Ag Decision Maker (AgDM)
An agricultural economics and
business web site.

New Information
May 2012 Updates
AgDM Newsletter (pdf)
- Farmland rental rates show continued strength in 2012
- Evaluating Your Estate Plan – workshops for farm families being held in June
- Farm employee management: do we need an employee handbook?
- Welcome Lee Schulz, assistant professor and extension livestock economist
- Your input sought on Evaluating Your Estate Plan materials
AgDM New and Updated Files
- Crops - Cost and Returns:
- Conservation Practices for Landlords -- A1-41
- Whole Farm - Leasing:
IFO Newsletter (pdf)
- Livestock: The Bumpy Road of the Beef Market
- Crops: Planting Jumps Despite the Rain
Choices
- Potential Impacts of 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans (pdf)
- Potential Impacts of 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans
- Can the Dietary Guidelines for Americans 2010 Help Trim America's Waistline?
- Will the 2010 Dietary Guidelines for Americans be Any More Effective for Consumers?
- Geographic Impacts on U.S. Agriculture of the 2010 Dietary Nutrition Guidelines
- Will Local Foods Influence American Diets?
- Rural Wealth Creation (pdf)
- Theme Overview: Rural Wealth Creation
- Wealth, Entrepreneurship, and Rural Livelihoods
- Latino/a Wealth and Livelihood Strategies in Rural Midwestern Communities
- Federal Forest Policy and Community Prosperity in the Pacific Northwest
- Red Light Ahead: Preparing Local Governments Financially for the Next Disaster
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April 2012 Updates
AgDM Newsletter (pdf)
- Payback for energy-related farm projects
- Proposed regulations recognize uniqueness of LLCs and other pass through entities: passive loss rules relaxed
- Risk management in 2012: what does it really mean?
AgDM New and Updated Files
- Crops - Cost and Returns:
- Historical Costs of Crop Production -- A1-21
- Crops - Machinery:
- Whole Farm - Land Values:
- Historic County Farmland Values -- C2-72
- Farmland Value Survey (Realtors Land Institute) -- C2-75
- Whole Farm - Transition and Estate Planning:
AgMRC Newsletter (pdf)
- Drop-in Biofuels: Are They the Next Phase of Biofuels Development?
- Understanding the Time Value of Money
- Prices, Profitability and Supply/Demand
IFO Newsletter (pdf)
- Livestock: March 2012 Hog and Pig Report Summary
- Dairy: Dairy Outlook
- Crops: Another Volatile Price Day After the USDA Reports
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