Business Solutions for Farms and Agribusiness

Newsletter Articles

 

Agricultural spotlilght: acreage shifts follow price signals -- Chad E. Hart

Farm financial planning program -- Ann M. Holste

 

Information Files

 

Crops – Cost and Returns:

Historic Corn Yields by County

Historic Soybean Yields

Whole Farm -- Financial:

Farm Costs and Returns

Farm Business Summary - Northwest Iowa

Farm Business Summary - Southwest Iowa

Farm Business Summary - North Central Iowa

Farm Business Summary - South Central Iowa

Farm Business Summary - Northeast Iowa

Farm Business Summary - Southeast Iowa

Whole Farm -- Legal & Taxes:

Current Issues:

Another Starlink debacle?

Iowa Real Estate Insurance Seminar (pdf)

Farm Income Tax School (pdf)

Recent Iowa Opinions:

Undue influence claim fails; decedents will upheld as valid

Deed effective when signed; farm not subject to partition action

Significant Opinions from Other Courts:

Kansas farm family duped by trust promoter and penalized for participating in fraudulent tax scheme; promoter imprisoned

Loss of business caused by Canadian beef ban covered by insurance

Racketeering charge against major poultry company in contract production case survives dismissal

 

Decision Tools

 

Crops – Cost and Returns:

Crop Risk Management Illustrator

 

Ag Decision Maker

 

 

 

Outlook Information for Crops and Livestock

 

August 31, 2006

Livestock: Fall Feeder Cattle Marketing Decisions

Grain: Grain Markets to Focus on September 12 USDA Crop Forecasts, Demand

 

August 15, 2006

Livestock: AAEA Annual Outlook Survey 2006

Grain: USDA Crop Report Shows Larger Corn Crop, Fewer Beans than Expected

 

Iowa Farm Outlook

September 2006

Iowa Farm Business Assoc

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