William Edwards

Extension Economist
478C Heady
Ames, IA 50011-1070
515.294.6161
wedwards@iastate.edu

 Newsletter Articles

• Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) -- October 2008
• Crop disaster payments are now a SURE thing -- August 2008
• Crop insurance may help flooded and wet corn and soybean acres -- July 2008
• Higher fuel prices boost custom farming costs -- July 2008
• Cash rental rates jump in 2008 -- July 2008
• New Iowa farm custom rate survey available -- April 2008
• What’s new with crop insurance in 2008 -- February 2008
• What’s new with crop insurance in 2008 -- January 2008
• Livestock risk protection now available for lambs -- October 2007
• Crop insurance and excess moisture -- September 2007
• Custom fit your farm lease -- August 2007
• Flexible leases and USDA payments -- June 2007
• Managing finances with high grain prices -- May 2007
• Cash rental rates jump in 2007 -- May 2007
• Flexible farm lease agreements -- February 2007
• How will cash rents respond to higher prices? -- February 2007
• Consider income tax postponement when marketing grain -- December 2006
• Returns to farmland ownership -- October 2006
• New survey on farm employee compensation -- July 2006
• Higher fuel prices push up farm custom rates -- April 2006
• Farm machinery costs continue to rise -- January 2006
• Custom harvesting rates affected by higher fuel prices -- October 2005
• Renting on-farm grain storage -- October 2005
• Cash rental rates continue to climb in 2005 -- June 2005
• Beef cow sharing agreements -- May 2005
• Higher fuel prices push up custom rates -- April 2005
• Crop insurance and marketing strategies for 2005 -- March 2005
• Will crop insurance cover Asian soybean rust in 2005? -- January 2005
• Learn management and marketing over the Internet -- January 2005
• Iowa and Mexico: The corn connection -- November/December 2004
• Higher guarantees available for crop insurance in 2004 -- January 2004
• Direct and Counter Cyclical Farm Program Payments -- August 2003
• Modest Gains for Cash Rental Rates -- May 2003
• Does the New Farm Bill Reduce Risk? -- March 2003
• Livestock Revenue Insurance: How Did It Perform? -- February 2003
• Crop Insurance Results from 2002 -- January 2003
• Five options offered for 2002 Farm Bill -- September 2002
• Will the New Farm Bill Raise Cash Rents? -- July 2002
• 2002 Farm Bill Offers Opportunity to Update Acres and Yields -- May 2002
• 2002 Crop insurance update - Results from 2001 -- January 2002
• Gross margin insurance for hog producers -- December 2001
• Crop insurance prices for 2001 -- February 2001
• 2001 Crop Insurance Update -- January 2001
• Returns to farmland ownership -- July 2000
• Comparing cash rental rates to net returns to land - April 2000

Information Files

• Commodity Programs for Crops -- A1-32
• Marketing Loans and LDPs -- A1-38
• Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE) -- A1-44
• Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) -- A1-45
• Managing Risk with Crop Insurance -- A1-48
• Catastrophic Crop Insurance -- A1-49
• Important Crop Insurance Dates -- A1-50
• Multiple Peril Crop Insurance -- A1-52
• Crop Revenue Insurance -- A1-54
• Actual Production History for Crop Insurance -- A1-55
• Insurance Units for Crop Insurance -- A1-56
• Delayed and Prevented Planting Provisions -- A1-57
• Group Risk Plan (GRP) and Group Risk Income Protection (GRIP) -- A1-58
• Pricing Forage in the Field -- A1-65
• Estimating a Value for Corn Stover -- A1-70
• Grain Storage Alternatives:  An Economic Comparison -- A2-35
• Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey -- A3-10
• Natural Resources Custom Rate Survey -- A3-11
• Historic Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey -- A3-12
• Custom Farming: An Alternative to Leasing -- A3-15
• Grain Harvesting Equipment and Labor in Iowa -- A3-16
• Acquiring Farm Machinery Services -- A3-21
• Transferring Ownership of Farm Machinery -- A3-22
• Farm Machinery Selection -- A3-23
• Fieldwork Days in Iowa -- A3-25
• Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size -- A3-26
• Estimating the Number of Field Days Required -- A3-28
• Estimating Farm Machinery Costs -- A3-29
• Transferring Ownership of Farm Machinery -- A3-32
• Combine Ownership or Custom Hire -- A3-33
• Joint Machinery Ownership -- A3-34
• Machinery leasing - Is it for you? -- A3-35
• Farm Machinery Joint Ventures -- A3-37
• Farm Machinery Joint Venture Worksheet -- A3-38
• Motor Vehicle Cost -- A3-40
• Deductible Livestock Costs for Adjusting 2007 Income Tax Returns -- B1-15
• Livestock Enterprise Budgets for Iowa -- B1-21
• Revenue Insurance for Hog Producers -- B1-50
• Farm Costs and Returns -- C1-10
• Farm Business Summary - Northwest Iowa -- C1-11
• Farm Business Summary - Southwest Iowa -- C1-12
• Farm Business Summary - North Central Iowa -- C1-13
• Farm Business Summary - South Central Iowa -- C1-14
• Farm Business Summary - Northeast Iowa -- C1-15
• Farm Business Summary - Southeast Iowa -- C1-16
• Family Living Expenditures -- C1-20
• Suggested Closing Inventory Prices -- C1-40
• Survey of Wages and Benefits for Farm Employees -- C1-60
• Survey of Bonus Plan for Farm Employees -- C1-61
• Do I Need a Written Lease - C2--03
• Lease Supplement for Obtaining Improvements on a Rented Farm -- C2-07
• Lease Supplement for Obtaining Conservation Practices & Controlling Soil Loss -- C2-08
• Iowa Farmland Rental Rates (USDA) -- C2-09
• Farmland Cash Rental Rate Survey (Iowa State University) -- C2-10
• Survey of Iowa Leasing Practices -- C2-15
• Iowa Farm Building Rental Rate Survey -- C2-17
• Historic Building Rental and Contracting Rates -- C2-18
• Computing a Cropland Cash Rental Rate -- C2-20
• Flexible Farm Lease Agreements -- C2-21
• Flexible Cash Rent Lease Examples -- C2-22
• Computing a Pasture Rental Rate -- C2-23
• Computing a Grain Storage Rental Rate -- C2-24
• Renting Extra Grain Storage -- C2-25
• Creating a Flexible Swine Building Rental Agreement -- C2-27
• Crop Share Leasing Provisions -- C2-30
• Adapting Crop Share Agreements for Sustainable and Organic Agriculture -- C2-31
• Fixed Bushel Rent -- C2-32
• Beef Cow Joint Agreements -- C2-36
• Twelve Steps to Cash Flow Budgeting -- C3-15
• Your Net Worth Statement -- C3-20
• Your Farm Income Statement -- C3-25
• Managing Farm Family Finances -- C3-51
• Financial Performance Measures for Iowa Farms -- C3-55
• Farm Financial Statements -- C3-56
• Transferring Bsuiness Ownership -- C4-80
• Income Tax Considerations -- C4-81
• Transferring Breeding Livestock -- C4-83
• Transferring Crops and Market Livestock -- C4-84

Decision Tools (xls)

• Breakeven Worksheet for Crops -- A1-20
• Crop Rotation Summary - A1-20
• SURE Payment Calculator (Supplemental Revenue Assistance) - A1-44
• Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Payment Estimator -- A1-45
• Crop Insurance Comparison -- A1-48
• Delayed Planting and Replanting Evaluator -- A1-57
• Group Risk Crop Insurance Comparison -- A1-58
• Corn Silage Pricer -- A1-65
• Corn Stover Pricer -- A1-70
• Monthly Cost for Storing Grain -- A2-33
• Grain Storage Investment Comparison -- A2-35
• Determining the Custom Operator's Share of the Crop -- A3-13
• Farm Machinery Analyzer -- A3-21, A3-35
• Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines -- A3-24
• Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size -- A3-26
• Estimating the Number of Field Days Required -- A3-28
• Estimating Farm Machinery Costs -- A3-29
• Grain Transportation Costs - A3-29
• Combine Ownership or Custom Hire -- A3-33
• Joint Machinery Ownership -- A3-34
• Farm Machinery Joint Venture Worksheet -- A3-38
• Beef Cow Share Agreement Analysis -- C2-36
• Livestock Enterprise Budgets Beef Cow-Calf -- B1-21
• Livestock Enterprise Budgets Ewe Flock -- B1-21
• Livestock Revenue Protection (LRP) Analyzer -- B1-50
• Cash Rental Rate Estimation -- C2-20
• Flexible Lease Agreement Worksheet -- C2-21
• Calculating Hay and Pasture Cash Rents - C2-23
• Computing a Livestock Building Cash Rental Rate -- C2-26
• Farmland Value Survey -- C2-70
• Cash Flow Budget (short form) -- C3-14
• Cash Flow Budget (long form) -- C3-15
• Cash Flow Budget -Multiple Crops -- C3-15
• Net Worth Statement -- C3-20
• Analyzing a Net Worth Statement -- C3-20
• Farm Income Statement -- C3-25
• Accrual Net Farm Income Worksheet -- C3-25
• Analyzing an Income Statement -- C3-25
• Financial Performance Measures -- C3-55
• Interpreting Financial Performance Measures -- C3-56
• Complete Financial Statements -- C3-20, C3-25, C3-55, C3-56
• Metric Conversions -- C6-80
• Storage Capacity -- C6-84

Voiced Media Presentations

• Managing Risk with Crop Insurance -- A1-48
• Customrates -- A3-10
• Customfarming -- A3-15
• Cash Rental Rates -- C2-10
• Flexible Farm Lease Agreements - C2-21

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