Business Solutions for Farms and Agribusiness

Newsletter Articles

 

Energy agriculture - corn ethanol -- Don Hofstrand

Value of manure nutrients -- Kelvin Leibold and Tom Olsen

Publications feature the economic impact of agriculture in Iowa counties

 

Information Files

 

Crops -- Cost and Returns:

2007 Corn and Soybean Loan Rates

Crops -- Machinery:

2007 Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey

Livestock -- Cost and Returns:

Livestock Enterprise Budgets for Iowa - 2007

Value of Manure Nutrients

Ten Ways to Cut Cattle Feeder Costs

Livestock -- Markets:

Lean Hog Basis

Live Cattle Basis

Feeder Cattle Basis

Whole Farm -- Financial:

Managing Farm Family Finances

Building Equity in Your Farm Business

Whole Farm -- Other:

New Ways of Thinking About Your Farm Business

Whole Farm -- Legal & Taxes:

    Current Issues:

Courts lacked jurisdiction to hear farm hog contract

    Significant Opinions from Other Courts:

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers “incidental fallback” regulation invalidated (again) 

Federal court reinstates Texas Ban on selling horsemeat for human consumption

Medical reimbursement plans fail for lack of taxpayer records

Two federal courts rule that USDA improperly advanced genetically modified crops

FSA appraisal regulations need not be identical, but must use same methodology and considerations to value property

New Business Development -- Starting a Business:

Obtaining a Business Loan

 

Decision Tools

Farrow-to-Finish

Finishing Feeder Pigs

Producing weaned 12 lb. pigs - Total Confinement

Finishing weaned 12 lb. pigs – Total Confinement

Finishing Yearling Steers

Finishing Steer Calves

Finishing Yearling Heifers

Backgrounding Steer Calves

Beef Cow-Calf

Ewe Flock

Finishing Feeder Lamb

Grade A Dairy

Manure Calculator

 

Ag Decision Maker

 

 

 

Outlook Information for Crops and Livestock

 

March 1, 2007

Livestock: Livestock Cost of Production Impact From Higher Grain Prices

Grain: Grain Markets React to Uneasiness in Financial Markets and USDA Outlook Forum

 

February 15, 2007

Livestock: New Assumptions in the Estimated Returns Series

Grain: World Crop Outlook Update & USDA 10-Year Projections

 

Iowa Farm Outlook

March 2007

Iowa Farm Business Assoc

PcMars Software