Windy Burgers Is Trying to Determine When to Harvest a Herd

question 58

Multiple Choice

Windy Burgers is trying to determine when to harvest a herd of cows that it currently owns. If it harvests the herd in year 1, the NPV of the project would increase over an immediate harvest by 25 percent. A year 2 harvest would create an NPV increase of 15 percent over that of year 1 and year 3 would create an NPV increase of 7 percent over that of year 2. If the cost of capital is 12 percent for Windy, then which harvest year would maximise the NPV for the company? Assume that all NPVs are calculated from the perspective of today.

• A) Harvest immediately.
• B) Harvest in year 1.
• C) Harvest in year 2.
• D) Harvest in year 3.

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