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.

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application, crops, fertilizer, labor, wheat

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Brady Brewer

Michael Langemeier

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