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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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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Financial Management Series

Purdue Flexible Lease Workshop

September 16 at 7 pm or September 23 at 9 am

The Flexible Lease virtual Workshop, presented by the Purdue Extension Land Lease Team, will include a presentation and discussion to help you decide if a flexible land lease arrangement is right for your farm.

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Find out where we will be presenting next as we collaborate with others.