AgDM New and Updated Files

• Crops -- Cost and Returns:
• • Projected ACRE Payment Rates for Iowa Crops -- A1-33
  • Projected ACRE Payment Rates for Iowa Crops -- Decision Tool (xls)
  • SURE Payment Calculator (Supplemental Revenue Assistance) -- Decision Tool (xls)
  • ACRE Payment Estimator (Average Crop Revenue Election) -- Decision Tool (xls)
• Livestock -- Outlook and Prices:
  • Deductible Livestock Costs for Adjusting 2009 Income Tax Returns -- B1-15
• New Business Development -- Starting a Business:
  • Considerations When Selecting a Consultant -- C5-60
  • When to Do and How to Use a Feasibility Study -- C5-64
  • Feasibility Study Outline -- C5-66
• New Business Development -- Operating a Business:
  • Business Strategy and the Board of Directors – C5-74
  • Governance Issues Unique to Start-up Businesses – C5-75
  • Board of Director Educational Needs – C5-76

Iowa Farm Outlook Newsletter (pdf)

Livestock: Red Meat Demand Update

• Crops: Has It Stopped Raining Yet?
• Economy: Alternative Measures of Iowa's Unemployment Rate
• Dairy: September Production Down 0.7%, Cow Numbers Down Too

AgMRC Renewable Energy Newsletter (pdf)

• Risk Management Issues and Challenges in Ethanol Production
• Trends in U.S. Energy Use and Supplies
• Perspectives on Indirect Land Use
• Prices, Profitability and Supply Demand

AgDM New and Updated Files

• Livestock --Markets:
• Hog Price Forecast Errors In The Last 10 Years: Lean Hog Futures Market & Seasonal Index -- B2-60
• Cattle Price Forecast Errors: Live Cattle Futures & Seasonal Index -- B2-61
  
• Hog Futures - The Life of a Contract Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices -- B2-62 
  
• Live Cattle Futures - The Life of a Contract: Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices -- B2-63
• Feeder Cattle Futures - The Life of a Contract: Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices -- B2-64
• Feeder Cattle Futures Forecast Errors, 1990-2008 -- B2-65
• Live Cattle Futures Forecast Errors, 1990-2008 -- B2-66
• Lean Hog Futures Forecast Errors, 1990-2008 -- B2-67