Top Farmer Conference: January 10, 2025

As one of the most successful and longest-running management programs specifically crafted for farmers, the Purdue Top Farmer Conference is a one-day event for agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals looking to navigate the complexities of today's agricultural landscape. Participants will have the opportunity to network with peers and hear from farm management experts and agricultural economists from Purdue, Farm Credit Services of America, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Acres, a land value data analytics company.

Craig Dobbins

Craig Dobbins

Professor, Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University

Craig Dobbins

SELECTED RESEARCH PUBLICATIONS

Indiana Farmland Values and Cash Rents Continue to Adjust. (2017). Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, (August), 1-12. Retrieved from https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Documents/PAER%20AUGUST%202015%20Revised%20.pdf

Visualizing the Indiana Farmland and Cash Rent Adjustments. (2017). Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, (August), 11-12. Retrieved from https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Documents/PAER%20August%202017.pdf

2016 Rents for Indiana Pasture Land; Irrigated Farmland: Hay Ground, and On-Farm Grain Storage Rent. (2017). Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University, (February), 9-11. Retrieved from https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Documents/PAER%20February%202017.pdf

Dobbins, C. L. (2018). 2018 Indiana Farmland Values – Up, Down, & Sideways. Purdue University, (August), 11. Retrieved from https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Documents/PAER%20August%202018_final.pdf

Dobbins, C. L., Langemeier, M. R., Nielsen, R. L., Vyn, T. J., Casteel, S. N., Johnson, W. G., & Wise, K. A. (2017). 2017 Purdue Crop Cost & Return Guide. Purdue Extension, (ID-166-W), 3. Retrieved from https://goo.gl/WlTMaz

Dobbins, C., Lanemeier, M., Miller, A., Nielson, R., Vyn, T., Casteeel, S., . . . Wise, K. (2014). 2014 Purdue Crop Cost & Return Guide. (ID-166 W), 3. Retrieved from http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/commercialag/resources/farmmgmt/materials/id166_2015%20-%20december%20projections.pdf

Dobbins, C. (2018). Cash Rents and Farmland Values Remain Under Downward Pressure. Purdue University, (December), 3. Retrieved from https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Documents/PAER%20December%202018_FINAL.pdf

Dobbins, C., & Cook, K. (2014). A Time of Change? Indianaäó»s Farmland Market in 2014. 6. Retrieved from http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/commercialag/resources/farmmgmt/materials/PAER8_2014.pdf

Dobbins, C., Griffin, Y., Mark, T., & Lowenberg-DeBoer, J. (2014). Estimating Whole Farm Costs of Conducting On-farm Research on Midwestern US Corn and Soybean Farms: A Linear Programming Approach. International Journal of Agricultural Management, 4(1). Retrieved from http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/iagrm/ijam/2014/00000004/00000001

Dobbins, C. (2014). Farmland and Cash Rent Outlook. 1. Retrieved from https://ag.purdue.edu/agecon/Documents/PAER%20Dec.%202014.pdf