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:
• Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2012 Survey -- C2-10

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

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:
• Historic Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey -- A3-12
• Whole Farm - Land Values:
• Historic County Farmland Values -- C2-72
• Farmland Value Survey (Realtors Land Institute) -- C2-75
• Whole Farm - Transition and Estate Planning:
• Estate Planning Attorneys: Finding One Who Can Work For You -- C4-61

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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