Farm Management Tour: July 17, 2024

Learn about innovative farm management strategies, new technologies for improving efficiency and productivity, ways to ensure a successful transition of farm operations to the next generation. Join us at the 91st annual Purdue Farm Management Tour and reception honoring the 2024 Indiana Master Farmers in Randolph County (Winchester), Indiana on Wednesday, July 17th.

Cattle On Feed

August 13, 2018

USDA released its August Cattle on Feed report last Friday, providing an update with respect to the current on feed inventory along with estimated placements on feed during July, which will influence fed cattle marketings later this year and in early 2019.

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Net Return Prospects for Cattle Finishing in the Second Half of 2018

August 12, 2018

Recent trends in feeding cost of gain, the feeder to fed price ratio, and cattle finishing net returns.

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Exploring Changes in the Current Ratio from 2006 to 2017

August 8, 2018

Data from three farm management associations and USDA-ERS to further explore trends in the current ratio.

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Examining Trends in Liquidity for a Sample of Kansas Farms

August 8, 2018

Liquidity measures in 2018 will depend on a multitude of factors including crop prices and yields, weather, and other factors, all of which are inter-related.

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Cattle Inventory Increases; Impact of Tariffs Hangs Over Markets

July 13, 2018

USDA estimated that the July 1 all cattle and calves inventory was 103.2 million head, 1% larger than a year earlier.

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International Benchmarks for Wheat Production (2018)

July 12, 2018

Examine the competitiveness of wheat production for important international wheat regions using 2013 to 2016 data from the agri benchmark network.

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Farm Safety Net for 2018

July 8, 2018

Examine historical and 2018 projected earnings per acre for a case farm in west central Indiana.

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2018 Crop Outlook

July 3, 2018

Recorded July 3, 2018 | Corn & soybean outlook focused on updated trade tariff information, along with information from USDA’s June 30th Acreage & Grain Stocks reports.

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International Benchmarks for Soybean Production (2018)

June 12, 2018

Examines the competitiveness of soybean production for important international soybean regions using 2013 to 2016 data from the agri benchmark network.

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International Benchmarks for Corn Production (2018)

June 12, 2018

Examines the competitiveness of corn production for important international corn producing regions using 2013 to 2016 data from the agri benchmark network.

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Purdue Farm Management Tour & Indiana Master Farmer Reception 2024

Two outstanding farms in east-central Indiana will host visitors wanting to learn about farm and crop management on July 17th for the Purdue University Farm Management Tour. The Indiana Master Farmer reception and panel discussion will follow.

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