 years
10 years
5 years
20 years
7 years
If the U.S wheat industry has an inelastic demand curve, a decrease in the amount of wheat supplied to the market would:
None of the options
Decrease the total revenues for wheat producers
Have no effect on total revenues for wheat producers
Increase the total revenues for wheat producers.
Cause a sharp increase in the demand for wheat.
The financial returns after all costs have been paid:
input
profit
total product
output
monetary outlay for the fixed and variable input factors needed to obtain output:
Total product
cost of production
point of maximum profit
marginal input cost
net returns
The short-run supply curve for a firm is identical to
Average variable cost
Average total cost
None of the options
marginal cost
Average fixed cost
