Return on Investment Assessment

Will investing in new technology lead to better profits? To help answer that crucial question, this page features free downloadable spreadsheets and links to related web articles.

Spreadsheet Calculators

The Capital Investment Analyser

The Capital Investment Analyser Download is a self extracting file containing the OMAF Capital Investment Analyser and Manual. The Capital Investment Analyser is an Excel based worksheet developed to help business managers evaluate technology and other capital investment alternatives. The worksheet includes cash flow projections and after tax analysis. (Courtesy Ontario Ministry of Agriculture and Food)
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The Risk Return Analyser

The Risk Return Analyzer will assess the risk of any business venture including the acquisition of new technologies. For more details on how to understand and use the template download the Riskhelp.doc file. For more indepth discussion of risk analysis and how this can be used in your business download BearPlus.doc .
Download riskprog.xls
Download riskhelp.doc
Download bearplus.doc

Worthwhile Reading

Farm Technology: Applying High Tech for High Yields

This 2003 article from the University of Oregon is an excellent summary of how Global Positioning Systems, new irrigation systems, doppler radar, specialized fertilizers and other advances in farm technology are creating better profits for farmers - while saving lives at the same time.
Download the Farm Technology PDF