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General Farm Management & Strategy
After many unexpected events during the first half of the year, I’m hoping for something more normal during the second half of 2019. Who would have thought corn and soybean planting would extend into late June?
Read MoreAssessing management skills is an important part of benchmarking farm performance and figuring out where improvements may be needed.
Read MoreStrategic direction involves thinking about whether the farm is going to focus on a commodity based strategy or a differentiated product strategy.
Read MoreCommunicating is prudent for a tenant to provide updates of crop conditions throughout the year and make sure that crop shares and possible bonuses emanating from flexible cash leases are understood by both parties.
Read MoreRecorded July 2, 2019 | The presenters provide an updated review of corn and soybean acreage, which includes information from USDA’s Acreage report along with their own assessment of prevented planting of corn and soybeans.
Read MoreRisk management involves optimizing expected returns given the risks involved.
Read MoreRecorded June 17, 2019 | Purdue agricultural economists Chris Hurt, Michael Langemeier, and James Mintert provide an updated corn and soybean price outlook, which includes information from USDA’s Crop Progress report.
Read MoreThe rates reported in this publication were compiled from questionnaires received from farmers, farm owners, farm custom operators, and professional farm managers in Indiana.
Read MoreWhen examining the leasing option, a farm needs to decide, along with the landowner, whether they want to use a cash lease, a crop share lease, or a flexible cash lease.
Read MoreRecorded June 6, 2019 | As a follow-up to their previous webinar, Purdue agricultural economists James Mintert and Michael Langemeier analyze the potential returns from taking the Prevented Planting option for corn and compare it to potential returns from delayed planting of both corn and soybeans, under a couple of different scenarios.
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