Newsletter articles:

January 15, 2010

• Comparing the stock market and Iowa land values: A question of timing -- Mike Duffy
• 2008 SURE disaster claims begin in January -- Steven D. Johnson

Information files, decision tools and teaching activities:

February 1, 2010

• Whole Farm -- Financial:
• Financial Performance Measures for Iowa Farms -- C3-55
• New Business Development -- Starting a Business:
• Using Value-added Agriculture to Create a New Rural America -- C5-03
• Should You Participate in Value-added Agriculture? -- C5-04
• Designing a Viable Rural Economy -- C5-20
• What I’ve Learned about Value-added Agriculture -- C5-45
• New Business Development -- Marketing Products:
• Evaluating Marketing Outlets Using Whole-Farm Records -- C5-32
• Marketing Outlet Analyzer -- Decision Tool

January 15, 2010

• Crops -- Costs and Returns:
• Supplemental Revenue Assistance (SURE) -- A1-44
• Crops -- Markets:
• Grain Marketing Terms -- A2-05
• Grain Price Hedging Basics -- A2-60
• Grain Price Options Fence -- A2-69
• Whole Farm -- Cost and Returns:
• Farm Analysis Terms -- C1-05

January 1, 2010

• Crops -- Costs and Returns:
• SURE Payment Calculator (Supplemental Revenue Assistance) -- Decision Tool
• Livestock -- Outlook and Prices:
• Livestock Planning Prices -- B1-10
• Whole Farm -- Land Values:
• 2009 Farmland Value Survey -- C2-70

• New Business Development -- Starting a Business:
• Introduction to Grant Writing -- C5-06
• New Business Development -- Marketing Products:
• Conducting Focus Groups -- C5-31
• Writing Materials for Promotion – C5-131
• Writing Press Releases -- C5-132
• Writing a Newsletter -- C5-133
• Writing and Designing a Brochure -- C5-134
• Creating a Display -- C5-135
• Creating a Web Site -- C5-136
• Creating a Power Point Presentation -- C5-137
• Creating Business Cards -- C5-138

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