August Updates

Newsletters

Ag Decision Maker Newsletter (pdf)

• Crop disaster payments are now a SURE thing -- William Edwards
• Tax provisions in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008 (the 2008 Farm Bill) -- Neil E. Harl
• 2009 flexible cash farm leases gain traction -- Steven D. Johnson
• ACRE payment calculators -- Bruce A. Babcock
• Hart named as new grain marketing economist at Iowa State University

Iowa Farm Outlook Newsletter (pdf)

Livestock: Cattle Market Situation and Outlook
Grain: Issues in the Grain Sector
Dairy: Milk Production up 3.4%, Cheese Hits Record Prices

New and Updated Files

• Crops -- Costs and Returns:
  • SURE Payment Calculator (Supplemental Revenue Assistance) - Decision Tool (xls)
• Livestock -- Costs and Returns:
  • Returns from Farrowing and Finishing Hogs -- B1-30
  • Returns from Finishing Feeder Pigs -- B1-33
• Whole Farm -- Leasing:
• Iowa Farm Building Rental Rate Survey -- C2-17
• Flexible Farm Lease Agreements -- C2-21
• Whole Farm -- Financial:
  • Twelve Steps to Cash Flow Budgeting -- C3-15
  • Your Net Worth Statement -- C3-20
  • Your Farm Income Statement -- C3-25
  • Farm Financial Statements -- C3-56

July Updates

Newsletters

Ag Decision Maker Newsletter (pdf)

• Global warming - impacts of global climate change on the Midwest -- Eugene Takle and Don Hofstrand
• Cash rental rates jump in 2008 -- William Edwards
• Higher fuel prices boost custom farming costs -- William Edwards
• Crop insurance may help flooded and wet corn and soybean acres -- William Edwards
• Renewable energy newsletter available -- Don Hofstrand

Iowa Farm Outlook Newsletter (pdf)

Livestock: June Hog and Pig Report Summary, Meat Outlook
Grain: Sorting Through the Crop Reports
Dairy: Production up 3.37%, Cheese Inventory Grows

New and Updated Files

• Crops -- Costs and Returns:

  • Estimated Costs of Pasture and Hay Production -- A1-15
  • Delayed and Prevented Planting Provisions -- A1-57
  • Delayed Planting and Replanting Evaluator -- Decision Tool (xls)
• Livestock -- Markets:
  • Live Cattle Basis -- B2-42
• Whole Farm -- Leasing:
  • Cash Rental Rates for Iowa 2008 Survey -- C2-10
• New Business Development -- Analysis:
• Farmer-owned Processing Business Success Factors - File C5-225

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