Pasture Lease 1 (Cash Rent Per Head Per Month)

This article provides an outline of a lease for a pasture lease. This also includes a cash rent per head per month outline that the individual would take part in

Ewe Flock Sharing Arrangements for Central South Dakota

Sheep sharing arrangements can result in higher net incomes for both the livestock owner and the shepherd. Before entering into a sharing agreement, the parties to the agreement should estimate total production expenses for the planned sheep enterprise. All expenses should be charged at market price, including the feed grain produced on the farm. Budgets of costs and returns for ewe flocks enterprises indicate that a system of buying replacement ewes is more profitable than raising your own replacements. This is due to high market prices for slaughter and feeder lambs relative to the cost of securing good quality western replacement ewes for farm flock. If one party furnishes quality western ewes and the other party provides management to market a 130 percent lamb crop, a ewe flock operating agreement can be profitable for both parties

Pasture Lease 3 (Rent to Be Paid by Share of Grain)

This article provides an outline of a lease for pasture leases that involve the payment system of rent to be paid by share of grain

Pasture Lease 2 (Cash Rent Based on Acres)

This article provides an outline of a lease for a pasture lease. This also includes a cash rent that is based on the amount of acres in which an individual procures

Swine Sharing Arrangements

Swine sharing agreements can result in higher net incomes for both the landlord and the tenant, if they are fair and the tenant practices a high level of management. Before entering into a sharing agreement, the parties to the agreement should estimate total production expenses for the planned swine enterprise. All expenses should be charged at actually market price, including the feed grain produced on the farm

Planning Prices and Livestock Budgets

This publication provides tables and worksheets for calculating budgets for beef cows and calves, stockers and feeders, feeding calves and yearlings, ewes and lambs, feeding lambs, market hogs, feeder pigs, milk, dairy, laying hens, goose, and turkey production

Farm Machinery Costs: Own Lease or Custom Hire

One of the largest annual costs on South Dakota farms and ranches today is that of owning and operating machinery. Total costs associated with farm machinery have increased as farm operators have expanded their operations and substituted machines for labor. This trend does not appear to have run its course because new and larger machines are continuously being developed and adopted. Along with these changes have been corresponding increases in productivity per worker, average farm size, and total machinery investment. In many cases, increased investment in machinery has occurred at the expense of operating capital. Farmers have had to invest heavily in modern machinery without being able to expand production enough to justify the added investment. To add to the problem, rising production costs, variable farm prices, and the increasingly competitive nature of all agricultural production have combined to exert important economic pressures on farmers. These trends are causing farmers to take a closer look at the alternatives to machine ownership in order to release scarce capital for investment in other phases of the farm business where a higher return can be realized