Estimated Costs for Production, Storage, and Transportation of Switchgrass

Costs of production for switchgrass vary depending upon yields.� For 4 ton yield estimated production costs are $82.23 per ton.� Storage and transportation� add another$31.42 per ton.

HOW SMALL FARMS COMPETE

Farm Management,

THE CURRENT SITUATION ON FARMLAND VALUES AND OWNERSHIP

Farmland Values, Farmland Ownership, Speculative Bubble, Land Purchases, Land Economics/Use, Q15,

ADJUSTMENTS IN BUSINESS AND PRACTICES: HOW FARMERS CAN IMPROVE THE BOTTOM LINES IN TODAY'S FARM ECONOMY

Farm Management,

Iowa Land Value Survey, 2008

Iowa land values increased 114 percent for the year. Average value was $4,468 per acre.

Farmland Ownership and Tenure in Iowa, 2007

This paper presents the results of the 2007 Iowa Farmland Ownership survey

Iowa's Changing Swine Industry

This publication uses Census of agriculture data to track geographical and other changes in the swine industry in Iowa and the U.S.