Economics
and Business Management Information and References
Expanding Dairy Enterprises in North Dakota (last updated 2002): A series of infomational documents addressing dairy (and livestock) expansion in North Dakota.
CornPicker is an Excel spreadsheet developed to help choose corn
hybrids for silage. It contains a macro and security must be set to
moderate or low within Excel to allow the macro to function. You do
this by choosing Tools > Macro > Security in the menu and select
medium or low security. CornPicker also requires the Solver Add-In
that is included with Excel but might not be installed. It is listed
under Tools in the menu if it is already installed. If it is not, it can be
installed by selecting Add-Ins under Tools in the menu or from the
Excel installation disk. Author Mike Allen, Michigan Dairy Review newsletter, Michigan State University
Custom Heifer Raising Contracts compiled by Dr. Hugh Chester-Jones,
Southern Research and Outreach Center, Waseca. University of Minnesota
Other articles and links of interest --
Understanding Dairy Markets - University of Wisconsin Dairy Marketing and Risk Management Program under the direction of Prof. Brian W. Gould in the
Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics and the
Wisconsin Center for Dairy Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Center for Dairy Excellence -
supported by thePennsylvania Dairy Task Force and Department of Agriculture to provide dairy industry resources.
Financial impact of producing high quality milk is easy to access using these goal forms. This worksheet helps calculate: Production losses due to subclinical mastitis, Opportunity from milk quality premiums, and Losses from acute mastitis.
Dr. Ken Norland, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Calculate marginal profit from additional cows on a dairy,
Center for Dairy Health, Management, and Food Quality of the College of Veterinary Medicine, University of Minnesota
List not complete. Use your search routine and look for
dairy management software
Agricultural
Legislation
The “Farm Security and Rural Investment
Act of 2002” was completed by a House-Senate conference
committee May 1. The $180-billion, 10-year bill boosts ag support
by $73.5 billion. Specific to dairy, it authorizes monthly national
market loss payments when the Boston Class I price falls
below $16.94. USDA will pay 45% of the shortfall on up
to 2.4 million lbs. of annual production. The program runs
through September 2005.
As an example, the May 2002 Class I price in Boston
is $14.51, which would generate a subsidy of $1.09/cwt. (16.94
minus 14.51, times .45).
The program is retroactive to December 2001.
USDA Economic
Research Service - State fact sheets on population, employment,
income, farm characteristics, and farm financial indicators
for each state in the United States
