Cover Crop Utilization across Nebraska and Implications for Cropland Lease Arrangements in 2019
The Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey and Report 2018-2019 provides insight on recent trends in the market value of land and cash rental across the state. Each year the special feature section from this report covers topics on new or emerging issues related to the agricultural land industry in Nebraska. These topics reflect interest expressed by panel members and readership of the Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Highlights Reports. The special feature section in 2019 focuses on trends and considerations for cover crops across Nebraska and implications on cropland lease arrangements.
Findings from the 2017 Census of Agriculture in Table 1 provide an overview of the utilization of cover crops across the eight districts of the state (USDA-NASS, 2019). Approximately 748 thousand acres of cover crops were grown by about 38 thousand operators on approximately 22 million acres of cropland across Nebraska in 2017. Cover crops were planted on about 3.4 percent of cropland acres across the state by 4,419 operators.
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2019 Cornhusker Economics
- The Economic Evaluation of Input Use Prescription Maps: Are You Paying to Make Less Profit? By Taro Mieno and Grant Gardner (July 10)
- Cover Crop Utilization across Nebraska and Implications for Cropland Lease Arrangements in 2019 By Jim Jansen, Jeff Stokes and Jay Parsons (July 3)
- Dealing with Control of the Farm/Ranch By Allan Vyhnalek (June 26)
- Will “Matopiba” Change the Competitive Landscape in the International Grain Market? By Fabio Mattos (June 19)
- Expanding the Farm Income Safety Net By Brad Lubben (June 12)
- Nebraska Property Taxes and the 2019 Flood By Dave Aiken (June 5)
- Point-of-Decision Prompts and Cognitive Resources By Chris Gustafson (May 29)
- Four Steps to Improved Group Productivity By Cheryl Burkhart-Kriesel (May 22)
- North Central Extension Risk Management Education Center By Christine Lockert, Cheryl Griffith and Brad Lubben (May 15)
- A Successful Year for the Nebraska National Agri-Marketing Association By Austin Harthoorn, Kara Heideman and Rosalee Swartz (May 8)
- Examining the Capacity of Nebraska Rangelands for Cattle Production By Katie Cumming, Jay Parsons, Walter Schacht and Brian Baskerville (May 1)
- Nebraska Cooperative Development Center – Twenty Years Strong By Charlotte Narjes (April 24)
- Nebraska Strong - Social Capital in Action By Marilyn Schlake (April 17)
- The Impact of Different Data Processing Methods on Site-specific Management Recommendation By Taro Mieno, Joe Luck and Zhengzheng Gao (April 11)
- The Role of Insured Bushels and Pre-harvest Hedging for an Eastern Nebraska County Under Rain-fed Growing Conditions By Cory Walters and Richard Preston (April 3)
- Nebraska Women in Agriculture “Take Charge of Change” By Jessica Groskopf (March 27)
- Market Impacts of a Meat Tax By Regan Gilmore and Azzeddine Azzam (March 20)
- Nebraska Farm Real Estate Values Continue Gradual Declines in 2019 By Jim Jansen and Jeff Stokes (March 13)
- Things to Consider before Co-signing a Loan By Dave Aiken (March 6)
- 2019 Nebraska Property Tax-School Funding Issues By Dave Aiken (February 27)
- Three Key Factors to Balance when Choosing a Calving Season Based on Profitability By Matt Stockton and Devin Broadhead (February 20)
- Negotiating Cash Rent: What It Takes to Negotiate Like a Pro By Austin Duerfeldt (February 13)
- Per-ingredient Calorie Information Reduces Calories Ordered More in a Food-Away-from-Home Setting than Information Provided per Item By Chris Gustafson and Eliana Zeballos (February 6)
- Tax Strategies for Farmers and Cooperatives under the New Section 199A By Greg McKee (January 30)
- Trends in Nebraska Agricultural Land Ownership and Rental Patterns By Jim Jansen, Jay Parsons and Kate Brooks (January 23)
- Avoid Family Trouble when Planning Farm/Ranch Succession By Allan Vyhnalek (January 16)
- Examining Preferences for Rural Living and How to Save the Rural Economy By Becky Vogt (January 9)