Premier Quality Kenya Dairy Business Plan — Appendix B: Capital and Herd Schedules

Detailed capital expenditure and herd build schedules covering housing, equipment, fodder establishment and livestock.

Appendix B: Capital and Herd Schedules

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  • B.1 Capital expenditure and depreciation
  • B.2 Project cost and funding
  • B.3 Herd roll-forward
  • B.4 Forage requirement and the fodder block

B.1 Capital expenditure and depreciation

Item

Amount (KES)

Life

Annual depreciation (KES)

Zero-grazing housing and calf pens

2 800 000

20 years

140 000

Water: borehole, storage and reticulation

1 200 000

15 years

80 000

Forage equipment and mechanisation

1 100 000

8 years

137 500

Milking parlour and machine

900 000

10 years

90 000

Milk cooling tank

900 000

10 years

90 000

Feed store and silage bunkers

800 000

15 years

53 333

Fodder establishment, 12 acres

450 000

5 years

90 000

Fencing, site works and services

400 000

15 years

26 667

Manure handling and composting

350 000

10 years

35 000

Total fixed assets

8 900 000

742 500

In-calf heifers at inception, 20 head

4 000 000

Not depreciated

Total capital expenditure at inception

12 900 000

B.2 Project cost and funding

Item

Amount (KES)

Note

Fixed capital expenditure

8 900 000

Housing, water, milking, cooling, feed store, forage equipment, fodder establishment, fencing and manure handling

In-calf heifers at inception, 20 head

4 000 000

At KES 200 000 per confirmed in-calf heifer

In-calf heifers, Years 2 to 4, 42 head

8 400 000

16 in Year 2, 16 in Year 3 and 10 in Year 4

Working capital

5 600 000

Sized to hold cash above zero through the Year 4 trough

Contingency

445 000

5% of fixed capital expenditure

Total project cost

27 345 000

Promoter equity

17 345 000

63% of the funding structure

Term debt

10 000 000

37%; ten years at 15.5% with a three-year principal grace

Total sources

27 345 000

Sources equal the requirement exactly

B.3 Herd roll-forward

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Heifers purchased in the year

20

16

16

10

0

Cumulative heifers purchased

20

36

52

62

62

Average milking herd

16

28

36

45

52

Young stock and replacements

18

32

48

62

72

Total herd

34

60

84

107

124

Biological assets at cost, KES

4 000 000

7 200 000

10 400 000

12 400 000

12 400 000

B.4 Forage requirement and the fodder block

Year 1

Year 2

Year 3

Year 4

Year 5

Forage for the milking herd at 45 kg a day, tonnes

263

460

591

739

854

Forage for young stock at 20 kg a day, tonnes

131

234

350

453

526

Total forage required, tonnes

394

694

942

1 192

1 380

Grown on the 12-acre block at 90%, tonnes

355

625

848

1 073

1 242

Saving at KES 3.30 a kilogram, KES

1 170 180

2 061 180

2 797 740

3 540 240

4 098 600