LABOR MANAGEMENT IN AGRICULTURE: A CRITICAL MANAGEMENT FUNCTION

Labor and Human Capital,

Who Are Today’s Farmers and What are Their Educational Needs?

Labor and Human Capital, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

Prepaid Farm Expenses

Farmers and ranchers often pay for feed, supplies, fertilizer, and other inputs in one year and use those items in the following year. They may do so to pay lower prices, guarantee availability, for planning purposes, and/or other reasons. The Internal Revenue Code allows qualified farmers and ranchers (farm-related taxpayers) to deduct the costs of such purchases in the year that the purchases are made rather than the year in which such items are used. Generally, the deduction for pre-paid farm supplies is limited to 50% of other deductible farm expenses (all schedule F deductions except supplies) for the year.https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/rural_tax/1024/thumbnail.jp

Managing financial stress: symptoms and strategies

February 2010.Originally published under series title: Agribusiness financial report

Investment Analysis—Purchasing Cows and Heifers in a Strong Cattle Market

Many cow/calf producers struggle with what is a fair price to pay for cows or heifers in an up cattle market. This article is designed to demonstrate the important relationship between profitability and debt serving capacity. With high calf prices, it is important for each producer to analyze the investment and financial feasibility of purchasing breeding animals. Only after determining the profitability of the investment can a sound decision be made

A New Look at the Agricultural Community as Extension Clientele in the West

This report presents the preliminary results of a statistically valid 2006 survey of small agricultural producers (sales of less than $50,000) in three Western states (Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona). The West has undergone significant change, and the composition of farm managers has changed with it. This report provides information from farm operators in the rural West on their perceived threats as well as characteristics of themselves and their operations. Topics of interest were demographics, reasons for involvement in agriculture, income, resource management (crops and livestock), and preferences for information delivery. The project was supported by the Western Center for Risk Management Education

A New Look at the Agricultural Community as Extension Clientele in the West

This report presents the preliminary results of a statistically valid 2006 survey of small agricultural producers (sales of less than $50,000) in three Western states (Wyoming, Colorado and Arizona). The West has undergone significant change, and the composition of farm managers has changed with it. This report provides information from farm operators in the rural West on their perceived threats as well as characteristics of themselves and their operations. Topics of interest were demographics, reasons for involvement in agriculture, income, resource management (crops and livestock), and preferences for information delivery. The project was supported by the Western Center for Risk Management Education.small farm, extension, West, Arizona, Colorado, Wyoming, Community/Rural/Urban Development, Crop Production/Industries, Farm Management, Labor and Human Capital, Land Economics/Use, Livestock Production/Industries, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,