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Forval: Computer Software Package For Agricultural And Natural Resources Investment Analysis, T. J. Straka, Steven H. Bullard
Forval: Computer Software Package For Agricultural And Natural Resources Investment Analysis, T. J. Straka, Steven H. Bullard
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The valuation of agricultural and natural resource investments presents challenging analysis problems that often require the use of computer software. Most of these computer packages are complex and costly. FORVAL is a free, user-friendly, menu-driven, agricultural and natural resource investment analysis package. It can accommodate any investment scenario and includes the standard financial criteria (net present value, rate of return, equal annual income, benefit/cost ratio, and land expectation value for forestry investments). FORVAL accommodates various cash flows like single sum, terminating annual and periodic series, and perpetual annual and periodic series. It also has options for payment and price projections.
Basic Concepts In Computer Analysis Of Forestry Investments, Steven H. Bullard, Thomas J. Straka
Basic Concepts In Computer Analysis Of Forestry Investments, Steven H. Bullard, Thomas J. Straka
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In the last 20 years alone, computer hardware and software developments have dramatically increased our ability to calculate financial criteria quickly and accurately. While these advances have dramatically increased our ability to calculate, they have not replaced the need to understand what is being calculated, or how the results should be interpreted and applied. Our objective in the present article is to provide background information for understandingthe "what" and "how" of computer applications for forestry investment analysis. We briefly discuss the most important financial criteria that are calculated by investment analysis computer programs; we also describe their recommended uses and …