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.

Fall 2018 Crop Outlook

September 13, 2018

Recorded September 13, 2018 | Updated corn and soybean outlook following the release of USDA’s Crop Production and WASDE reports.

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How Can I Improve Labor Productivity?

September 12, 2018

Labor efficiency and productivity can be improved by examining per unit costs among inputs and making appropriate adjustments to a farm’s input mix.

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What Should My Farm Benchmark?

September 8, 2018

Benchmarking is an important component to a continuous improvement program.

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Managing Your Farm in Challenging Times​

August 22, 2018

Recorded August 22, 2018 | Purdue Ag Economists discuss marketing strategies for 2018 corn and soybean crops and provide updated farmland value and cash rent information.

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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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2023 Farm Custom Rates for Indiana

Top Farmer Conference 2025

January 10, 2025

A management programs geared specifically for farmers. Surrounded by farm management, farm policy, agricultural finance and marketing experts, and a group of your peers, the conference will stimulate your thinking about agriculture’s future and how you can position your farm to be successful in the years ahead.

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Purdue Income Tax School: Ag Tax Webinar

December 19, 2024

The 2024 Ag Tax Webinar, part of the Purdue Income Tax School, will provide in-depth coverage of selected agricultural and farm income tax issues to supplement material provided at the two-day in-person or virtual tax schools. The 2024 webinar will be taught by Guido Van Der Hoeven, an expert on agricultural tax issues and one of the authors of the 2024 Agricultural Tax Issues book, on Monday, December 19, 2024, starting at 9:00 am ET.

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