When I first got seriously involved in poultry farming, someone handed me a profit and loss statement and said, “Here’s how the business is doing.” I nodded like I understood. But what nobody showed me — and what I had to learn the hard way — was the balance sheet. The P&L tells you if … Read more
A few years ago, I sat across from a bank manager who looked at our chicken farm’s profit numbers and smiled. “Good profits,” he said. Then he flipped to the cash flow page and his expression changed. “But where’s your cash?” That moment taught me something I wish someone had explained earlier — profit and … Read more
My uncle once told me, “Numbers don’t lie, but farmers often ignore them.” He ran a small poultry farm for over a decade and never once sat down to write out a proper profit and loss statement. He just “felt” like he was making money. Then one bad year — disease outbreak, feed prices spiked, … Read more
From someone who once thought “profit” just meant whatever was left after buying feed — and learned the hard way that a real P&L statement tells a completely different story. I’ll be honest with you. The first time someone handed me a Profit and Loss statement for a poultry operation, I stared at it for … Read more
By a poultry entrepreneur who learned the hard way that passion alone doesn’t pay the feed bill. Description Year 1 Year 2 Year 3 Year 4 Year 5 Projected Revenue $0 $63,180,000 $126,360,000 $168,480,000 $168,480,000 Projected Cashflows -$14,083,160 $16,175,811 $82,746,899 $175,422,900 $247,590,259 Projected Net Profit -$4,084,960 $32,612,171 $66,824,288 $90,829,200 $90,320,559 Projected Gross Profit $0 $44,280,000 … Read more