CNX - LEARN. Small farm budgeting ?

[THAIPHUKET]

How can a Thai with only basic schooling get further education in farm budgeting? Location Chiang Mai

[farmerjo]

If they can read and write,a good place to start is with a daily diary.

A little more advanced would be a basic spreadsheet

 

Edited March 2, 2022 by farmerjo

[djayz]

Although Mrs Djayz has third level education, she still prefers to use a log book where she records all income and expenditures. Simple and fulfils her needs. The only drawback I see with this is, if anything were ever to happen to the book, then the info is lost forever. 

[kickstart]

How can you do even the most simple of budget when you do not know what price you are getting for your crop .

For a lot of years now when it is near corn or sugar cane harvest time I ask farmers how much are tey getting for they crop ,all they say is Mie-Roo,do not know .

This year with the low rice price, who would have thought/guessed that it would be that low at planting time they are no futures market here .

As  the farmers pay hardy any tax, no need to do any accounts for the tax man.

Dairy farmers get their tax bill from their milk collecting centre ,it was,they paid tax on income sales of over 500 000 baht of  milk to the milk centre, and they do the paper work a issue a  tax bill twice a year ,which the farmers  pay at their  local Aumphar ,our local tax office closed last year ,only opened 2 years before .