Rose Hill, a soybean farm in northern Minnesota, has a herd of 28 dairy cows. The cows produce approximately 1,540 gallons of milk per week. The farm currently sells all its milk to a nearby processor for $1.25 per gallon, a significant drop from the $2.00 per gallon they were able to charge five years ago. It costs $1.60 per gallon to produce the milk. The owners of Rose Hill are deciding whether to sell the dairy cows or expand into the artisan cheese market. Both owners have prior cheese-making experience and they already have all the needed equipment. It takes 0.8 gallons of milk to make a pound of cheese. Costs to produce a pound of cheese are expected to total $7 per pound. Artisan cheeses are currently selling for $10 per pound at farmer's markets and upscale groceries. Required a. How much Incremental profit would Rose Hill recognize if half the milk each week was used to make cheese? $ 1,925 b. How much, in total, would Rose Hill earn each week if half the milk was used to make cheese and half was sold to the processor? $ 7.040 c. How much of the milk would need to be used to make cheese each week in order for Rose Hill to break even on its dairy operations assuming no cows were sold? (Note: Any milk not used to make cheese would still be sold to a processor.) Note: Do not round your answers. 0 x 0 x gallons of milk used to make cheese x gallons of milk sold to a processor

Parker & Stone, Incorporated, is looking at setting up a new manufacturing plant in South Park to produce garden tools. The company bought some land six years ago for $7.4 million in anticipation of using it as a warehouse and distribution site, but the company has since decided to rent facilities elsewhere. If the land were sold today, the company would net $10.2 million. The company now wants to build its new manufacturing plant on this land; the plant will cost $21.4 million to build, and the site requires $890,000 worth of grading before it is suitable for construction. What is the proper cash flow amount to use as the initial investment in fixed assets when evaluating this project? Note: Do not round intermediate calculations and enter your answer in dollars, not millions, rounded to the nearest whole number, e.g., 1,234,567. Answer is complete but not entirely correct. Cash flow $ 32,490,000 x

Bill just returned from a duck hunting trip with eight ducks. Bill's friend, John, disapproves of duck hunting, and to discourage Bill from further hunting, John presented him with the following cost estimate per duck: Camper and equipment: Cost, $20,000; usable for eight seasons; 14 hunting trips per season Travel expense (pickup truck): 100 miles at $0.45 per mile (gas, oil, and tires-$0.28 per mile; depreciation and insurance -$0.17 per mile) Shotgun shells (two boxes per hunting trip) Boat: Cost, $2,320, usable for eight seasons; 14 hunting trips per season Hunting license: Cost, $70 for the season; 14 hunting trips per season Money lost playing poker: Loss, $34 (Bill plays poker every weekend whether he goes hunting or stays at home) Bottle of whiskey: Cost, $10 per hunting trip (used to ward off the cold) Total cost Cost per duck ($329 ÷ 8 ducks) Required: $ 179 55 45 35 21: in 34 10 $ 329 $ 41 1. Assuming the duck hunting trip Bill just completed is typical, what costs are…

Parker & Stone, Incorporated, is looking at setting up a new manufacturing plant in South Park to produce garden tools. The company bought some land 4 years ago for $5 million in anticipation of using it as a warehouse and distribution site, but the company has since decided to rent these facilities from a competitor instead. If the land were sold today, the company would net $9.4 million. The company wants to build its new manufacturing plant on this land; the plant will cost $13.2 million to build, and the site requires $1,410,000 worth of grading before it is suitable for construction. What is the proper cash flow amount to use as the initial investment in fixed assets when evaluating this project?

Bill has just returned from a duck hunting trip. He brought home eight ducks. Bill's friend, John, disapproves of duck hunting, and to discourage Bill from further hunting, John presented him with the following cost estimate per duck: Camper and equipment: Cost, $11,000; usable for eight seasons; 14 hunting trips per season Travel expense (pickup truck): 100 miles at $0.40 per mile (gas, oil, and tires-$0.28 per mile; depreciation and insurance-$0.12 per mile) Shotgun shells (two boxes per hunting trip) Boat: Cost, $2,400, usable for eight seasons; 14 hunting trips per season Hunting license: Cost, $70 for the season; 14 hunting trips per season Money lost playing poker: Loss, $30 (Bill plays poker every weekend whether he goes hunting or stays at home) Bottle of whiskey: Cost, $10 per hunting trip (used to ward off the cold) Total cost Cost per duck ($244+ 8 ducks) $ 98 Complete this question by entering your answers in the tabs below. 40 40 21 5 30 10 $ 244 $ 30 Required: 1. Assuming…

Bill just returned from a duck hunting trip with eight ducks. Bill's friend, John, disapproves of duck hunting, and to discourage Bill from further hunting, John presented him with the following cost estimate per duck: Camper and equipment: Cost, $10,000; usable for eight seasons; 14 hunting trips per season Travel expense (pickup truck): $ 89 100 miles at $0.38 per mile (gas, oil, and tires-$0.20 per mile; depreciation and insurance-$0.18 per mile) 38 Shotgun shells (two boxes per hunting trip) 35 Boat: Cost, $2,160, usable for eight seasons; 14 hunting trips per season 19 Hunting license: 5 24 15 $ 225 $ 28 Cost, $70 for the season; 14 hunting trips per season Money lost playing poker: Loss, $24 (Bill plays poker every weekend whether he goes hunting or stays at home) Bottle of whiskey: Cost, $15 per hunting trip (used to ward off the cold) Total cost Cost per duck ($225 +8 ducks) Required: 1. Assuming the duck hunting trip Bill just completed is typical, what costs are relevant to a…

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Dairyplus processes organic milk into plain yogurt. Dairyplus sells plain yogurt to hospitals, nursing homes, and restaurants in bulk, one-gallon containers. Each batch, processed at a cost of $890, yields 570 gallons of plain yogurt. The company sells the one-gallon tubs for $8.00 each and spends $0.14 for each plastic tub. Dairyplus has recently begun to reconsider its strategy. Management wonders if it would be more profitable to sell individual-sized portions of fruited organic yogurt at local food stores. Dairyplus could further process each batch of plain yogurt into 12,160 individual portions (3/4 cup each) of fruited yogurt. A recent market analysis indicates that demand for the product exists. Dairyplus would sell each individual portion for $0.46. Packaging would cost $0.07 per portion, and fruit would cost $0.12 per portion. Fixed costs would not change. Should Dairyplus continue to sell only the gallon-sized plain yogurt (sell as is) or convert the plain yogurt into…

Jeff & Bezos is a fresh groceries delivery company. The company has access to borrowing funds at a pre-tax rate of 8 % per year. Jeff & Bezos pays income taxes using 24 % tax rate. The company would like to start using high-speed low-altitude drones to deliver grocery purchases directly to residential customers' backyards. By doing so, the company would be saving $3.2 million pre-tax every single year. Jeff & Bezos is contemplating leasing the drones for a lease term that matches the drones' economic life. It would lease them from a different company, Nets & Flicks, that currently owns the required number of the drones. Doing that would have an estimated pre-tax annual cost of $2,130,000. Nets & Flicks' requirement is that the lease payments are made by Jeff & Bezos at the beginning of each year. Instead of leasing the fleet of the drones, Jeff & Bezos is also contemplating buying them, which would cost the company $9.9 million. If the company chooses to buy them, the drones would be…

Jeff & Bezos is a fresh groceries delivery company. They have access to borrowing funds at a pre-tax rate of 6 % per year. Jeff & Bezos pays income taxes using 21% tax rate. The company would like to start using high-speed low-altitude drones to deliver grocery purchases directly to residential customers' backyards. Jeff & Bezos is contemplating leasing the drones for a lease term that matches the drones' economic life. It would lease them from a different company, Nets & Flicks, that currently own the required number of the drones. Instead of leasing the fleet of the drones, Jeff & Bezos is also contemplating buying them, which would cost the company $4,500,000. If the company chooses to buy them, the drones would be losing their economic value following the straight-line depreciation method during a three year period. The fleet of drones, due to their heavy usage, would have no salvage value in three years. Calculate the pre-tax lease payment that would make both Jeff & Bezos and…