March 1, 2017

2017 Crop Cost and Return Guide

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March 2017 Estimates

 

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.

 

2017 Crop Budget Guide, page 1

2017 Crop Budget Guide, page 1

2017 Crop Budget Guide, page 2

2017 Crop Budget Guide, page 2

2017 Crop Budget Guide, page 3

2017 Crop Budget Guide, page 3

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