Partial budgets are projected costs and returns associated with some change in the business operation. Partial budgeting estimates the economic effects of adjustments in the farm or ranch business. With partial budgeting, you assume many aspects of the business are constant. You are interested only in the parts of the business that will change because of the adjustment. The basis of the concept is to analyze the impact of a proposed change in an already developed plan.
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