Problem 9-1A

Cook Farm Supply Company manufactures and sells a pesticide called Snare. The following data are available for preparing budgets for Snare for the first 2 quarters of 2017.

1.		Sales: quarter 1, 29,400 bags; quarter 2, 42,500 bags. Selling price is $63 per bag.
2.		Direct materials: each bag of Snare requires 4 pounds of Gumm at a cost of $3.8 per pound and 6 pounds of Tarr at $1.75 per pound.
3.		Desired inventory levels:

Type of Inventory		January 1		April 1		July 1
Snare (bags)		8,100		12,200		18,100
Gumm (pounds)		9,500		10,100		13,200
Tarr (pounds)		14,200		20,500		25,400

4.		Direct labor: direct labor time is 15 minutes per bag at an hourly rate of $14 per hour.
5.		Selling and administrative expenses are expected to be 15% of sales plus $179,000 per quarter.
6.		Interest expense is $100,000.
7.		Income taxes are expected to be 30% of income before income taxes.

Your assistant has prepared two budgets: (1) the manufacturing overhead budget shows expected costs to be 125% of direct labor cost, and (2) the direct materials budget for Tarr shows the cost of Tarr purchases to be $301,000 in quarter 1 and $426,500 in quarter 2. (Note: Do not prepare the manufacturing overhead budget or the direct materials budget for Tarr.)

Prepare the sales budget. Expected unit sales Unit selling price Total sales Prepare the production budget. COOK FARM SUPPLY COMPANY Sales Budget Quarter COOK FARM SUPPLY COMPANY Production Budget Quarter Six Months Six Months