November 24, 2020

Crop Cost and Returns

The Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide offers farmers a resource to project financials for the coming cropping year. On this Purdue Commercial AgCast episode, Dr. Michael Langemeier and Dr. Brady Brewer discuss the latest numbers from the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture’s decision tool along with tips on how to use this tool to make farm operating decisions. The guide tool discussed in this episode can be accessed and downloaded at https://purdue.ag/budget2021.

TAGS:

application, corn, fertilizer, labor, soybeans, wheat

TEAM LINKS:

Brady Brewer

Michael Langemeier

RELATED RESOURCES

Crop Budget Spreadsheet

September 13, 2023

This spreadsheet can be used along with the Purdue Crop Cost & Return Guide to examine gross revenue, costs, and earnings for crop enterprises. The user can evaluate up to three full-season crops, and the wheat double-crop soybean system. Updated September 2023.

2024 Crop Cost and Return Guide

September 13, 2023

The Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide offers farmers a resource to project financials for the coming cropping year. These are the September 2023 crop budget estimations for 2024.

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