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Spring 2017 Crop Outlook – After USDA’s Planting Intentions Report

April 3, 2017

Recorded April 3, 2017 | Chris Hurt, Michael Langemeier and James Mintert discuss the crop outlook which includes updated information from USDA’s March 31 Grain Stocks and Prospective Plantings reports.

How Should Business Income be Divided?

March 23, 2017

A model described that can be used to divide farm business income and provided an illustration of how this model could be used in practice.

Should Sweat Equity be Used to Compensate a Returning Family Member?

March 8, 2017

Sweat equity may arise when an on-farm heir is paid less than their true opportunity cost to work for the business and/or the business has grown substantially due to the abilities and efforts of the on-farm heir.

Net Return Prospects for Cattle Finishing in 2017

March 2, 2017

This article discusses recent trends in feeding cost of gain, the feeder to fed price ratio, and cattle finishing net returns. Current breakeven and fed cattle price projections create an environment that is at a minimum cautiously optimistic.

2017 Crop Cost and Return Guide

March 1, 2017

The Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide offers farmers a resource to project financials for the coming cropping year. These are Purdue University’s March 2017 crop budget estimations as prepared by faculty from Agricultural Economics, Agronomy, and Botany and Plant Pathology.