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Michael Langemeier presented Incorporating Conservation Provisions into Crop Leases at the Great Lake Crops Summit in Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
Read More about Incorporating Conservation Provisions into Crop Leases, Great Lake Crops SummitDue to relatively strong fed cattle prices, cattle finishing net returns ended 2021 on a positive note. Will these positive net returns continue into 2022? This article examines feeding cost of gain, breakeven prices, and net return estimates for 2021, and provides projections for the first half of 2022.
Read More about Cattle Finishing Net Returns Prospects for 2022Given the uncertainty related to supply and demand, feed prices are likely to remain volatile during the 21/22 marketing year. This article examines trends in feed costs as well as the impact of corn and soybean meal prices on feed costs for farrow-to-finish and swine finishing operations.
Read More about Prospects for Swine Feed Costs in 2022Purdue ag economist Michael Langemeier discusses the key factors impacting feeding cost of gain in commercial feedlots.
Read More about Factors Impacting Feeding Cost of GainThe continued increase in size of tractors, combines, and other machinery has enabled farms to operate more acres and reduce labor use per acre. However, this increase in machinery size also makes it increasingly important to evaluate the efficient use of machinery.
Read More about Benchmarking Crop Machinery Cost and InvestmentThis spreadsheet compares conventional crop rotation with an organic forage-based crop rotation over a ten-year horizon.
Read More about Comparison of Conventional Crop Rotation with an Organic Forage-Based Crop Rotation (Spreadsheet Tool)This paper examined yield, gross revenue, and cost for farms in the agri benchmark network from Argentina, Brazil, Russia, the Ukraine, and the United States with soybean enterprise data. Yield, gross revenue, and cost were substantially higher for the U.S. farms.
Read More about International Benchmarks for Soybean Production (2021)Each $0.10 increase in corn price results in an increase in feeding cost of gain of approximately $0.88. In turn, each $1 increase in feeding cost of gain results in a $5.56 per head decrease in cattle finishing net returns.
Read More about Impact of Higher Corn Prices on Cattle Finishing Net ReturnsThe Purdue Crop Cost and Return Guide offers farmers a resource to project financials for the coming cropping year. These are the February 2021 crop budget estimations for 2021.
Read More about 2021 Crop Cost and Return GuidePurdue ag economists Brady Brewer and Michael Langemeier discuss credit underwriting and the criteria financial institutions use to determine eligibility of an applicant in this episode of the Purdue Commercial AgCast.
Read More about Understanding the Five C’s of Credit