Guidebook for Planning a Farm or Ranch Business

This farm business planning guide is designed to help you plan for more profitable use of land, capital, labor, and management. The estimates are based on slightly above average management. It is intended as a handy reference to guide individual farm planning, Extension and vocational agriculture farm management and planning programs, and to generally help promote more efficient agricultural production on South Dakota farms and ranches. Budget information is provided for common cash and feed grain crops, forage crops, and 50 different livestock ente/prise situations. The data provided are based primarily on information from published and unpublished materials provided by Experiment Station and Extension personnel at South Dakota State University. Data not available from South Dakota were estimated from farm record summaries, costs of production studies, farm planning handbooks, and experiment station reports from other North Central States. For more detailed information in specific enterprise areas contact your county Extension office. In addition, anyone using this manual who needs additional information is invited to check with farm management Extension specialists at South Dakota State University. They can provide supplementary material

Ten Steps in Planning Your Farm or Ranch Business

This is a companion to Management guide for planning a. farm or ranch business (EC 716) and Livestock budgets and planning prices (EMC 666). Forms are provided so that in ten easy steps you can. organize your business in various ways to see which looks most promising. You ma.y either use your own information or the average figures from the management guide and livestock enterprise budgets

Economics of Sheep Production

In December of 1968, a Sheep Symposium on Production and Management was held at Wooster, Ohio. This symposium was one of a series of symposia held throughout the country to look at problems of the sheep industry. At the meeting at Wooster, we used a standard format to look at the economics of sheep enterprises. The format that we are using today is one developed for that meeting based on sheep budgets in South Dakota Extension Circular 633, Guidebook for Planning a Farm or Ranch Business

Rates Paid for Custom Work in South Dakota

This publication shows average rates and the rates most frequently reported for the major custom operations performed on farms and ranches in the state. These rates are shown for the state as a whole and for six economic areas

Alternative Pasture and Forage Systems

This publication discusses some of the pasture and forage alternatives for use between mid-April and November. It provides information on forage species, grass mixtures, grass-legume mixtures, grazing systems, and forages for five 30-45 day periods. Tables and instructions to estimate costs and acreage requirements for forage production are also included