Farm and Ranch

Determining a Cooperative's Least-Cost Equity Position

Cornhusker Economics August 15, 2015Determining a Cooperative's Least-Cost Equity Position

Farm Program Payments and Protection Under ARC and PLC

Cornhusker Economics August 5, 2015Farm Program Payments and Protection Under ARC and PLC

Cash Rent Increases: When is the Right Time to Give Up a Lease?

Cornhusker Economics July 29, 2015Cash Rent Increases: When is the Right Time to Give Up a Lease?

Groundwater Pumping in Mexico

Cornhusker Economics July 1, 2018The Roles of Cost Sharing Rules and Well Sharing in Irrigation Inefficiency:  A Case Study in Groundwater Pumping in Mexico

Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Scope for Economic Experimentation

Cornhusker Economics December 10, 2014Towards Sustainable Agricultural Systems: Scope for Economic Experimentation

System Budgets for a Cow Herd - 2019

a calf and its motherThe System Budgets for a Cow Herd is an Excel template to analyze the costs and returns for a cow-calf producer. In addition to the breeding herd enterprise, it contains budget sheets to analyze calves that are retained past weaning. These include the enterprises of wintering calves, grazing stockers, and feedlot placement. It also has a budget that analyzes feeding cull cows prior to their sale.

Fertilizing Nebraska Sandhills Subirrigated Meadows for Hay Production

Cornhusker Economics January 21, 2015What to Consider When Fertilizing Nebraska Sandhills Subirrigated Meadows for Hay Production

Implied Farm and Ranch Family Partnership

Cornhusker Economics January 28, 2015Implied Farm and Ranch Family Partnership 

A 2014 Nebraska Court of Appeals decision illustrates that when parents and a son or daughter share ag equipment and labor, they may be considered to be in an implied farm partnership. This can lead to legal problems if one of the parties can't pay back their loans.

The Economics of ARC vs. PLC

Cornhusker Economics February 15, 2015The Economics of ARC vs. PLC

Trends in Nebraska Farmland Values and Rental Rates Reflect Changes in Agricultural Commodity Prices

Cornhusker Economics March 4, 20152015 Trends in Nebraska Farmland Values and Rental Rates Reflect Changes in Agricultural Commodity Prices