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WHOLE FARM DECISIONS COSTS AND RETURNS

Record Summaries

Information Files

Farm Costs and Returns -- C1-10

Teaching Activities (doc)

Costs and Returns -- C1-10

Budgeting and Analysis

Information Files

Farm Analysis Terms - C1-05
Suggested Closing Inventory Prices -- C1-40
Using Financial and Production Records to Make Decisions -- C1-41
Operating Leverage -- C1-45
Partial Budgeting: A Tool to Analyze Farm Business Changes -- C1-50
Dividing Business Income -- C1-51

Newsletter Articles

Payback for energy-related farm projects -- April 2012

Decision Tools (xls)

Partial Budgeting -- C1-50
Change to Dividing Business Income -- C1-51

Profitability

Information Files

Pricing for Profit -- C1-55

Newsletter Articles

Farmers have consistently produced themselves out of prosperity - what about this time? -- November 2011
Financial management with high prices -- May 2011
Managing finances with high grain prices -- May 2007
Taking a long look at short energy supplies -- March 2001
The farm situation: What lies ahead? -- May 2000
The farm situation: Surviving tough times -- March 2000
Iowa farmers concerned about increasing fuel prices -- March 2000
The farm situation: Hunkering down syndrome -- January 2000
Taking a second off-farm job -- October 1999
Different concept for young farmer entry -- September 1999
Managing the farm business during a period of rapid change --November 1998
Maintaining profitability in the year ahead -- August 1998
Farming with my neighbor -- February 1998
Developing a risk management plan -- November 1997
What is the best way to measure farm income -- February 1997

Decision Tools (xls)

Divising Business Income -- C1-51
Market Comparison -- C1-55

Labor

Information Files

Survey of Wages and Benefits of Farm Employees -- C1-60
Survey of Bonus Plans for Farm Employees -- C1-61
Hiring Good Employees -- C5-100
Improving Your Interviewing Skills -- C5-101
Checklist for Iowa Agricultural Employers -- C6-58

Newsletter Articles

Farm employee management: employment eligibility verification – the basics of form I-9 compliance -- February 2013
Farm employee management: Getting the new employee off to a good start on day one -- November 2012
Farm employee management: Evaluation and selection of job candidates -- September 2012
Farm employee management: Assembly of farm job descriptions -- June 2012
Farm employee management: do we need an employee handbook? -- May 2012
New survey on farm employee compensation -- March 2012
Employee management: the job interview, and what questions can I ask? -- December 2011
Employee management: Get the right start in hiring employees -- November 2011
New survey on farm employee compensation -- July 2006

Teaching Activities (doc)

Survey of Wages and Benefits of Farm Employees -- C1-60
Survey of Bonus Plans for Farm Employees -- C1-61

WHOLE FARM DECISIONS LEASING

Rental Rate Surveys

Information Files

Iowa Farmland Rental Rates (USDA) -- C2-09
Farmland Cash Rental Rate Survey (Iowa State University) -- C2-10
Historic County Cropland Rental Rates -- C2-11
2002 Building Rental and Contracting Rates -- C2-17

Newsletter Articles

Farmland rental rates increase sharply for 2011 -- June 2010
Farmland rental rates stable for 2010 -- June 2010
Cash rental rates up again, but slowing down -- June 2009
Cash rental rates jump in 2008 -- July 2008
Grazing survey indicates which counties have highest, lowest rental rates per acre -- October 2007
Cash rental rates jump in 2007 -- May 2007
Cash rental rates continue to climb in 2005 -- June 2005
Cash rent acres are increasing -- July 2003
Modest gains for cash rental rates -- May 2003

Teaching Activities (doc)

Cash Rental Rates -- C2-10

Leasing Forms

Information Files -- Leasing Forms

Iowa Farm Lease Form -- C2-12
Iowa Cash Rent Farm Lease (Short Form) -- C2-16
Midwest Plan Service Lease Forms

Information Files -- Leasing Supplements

Lease Agreement

Information Files

Improving Your Farm Lease Contract -- C2-01
Do I Need a Written Lease – C2-03
Leasing and Land Ownership Terms -- C2-05
Lease Termination and Other Legal Considerations for Lease Contracts -- C2-06
Iowa Farm Lease -- C2-12
Designing a Farm Resume -- C2-13
Developing a Farm Newsletter for Landlords -- C2-14
Survey of Iowa Leasing Practices -- C2-15
Leasing Arrangements and Self-employment (Social Security) Tax -- C2-41
Improving Your Farm Lease Contract

Newsletter Articles

Conflicts between landlord and tenant -- April 2013
Flexible cash leases and crop insurance proceeds -- October 2012
Leasing issues and rental rates for 2013 -- August 2012
Leasing issues and rental rates for 2012 -- July 2011
Leasing issues and rental rates for 2011 -- July 2010
Flexible cash farm lease considerations -- March 2009
2009 flexible cash farm leases gain traction -- August 2008
Custom fit your farm lease -- August 2007
Farm leasing arrangements -- August 2005

Teaching Activities (doc)

Leasing and Land Ownership Terms -- C2-05

Voiced Media Presentations

Lease Termination and Other Legal Considerations for Lease Contracts -- C2-06
Cash Rental Rates -- C2-10

Cash Leases

Information Files

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
Computing a Livestock Building Cash Rental Rate --C2-26
Creating a Flexible Swine Building Rental Agreement -- C2-27

Newsletter Articles

Iowa farmland values and cash rental rates -- July 2012
Updating your cropland cash rental rate -- November 2011
Lower prices and higher costs may squeeze cash rents -- September 2009
Flexible leases and USDA payments -- June 2007
Flexible farm lease agreements -- February 2007
How will cash rents respond to higher prices? -- February 2007
Risk management: What does it really mean? -- October 2005
Comparing cash rental rates to net returns to land -- April 2000

Decision Tools (xls)

Cash Rental Rate Estimation -- C2-20
Flexible Lease Agreement Worksheet -- C2-21
Computing a Grain Storage Rental Rate -- C2-24
Computing a Livestock Building Cash Rental Rate -- C2-26

Voiced Media Presentations

Computing a Cropland Cash Rental Rate -- C2-20
Flexible Cash Farm Leases that Work -- C2-21
Flexible Farm Lease Agreements - C2-21
Putting Together a Flexible Cash Farm Lease -- C2-21

Share Leases

Information Files

Crop-Share Leasing Provisions -- C2-30
Adapting Crop Share Agreements for Sustainable and Organic Agriculture -- C2-31
Fixed Bushel Rent -- C2-32
Considering Sustainable Agriculture on Your Rented Land -- C2-33
Beef Cow Joint Agreements -- C2-36

Newsletter Articles

Beef cow sharing agreements -- May 2005

Decision Tools (xls)

Beef Cow Share Agreement Analysis -- C2-36

Teaching Activities (doc)

Crop-Share Lease Provisions -- C2-30

WHOLE FARM DECISIONS LAND VALUES

Farmland Value Surveys

Information Files

Farmland Value Survey (Iowa State University) -- C2-70
Historic Farmland Values -- C2-72
Farmland Value Survey (Realtors Land Institute) -- C2-75

Other Surveys

Newsletter Articles

Farmland value reaches historic $8,296 statewide average -- January 2013
2011 Farmland value survey shows historic $6,708 statewide average -- January 2012
Farmland ownership -- December 2008
Average value of Iowa farmland tops $3,900 an acre in 2007 survey -- January 2008
Iowa farmland value at record level for fourth year in a row -- January 2007
Trends in Iowa farmland ownership -- October 2004

Decision Tools (xls)

Farmland Purchase Analysis -- C2-70
Historic Iowa Land Values Data -- C2-70, C2-72

Investment Analysis

Newsletter Articles

Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: a question of timing -- March 2013
Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- July 2012
What are the risks in today’s farmland market? -- June 2011
Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: a question of timing -- April 2011
Returns to farmland ownership -- May 2010
Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- January 2010
What will happen to the value of farmland over the next several years? -- July 2005
Rising farmland values: Some implications for rural America -- July 2003

Information Files

Value of Soil Erosion to the Landowner -- A1-75
The Do's and Don't's of Sealed Bid Auctions -- C2-81

Corn Suitability Ratings

Information Files

Iowa Farmland Legal Descriptions -- C2-85
Understanding Iowa Corn Suitability Ratings -- C2-86
Computing the Iowa Corn Suitability Rating for your Farm -- C2-87
Iowa Township Names and Geographic Locations by County -- C2-88

Decision Tools (xls)

Calculating a Weighted Average Corn Suitability Rating -- C2-87
Iowa Township Names and Geographic Locations by County -- C2-88

Tiling

Newsletter Articles

Depreciating farm drainage tile -- February 2012
Economics of tile drainage -- July 2010

Information Files

Lease Supplement for Drainage -- C2-29
Understanding the Economics of Tile Drainage -- C2-90

WHOLE FARM DECISIONS FINANCIAL

Statements

Information Files

Financial Terms -- C3-05
Transportation Terms -- C3-06
Understanding Cash Flow Analysis -- C3-14
Twelve Steps to Cash Flow Budgeting -- C3-15
Understanding Net Worth -- C3-19
Your Net Worth Statement - C3-20
Understanding Profitability -- C3-24
Your Farm Income Statement -- C3-25

Decision Tools (xls)

Cash Flow Statement (short form) -- C3-14
Cash Flow Budget (short form - 6 periods) -- C3-14
Cash Flow Budget (short form - 12 periods) -- C3-14
Cash Flow Statement (long form) -- C3-15
Cash Flow Budget (multiple crops) -- C3-15
Net Worth Statement (short form) -- C3-19
Net Worth Statement -- C3-20, C3-25, C3-55
Analyzing a Net Worth Statement -- C3-20
Income Statement (short form) -- C3-24
Farm Income Statement -- C3-25
Accrual Net Farm Income Worksheet -- C3-25
Analyzing an Income Statement -- C3-25
Financial Performance Measures for Iowa Farms -- C3-55
Farm Financial Statements -- C3-56
Complete Financial Statements -- C3-20, C3-25, C3-56, C3-66

Analysis

Information Files

Managing Farm Family Finances -- C3-51
Financial Troubleshooting -- C3-53
Financial Performance Measures -- C3-55
Interpreting Financial Performance Measure -- C3-56
Building Equity in Your Farm -- C3-60
Selected Alternative Agricultural Financial Benchmarks -- C3-65

Newsletter Articles

Assessing how you stand financially -- February 2012
Farm financial planning program -- September 2006

Decision Tools (xls)

Financial Performance Measures -- C3-55

Industry Analysis

Newsletter Articles

Financial challenges facing farm enterprises -- April 2010
Farm financial assistance available through the farm financial planning program -- November 2009
Agricultural credit standards tighten -- May 2009
Managing through a recession: options for farm operators -- February 2009
Managing through a recession: options for farm operators and agriculture lenders -- February 2009
A panel study of Iowa farm financial conditions: 2000-2007 -- May 2008
Farm family financial situation -- December 2003
Changes in farm financial performance and structure between 1997 and 2002 -- January 2003
Changes in Iowa farm financial performance and structure (1997–2001) -- November 2001
Current and projected farm financial conditions -- February 2000
Agricultural lender survey -- April 1999
Understanding the current farm economic situation -- September 1999
Farm economy -- Looking at the numbers -- July 1999
Survivability and competitiveness of Iowa's commercial farm businesses -- April 1999
Negotiating with creditors -- February 1999

WHOLE FARM DECISIONS LEGAL AND TAXES

Taxes

Information Files

Deductible Livestock Costs for Adjusting 2008 Income Tax Returns -- B1-15
Income Tax Aspects of Property Transfers -- C4-20
Federal Gift Taxes -- C4-23
Federal Estate Taxes -- C4-24
Iowa Inheritance Tax -- C4-25
The Debate over Repeal of the Federal Estate Tax: The Income Tax Basis Issue -- C4-26
Weather-Related Sales of Livestock -- C4-28
Iowa Beginning Farmer Tax Credit Act -- C4-30

Newsletter Articles

The “small partnership” exception: a way to escape partnership tax complexity -- March 2012
The Tax Relief, Unemployment Insurance Reauthorization, and Job Creation Act of 2010 -- February 2011
Change of “taxpayer” after crop insurance (and disaster payment) deferral -- February 2010
Side-stepping SE tax on a trade? -- July 2009
American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 -- April 2009
IRS says amendments to regulations needed for late section 179 elections on amended returns after 2007 -- November 2008
Self-employment tax for spouses receiving farm program payments? -- March 2008
Deferring crop sales to reduce income tax liability -- November 2007
No “basis shifting” in related party like-kind exchange -- April 2007
IRS notice on SE tax on CRP Payments -- February 2007
Further guidance on where real property interests constitute an interest in a closely-held business for purposes of I.R.C. § 6166 -- October 2006
Fixing values at death for federal estate tax purposes -- July 2006
What’s ahead for federal gift tax? -- June 2006
Self-employment tax on contract production “rents”-- April 2006
Selected provisions of the Gulf Opportunity Zone Act of 2005 -- February 2006
“Cashing out” with related party exchanges -- February 2006
The debate over repeal of the Federal Estate Tax: The income tax basis issue -- September 2005
Recapture in like-kind exchanges -- August 2005
LLCs and passive activity losses -- May 2005
Reporting income under ledger contracts -- September 2004
Is “residual fertilizer supply” in farmland deductible? -- July 2004
Meals and lodging: Not deductible for non-employees -- May 2004
New fifty percent special depreciation allowance -- April 2004
Internal Revenue Code §179 expensing -- March 2004
Hedging or speculation: Watch who does the hedging -- February 2004
Repair or capitalize expenditures? -- January 2004
Depreciation on listed property vehicles -- January 2004
Federal estate taxation of farm and ranch estates -- November 2003
Cash Renting After Death: A Problem for Installment Payment of Federal Estate Tax? -- August 2003
Developments in CRP Payment Reporting -- July 2003
Jobs and Growth Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2003 -- June 2003
Self-Employment Tax on Rented Land If Some Land Is Not Rented -- April 2003
When Are Livestock Exchanges “Like-Kind”? -- March 2003
Tax Planning and Management Considerations for Farmers in 2002 -- December 2002
Changing CCC Loan Reporting -- April 2002
Final Regulations on Income Averaging for Farmers -- February 2002
Handling Gains and Losses on Cooperative Stock -- February 2002
Applying the New Capital Gains Rules -- January 2002
Care Needed to Assure Hedging Result -- September 2001
Debt in Excess of Basis -- August 2001
Repeal of Federal Estate Tax: A Good Idea or a Mistake? -- April 2001
More on Mizell -- February 2001
Tax issues facing farm families -- February 1999
Reporting Fovernment Payments for Tax Purposes -- December 1998
Omnibus Spending Bill -- December 1998
Iowa State Income Tax Treatment of Long-term Capital Gains Income --H.F. 2513 -- August 1998
Capital Gains Proposals -- June 1997
Federal Estate and Gift Tax Reform -- May 1997
Deferring Taxable Income -- How Important? -- December 1996

Contracts

Newsletter Articles

When a contract obligor becomes an owner of the contract -- February 2003
Production contracts and liens -- June 1999

Legal Issues

Information Files

Legal Terms -- C4-05
Business Arrangements -- C4-40

Newsletter Articles

Proposed regulations recognize uniqueness of LLCs and other pass through entities: passive loss rules relaxed -- April 2012
Dynasty trusts: Another view -- January 2012
Portability - great idea but full of planning problems -- October 2011
When is an operating arrangement a partnership? -- November 2010
Worker, homeownership, and business assistance act of 2009-- December 2009
Hazards of basing an estate plan on successive life estates -- November 2009
The Tax Court and the U.S. Court of Federal Claims agree: Members of LLCs and LLPs are not to be treated as limited partners-- October 2009
Top ten agricultural law developments of 2006 -- January 2007
U.S. Supreme Court muddies the waters on isolated wetlands -- August 2006
New Medicaid rules will impact estate planning for long-term health care - May 2006
The Kelo case and eminent domain -- setting the record straight and a proposal for reform -- November 2005
Major developments in Chapter 12 bankruptcy -- October 2005
Supreme Court rules that beef check-off is government speech; but check-off litigation may not be over -- July 2005
Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (last in a series) -- April 2005
Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (second in a series) -- March 2005
Top ten agricultural law developments in 2004 (first in a series) -- February 2005
Developments in GMO patent infringement cases -- July 2004
Disposition of installment obligations -- June 2004
To repeal or not repeal the rule against perpetuities -- September 2003
Purchasing QFOBI Assets from the Estate -- March 2003
Handling joint tenancies at death -- January 2002
Calculating solvency: A new development -- August 2001
Repealing the rule against perpetuities -- August 2000
Mediation in Iowa -- Under Chapters 654A, B, & C -- October 1998
Confinement livestock legislation -- July 1998
Farmer networking law -- Chapter 10 of the Iowa Code -- July 1998
Networking entities -- May 1998
Goodell et al. V. Humboldt County -- March 1998

WHOLE FARM DECISIONS TRANSITION AND ESTATE PLANNING

Getting Started

Information Files

Getting Started in Farming: Inheriting a Farm – C4-07
Understanding Farm Business Transfers -- C4-10
Planning your Future Together -- C4-11
Critical Success Factors for Business Transfers -- C4-12
The Farm Business Transfer Process -- C4-13
Transferring Business Ownership -- C4-14
Transferring Business Management -- C4-15
Dividing Business Income -- C4-16
Constructing a Succession Plan -- C4-17
Wills and Probate
Trusts
Real Property Ownership
Buy-Sell Agreements
Option Agreements
Power of Attorney
General Partnership
Limited Partnership and Family Limited Partnerships
Corporations
Limited Liability Company

Newsletter Articles

Your input sought on Evaluating Your Estate Plan materials -- May 2012
Evaluating Your Estate Plan – workshops for farm families being held in June -- May 2012

Decision Tools

Dividing Business Income -- C4-16

Teaching Activities (doc)

Dividing Income -- C4-16

Business Arrangements

Information Files

Examining Your Farm Business Choices -- C4-41
Wage and Incentive Agreement -- C4-42
Farm Business Operating Agreement -- C4-43
Enterprise Operating Agreement -- C4-44
Labor and Machinery Sharing Agreement -- C4-45
Partnership -- C4-46
Corporation -- C4-47

Newsletter Articles

S corporations and the “two-year” rule -- September 2012

Evaluating Your Estate Plan

Information Files

Federal Gift Taxes -- C4-23
Federal Estate Taxes -- C4-24
Iowa Inheritance Tax -- C4-25
Estate Planning Terms -- C4-50
Forms of Property Ownership -- C4-51
Business Entities -- C4-52
The Estate Settlement Process -- C4-53
Powers of Attorney and Other Forms of Substitute Decision Making -- C4-54
Farm Transfer Strategies -- C4-55
Retirement Planning for Farm Families -- C4-56
Estate Planning Questionnaire -- C4-57
Estate Planning Goals -- C4-58
Trusts as an Estate Planning Tool -- C4-59
Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Estate Planning Attorneys: Finding One Who Can Work For You -- C4-61

Making it Work

Information Files

Developing Good Family Business Relations -- C4-70
Improving Business Communications -- C4-71
Making Family Business Decisions -- C4-72
Designing Family Business Teams -- C4-73
Resolving Family and Business Conflicts -- C4-74
Developing Capable Business Managers -- C4-75
Keys to Successful Business Transfers -- C4-76
Are You Transferring Management? -- C4-77

Newsletter Articles

Fairness in estate and business planning -- October 2012
Retirement planning for farm families -- March 2012

Transferring Machinery and Livestock

Information Files

Transferring Business Ownership -- C4-80
Income Tax Considerations of Business Transfers -- C4-81
Transferring Breeding Livestock -- C4-83
Transferring Crops and Market Livestock -- C4-84
Transferring Ownership of Farm Machinery -- A3-32

WHOLE FARM DECISIONS OTHER

Industry Analysis

Newsletter Articles

2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: Rural issues and quality of life -- May 2013
2012 Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: Land values -- February 2013
Census countdown begins for America’s farmers and ranchers -- December 2012
Focus on fires for 2012 harvest -- August 2012
Road safety: a shared responsibility -- September 2011
Iowa Farm and Rural Life Poll: 2010 summary report -- August 2011
No enforcement of USDOT number requirement for private trucks in intrastate farm operations -- April 2011
Protecting human resources should be part of farm risk management -- September 2010
2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Personal and financial well-being -- September 2010
2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Targeted conservation and nutrient removal wetlands -- August 2010
2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Value-added agriculture -- July 2010
2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Farming and food systems in rural communities -- June 2010
2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: Mixed livestock and grain farming -- May 2010
2009 Farm & Rural life poll: The next generation of farmers -- April 2010
2009 Farm and Rural Life Poll: The next generation of farmers -- March 2010
Prospects for a rural recovery -- December 2009
When will agricultural demand rebound? -- August 2009
Economic state of the ag sector -- June 2009
Are energy prices threatening the farm boom? -- November 2008
Farm policy amid high prices: Which direction will we take? -- December 2006
Rural America's emerging knowledge economy -- August 2005
Farmers tend to respond similarly, the world around -- June 2005
Will there be enough corn: Implications for related industries -- September 2004
Globalization forces rural America to blaze a new trail -- March 2004
Is there a future for legislative involvement in shaping the structure of agriculture? -- October 2003
Can we save “Agriculture of the Middle?” -- April 2003
Are cost-increasing production practices in agriculture’s future? -- October 2002
Are exports a dependable base for farm prosperity? -- August 2002
Will the New Farm Bill Raise Cash Rents? -- July 2002
The next farm bill: Is it time for conservation payments? -- August 2001
U.S. Farm policy and the WTO -- June 2001
Why worry about changing structure -- September 2000
Farmers not optimistic about economic outlook -- July 2000
Contracting with near monopolists -- January 1999
The future direction of agriculture -- December 1997
Changes in Iowa farm structure -- October 1997

Specialty Production

Information Files

Using Financial and Production Records to Make Decisions -- C1-41
Pricing for Profit -- C1-55
Price Determination for CSA Share Boxes -- C5-19
Evaluating Marketing Outlets Using Whole-Farm Records -- C5-32
Choosing Among Alternatives -- C5-152
Using Partial Budgets to Make Decisions -- C6-10

Newsletter Articles

Making the transition from conventional to organic -- March 2009
Domestic fair trade -- August 2007
ISU Extension offers organic field crop budgets -- August 2006
Farmers' attitudes about sustainable agriculture -- June 1999

Record Keeping and Computers

Information Files

Glossary of Computer and Internet Terms -- C6-30
Evaluating Farm Accounting Software -- C6-32
Understanding Double Entry Accounting -- C6-33

Newsletter Articles

Learn management and marketing over the Internet -- January 2005
The internet and the farmer -- June 2000
Information technology on Iowa farms -- October 1998

Strategic Planning

Information Files

Strategic Management Concepts -- C6-39
Glossary of Strategic Planning Terms -- C6-40
Strategic Management for Farm Businesses -- C6-41
Setting Personal, Family and Business Goals for Business Success -- C6-42
What is Important to Me? -- C6-43
External Scanning - Industry Analysis -- C6-44
Internal Scanning -- C6-45
Farm Business Strategies -- C6-46
Growth Strategies by Type of Farm -- C6-47
Portfolio Analysis and Enterprise Strategy Development -- C6-48
New Ways of Thinking About Your Farm Business -- C6-49

Human Relationships

Information Files

Techniques for Dealing with Difficult People -- C6-50
Managing Farm Business and Family Stresscopes with stress -- C6-51
Care of the Family during Adverse Times on the Ffarm -- C6-53
Using Group Conflict to Improve Your Project -- C6-55
Good Communications Can Help Solve Problems -- C6-56
Checklist for Iowa Agricultural Employers -- C6-58

International Agriculture

Newsletter Articles

Is Brazil the reservoir of future agricultural productive capacity? -- December 2012
BRICs: A “game changing” group of developing countries? -- June 2010
Proposed farm policy changes in the U.S. vs. Brazil and Canada: Ships passing in the night -- July 2006
Acreage devoted to export production shrinks over last 25 years -- February 2005
Roar of the dragon: The Asian upside for U.S. agriculture commentary on the rural economy -- November/December 2004
Iowa and Mexico: The corn connection -- November/December 2004
Is China about to drop out of the corn export market? -- October 2004
China: Will they or won’t they? -- August 2004
Lessons from Australian agriculture -- February 2004
World Bank study: Trade liberalization would shut down two-thirds of EU’s grain and oilseed production -- January 2004
World Bank study: China becomes dependent on imports to feed its population. Really? -- December 2003
Income-rich Saudi Arabia Prefers Grow-Their-Own Food Security -- March 2003
Brazil and Iowa soybean production -- A cost comparison -- December 2001
Brazil’s soybean production -- Production inputs -- October 2001
Brazil’s soybean production -- September 2001
Brazilian soybeans -- Can Iowa farmers compete? - December 2000
Future directions of China's agricultural production - December 2000
Brazilian soybeans -- Transportation problems -- November 2000
Future directions for China's food demand -- November 2000
Brazilian soybeans -- What is the potential? -- October 2000
Pacific Rim and Iowa agriculture -- March 1998

Skill Development

Information Files

Assessing Entrepreneurial Skills -- C6-60
Assessing Strategic Management Skills -- C6-61
Assessing Personnel Management Skills -- C6-62
Assessing Inter-Personal Skills -- C6-63
Assessing Organizational and Planning Skills -- C6-64
Assessing Financial and Risk Management Skills -- C6-65
What is your Managerial Attitude? -- C6-66

Newsletter Articles

Risk management in 2012: What does it really mean? -- April 2012
Ag Decision Maker Teaching Activities: An educational tool for classroom instruction -- September 2008
Issues in agriculture - summer programs for 2007 -- July 2007
Winter farm management programs -- December 2005

Weights and Measurements

Information Files

Metric Conversions -- C6-80
Test Weights and Conversions -- C6-82
Agricultural Measurements and Conversions -- C6-84
Energy Measurements and Conversions -- C6-86
Liquid Fuel Measurements and Conversions -- C6-87
Biomass Measurements and Conversions -- C6-88
Natural Gas and Coal Measurements and Conversions -- C6-89

Decision Tools (xls)

Metric Conversions -- C6-80
Storage Capacity -- C6-84

Teaching Activities (doc)

Metric Conversions -- C6-80
Agricultural Measurements and Conversions -- C6-84

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