“It’s A Numbers Game.”

So, what’s in a poultry farming project report?!

Here’s my take…

It’s a theoretical balancing act of investment evaluation underpinned by:

Numbers.

The trade-off under the spotlight is risk vs. reward.

Often a device to leverage lending,

The poultry project report is a numerical argument.

It weighs up total project costs against total benefits.

And then, culminates in a binary statement of either: (a) profitability, (b) breakeven) or (c) loss…

…thus indicating the project’s worthiness for investment.

When writing your poultry project report,

The overwhelming burden of numerical inputs is quite wearying, even for the financially astute.

In fact, I’ve had a fair number of accountants over the years expressing difficulty at juggling digits during their project planning.

An Outline of a Poultry Project Report

Here’s an outline and guide to the inputs of a poultry project report:

1. Techno Economic Parameters
   • Breed performance
   • Farm capacity
   • Batch size
   • Rearing cycles
   • Input costs
   • Output prices
   • Intervals
   • Interest
   • Period
   • Performance indicators
2. Research & Development
   • Technology
   • Macro economy
   • Regulation
   • Poultry farm services
   • Poultry farm labour
3. Model Options
   • Type of farming
   • Broiler processing
   • Spent hens
   • Manure recycling
   • Gunny bags re-marketing
4. Location Factors
   • Climate
   • Land availability
   • Land suitability
   • Logistics
   • Market
   • Resource availability
   • Local strategy
   • Neighbours
5. Operational Strategy
   • Rearing method
   • Farm design
   • Housing system
   • Civil buildings
   • Production overlap
6. Financial Management
   • Finance and funding
   • Overheads
   • Income
   • Expenses
   • Gross profit
   • One-off capital
   • Recurring capital
7. Investment Decision Making
   • Discounted cash flow (DCF)
   • Net present value (NPV)
   • Internal rate of return (IRR)
   • Benefit-cost analysis (BCA)
   • Risk analysis

The Purpose of a Poultry Project Report

And all of the aforementioned complexities come down to a simple “Yes or No” answer…

…after all is said and done…

Is this investment proposVisit al (in light of all caveats and assumptions):

1. Profitable? i.e. > 1 BCR (benefit-cost ratio) = Green light
2. Unprofitable? i.e. < 1 BCR (benefit-cost ratio) = Red light

Needless to say which indicator a ready investor held at the traffic lights of indecision is waiting for…

Do This:

Make a checklist of every data input required to write your own poultry project report

1. Visit each page linked in the list above
2. Identify every data point required to build your poultry project report
3. Research and finalise the numbers/figures that apply to your vision
4. Carefully draft a data summary of all those numbers in a spreadsheet
5. Visit Poultry Project Reporter website to learn about my software which converts that data into a PDF report…in minutes.

Now, over to you…

Are you thinking of writing a poultry project report?

Are you currently drafting a report and don’t know where to start?

Either way, I’d be interested to hear from you.

Leave a comment below…or email me back.