Knowing Your Product Costs: A Primer for Farmers and Food Entrepreneurs: FE1103, 11/2021

Kevin Athearn; Mark Yarick; Natasha Parks

doi:10.32473/edis-FE1103-2021

Vol. 2021 No. 6, Food and Resource Economics Department

Vol. 2021 No. 6

Knowing Your Product Costs: A Primer for Farmers and Food Entrepreneurs: FE1103, 11/2021

Food and Resource Economics Department

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-FE1103-2021

Published 2021-11-02

Kevin Athearn⁺⁻
Mark Yarick
Natasha Parks

Kevin Athearn

University of Florida, IFAS Extension

Mark Yarick

Natasha Parks

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cost accounting
product costing
agriculture
farming
food processing

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Athearn, Kevin, Mark Yarick, and Natasha Parks. 2021. “Knowing Your Product Costs: A Primer for Farmers and Food Entrepreneurs: FE1103, 11 2021”. EDIS 2021 (6). Gainesville, FL. https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-FE1103-2021.

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This publication provides a basic introduction to product costing for farm businesses and food processing enterprises. It describes cost concepts, provides product costing examples, and briefly discusses software tools that can assist with cost analysis. The publication is intended to help farmers and food entrepreneurs understand product costing concepts and do their own cost calculations to assist with business decisions.

https://doi.org/10.32473/edis-FE1103-2021

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