Publications and Handouts

• Bringing Land in the Conservation Reserve Program Back Into Crop Production or Grazing
• Custom Farm Work Rates on North Dakota Farms, 2007, by North Dakota Farming Regions
• Determining Pasture Rental Rates
• Extending the Grazing Season in North Dakota by Grazing the Beef Herd on Oats Chaff and Field Corn
• Farming Without a Safety Net
• Five Questions to Ask Before Joining A New Processing Cooperative
• How Much Debt Will a Beef Cow Support?
• Leases are available from the Midwest Plan Service at Iowa State University. The link for the plans is in the left column under "Free Plans and Materials." They include: Cash Farm Lease (With Flexible Provisions) NCR-76
  Crop-Share or Crop-Share/Cash Farm Lease, NCR-77
  Irrigation Crop-Share or Crop-Share/Cash Farm Lease, NCR-106
  Pasture Lease, NCR-109
  Farm Building or Livestock Facility Lease, NCR-215
• Leasing Beef Cows for a Profit
• Managing Risk with an Alfalfa Production Contract
• Minnesota Farm Machinery Economic Cost Estimates for 2008 (University of Minnesota web site)
• New Generation Cooperative Membership: How Do Members Differ from Non- Members
• North Dakota 2008 County Rents and Values (North Dakota Agricultural Statistics Service web site)
• Organic Farming: Is It For Me?
• Plotting a Course 2009: Short-Term and Long-Term Agricultural Planning Prices For North Dakota
• Price Risk Management for Canola Producers in the Northern Plains
• Questions and Answers about Agriculture Loan Officers and Farmers' Investments in New Generation Cooperatives
• Seasonal Price Patterns for Crops
• Sheep on Shares
• Should I Join a New Processing Cooperative?
• Specialty Crop Contracts 
• Strip Till for Field Crop Production: Equipment-Production-Economics
• The Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 - Powerpoint
• What is the Value of a Standing Corn Crop for Silage? 
• What is the Value of Standing Corn for Grazing?
• What New Generation Cooperative Officials Should Know About Members and Their Concerns

Crop Budgets

Powerpoint Presentations

• The Food, Conservation and Energy Act of 2008 (June 2008) pdf
• Biofuels - Crop Advisors (02-13-07). Powerpoint
• Biofuels Industry and Impact on Agriculture (12/27/06) Powerpoint
• Custom Hire vs. Purchase (Feb 2007). Powerpoint
• Economics of Winter Wheat (April 2006) Powerpoint
• Pasture, Rangeland, Forage Rainfall Index Insurance Powerpoint presented in Center, Glen Ullin, Killdeer, Minot, Williston

Software

• Additional Cost of Field Operations Due to Higher Fuel Prices. Excel
• 2010 Crop Compare. Enter the price of one crop and find out the price of competing crops necessary to generate the same return over variable costs. Excel 
• Insurance and Marketing Simulator. Andrew Swenson, NDSU Extension Service. Excel
• Nitrogen Decision Tool.  Excel