Scenario List
This page lists all the scenarios developed by the user (and the regional scenarios) and enables users to edit, copy, share and delete scenarios or compare the performance of two different scenarios. Users can either add a new scenario, continue working on a previously created scenario or modify a regional scenario.
Name
The ‘Name’ column lists all of the scenarios that have been developed by the user as well as the regional scenarios (that users can copy and modify). Users can open and make changes to any of the listed files by clicking on each scenario’s name.
Status
The ‘Status’ column indicates how much of each scenario has been completed using a colour and tick system. GM represents the gross margin stage (income minus variable costs) and if coloured green and ticked this indicates that all information up to the cane summary page has been entered (including the Scenario Assumptions, Cane Assumptions and Cane Growing Costs pages). If the ‘GM’ is red with a cross then some missing information still needs to be entered. Gross Margins can be used to compare profitability between two scenarios when fixed costs and capital expenditures are exactly the same.
Four more pages need information entered before users get to the Profit page (Assets, Depreciation, Fixed Costs and Other Income pages). If Profit is green and ticked then all information up to the Profit page has been entered, which enables users to view key measures of profitability like Farm Operating Return and Return on Investment as well as other measures on the Farm Performance Indicators page. Farm Operating Return can be used to compare profitability between two scenarios when fixed costs are different between scenarios, while Return on Investment goes a step further and enables comparison when total assets are different.
Entering the required information into the Cane Sensitivity and Optimum Ratoons pages will show the Risk stage as being completed (green and ticked). These pages provide users with useful information around: (1) the sensitivity of gross margins to different sugar prices and average CCS than expected, and; (2) the optimum number of ratoons grown to maximise profitability. There is also an Other Sensitivity page if you have other crops in your scenario and it works similar to the cane one.
Action
The four ‘Action’ buttons are Edit, Copy, Share and Delete:
Edit (pen icon): Enables growers to open an existing scenario and make changes to it. Copy (sheets of paper icon): Copies the selected scenario so users can change the name of the scenario and modify the information. Share (molecule or three dots icon): Shares the scenario with another user of FEAT Online. When edits are made by the other user to the shared scenario, the changes do not affect the original user’s scenario file. Delete (garbage can icon): Deletes the entire scenario. Users need to take care not to accidently delete scenarios when using this function.
Compare
This function compares the profitability of two different scenarios as well as various other key Farm Performance Indicators. For example, important measures like Gross Margin, Operating Return, Return on Investment and Casual Labour Hours are compared between two different management practice or farming system scenarios.
Compare scenarios by checking the boxes of two scenarios and clicking the ‘Compare’ button.