As one of the most successful and longest-running management programs specifically crafted for farmers, the Purdue Top Farmer Conference is a one-day event for agricultural producers and agribusiness professionals looking to navigate the complexities of today's agricultural landscape. Participants will have the opportunity to network with peers and hear from farm management experts and agricultural economists from Purdue, Farm Credit Services of America, the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Acres, a land value data analytics company.
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Last year at this time, many forecasters indicated the worst of the margin pressure appeared to be behind production agriculture. Farmers had achieved some success in lowering per unit cost of production.
Read MoreCompare the net returns of a crop share arrangement with two flexible cash lease arrangements.
Read MoreRecorded August 22, 2018 | Purdue Ag Economists discuss marketing strategies for 2018 corn and soybean crops and provide updated farmland value and cash rent information.
Read MoreIt’s been three years since the Indiana General Assembly passed and the Governor signed Public Law 249, changing the method used to calculate the base rate of farmland for property tax assessment.
Read MoreEstimates for the current rental value of pastureland, hay ground, and on-farm grain storage in Indiana are often difficult to locate. For the past several years, questions about these items have been included in the Purdue Farmland Value Survey. These tables report the values from the June 2018 survey.
Read MoreOn a statewide basis, June year-to-year farmland value comparisons indicate an uptick for top, average, and poor quality farmland. For the state as a whole, the strongest percent increase was for poor land, increasing 2.4%.
Read MoreEstimates for the current rental value of pasture land, irrigated land, hay ground, and on-farm grain storage in Indiana are often difficult to locate. For the past several years, questions about these items have been included in the Purdue Farmland Value Survey.
Read MoreAs Indiana farmers move into 2018, higher than expected 2017 yields surprised many producers, but grain prices remain at low levels. While there have been some down-ward adjustments in the cost of inputs, input prices have been slow to reflect the lower grain prices.
Read MoreIn order to maintain a viable business, operators have been working to reduce the per bushel cost of production. Reducing cash rents and other crop production cost is often a slow process.
Read MoreResults from the Purdue Farmland Value Survey is the most anticipated PAER article of the year. In this year’s article you catch the themes of “continued adjustments” and “multiple years of decline in land values and rents.”
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