ECONOMICS OF WHEAT-FALLOW CROPPING SYSTEMS IN WESTERN NORTH DAKOTA

Income and risk aspects of wheat-fallow cropping systems are analyzed in western North Dakota. A wheat yield trend estimation model based on county yields (1950-77) is developed using independent variables of year, annual precipitation, acres of nonfallowed wheat and a dummy variable for fallow and nonfallow practices. The year-to-year change in wheat yields on fallowed and nonfallowed land indicates that summer fallow is becoming less desirable economically. Based on 1980 costs and yields, summer fallow maximizes returns to land at low yields, low wheat prices, and high nitrogen prices. Income variability is reduced under summer fallow.Crop Production/Industries,

Market Potential for Northern Plains Farm Equipment in Brazil

International Relations/Trade,

EVALUATION OF NORTH DAKOTA FARM BUSINESS MANAGEMENT EDUCATION PROGRAM

Net farm income of participants in the North Dakota Farm Business Management Education Program increased with years of enrollment both in absolute terms and compared to peer group benchmarks. Median net farm income increased $7,829 and$14,191 between the first and fifth year of enrollment for all farms in the program and a subset of farms with five consecutive years of records starting with the first year of enrollment, respectively. Net farm income by year of program participation was compared to a benchmark median net farm income for the same geographic region, calendar year, and farm type in an attempt to isolate the affects of management from weather and other exogenous factors. Net farm income as a percent of benchmark increased 17.5 percentage points from first year participation farms to fifth year farms and 28 percentage points for farms for which there were five consecutive years of records starting with the first year of enrollment. Increased net farm income for both groups was accompanied by improved efficiency, increased farm size, and greater net worth. Note: Figures 1 is not included in the machine readable copy--contact the authors for more information.Farm Management, Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession,

Credit Availability for Potential Irrigators in North Dakota

Agricultural Finance, Resource /Energy Economics and Policy,

Crambe as a Specialty Crop in North Dakota

Production Economics,

Performance Factors and Management Practices Related to Earnings of East Central North Dakota Crop Farms

Agricultural Finance, Farm Management,

COMMUNITY PREFERENCES FOR TYPES OF BUSINESSES: A CASE STUDY OF THREE COUNTIES

Community/Rural/Urban Development,

EC872 Crop Budgets - Nebraska 2015

2015 Crop Budgeting Procedures • Table 1 Power Unit Cost Data Used for 2015 Budgets • Table 2 Machinery Cost Data Used for 2015 Budgets • Table 3 Material Prices Used for 2015 Budgets • Table 4 Conversion of Diesel to Electricity, Propane, Gasoline, and Natural Gas • Table 5 Table for Adjusting the Amount of Diesel Fuel Required for Center Pivots for Lifts and Pressures other than the 125 Feet of Lift and 35 psi Used in the Budgets 1 Alfalfa, Fall Establishment, Dryland • 2 Alfalfa, Roundup Ready® No-Till, Fall Establishment, Dryland • 3 Alfalfa, Roundup Ready®, Fall Establishment, Dryland • 4 Alfalfa, Establish Spring Seed with Herbicides, Dryland • 5 Alfalfa, Roundup Ready®, Establish Spring Seed, Dryland • 6 Alfalfa, Establish Spring Seed with Herbicides, Pivot Irrigated • 7 Alfalfa, Roundup Ready®, Establish Spring Seed, Pivot Irrigated • 8 Alfalfa, Fall Seeded with Subsequent Year Production, Gravity Irrigated, Canal • 9 Alfalfa, Large Round Bale, Dryland • 10 Alfalfa, Large and Small Square Bale, Pivot Irrigated • 11 Alfalfa, Roundup Ready®, Large and Small Square Bales, Pivot Irrigated • 12 Alfalfa, Large and Small Square Bales, Pivot Irrigated • 13 Alfalfa, Large Square Bale, Canal Irrigated • 14 Alfalfa, Roundup Ready®, Large Square Bale, Canal Irrigated • 15 Corn, Conventional Tillage, Continuous, 90 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 16 Corn, No-till, Bt, ECB, RW and RR2 Continuous, 125 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 17 Corn, No-till, SmartStax RIB Complete, Continuous, 130 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 18 Corn, No-Till, Bt ECB After SoyBean, 135 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 19 EcoFallow Corn, Follows Wheat, Two Crops in Three Years, RR2 and Bt ECB, 125 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 20 Corn, Ridge-Till, Bt, ECB and RW, Continuous, 230 bu Yield Goal, Gravity Irrigated • 21 Corn, Ridge-Till, SmartStax, RIB Complete, Continuous, 240 bu Yield Goal, Gravity Irrigated • 22 Corn, Continuous, SmartStax RIB Complete, 190 bu Yield Goal, Canal Irrigated • 23 Corn, No-Till, Bt ECB and RW, Continuous, 240 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 24 Corn, No-Till, SmartStax, RIB Complete, Continuous, 250 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 25 Corn, Bt ECB and RW, Continuous, 230 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 26 Corn, SmartStax RIB Complete, 190 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 27 Corn, SmartStax, RIB Complete, Continuous, 240 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 28 Corn, No-Till, Bt ECB, after Beans, 240 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 29 Corn Silage, No-Till following Corn, Pivot Irrigated • 30 Dry Beans, Reduced Till with Wheat Cover Crop after Harvest, Pivot Irrigated • 31 Dry Beans, Conventional Tillage, Canal Irrigated • 32 Dry Beans, Conventional Tillage Using Pumped Water, Pivot Irrigated • 33 Dry Beans, Direct Harvest, Conventional Tillage using Pumped Water, Pivot Irrigated • 34 Grain Sorghum, Conventional Tillage, 105 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 35 Grain Sorghum, No-Till, 125 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 36 Grain Sorghum, Ecofallow, After Wheat, Two Crops in Three Years, 115 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 37 Grain Sorghum, No-till, Limited Irrigation, 165 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 38 Grass, Fall Establishment, Pivot Irrigated, 800 GMP 35 PSI • 39 Grass Hay, Large Round, Dryland • 40 Millet, Stubble Mulch Fallow, Followed by Wheat, Two Crops in Three Years, 22 cwt yld goal, Dryland • 41 Millet, No-Till, Dryland • 42 Oats, No-Till, 90 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 43 Pasture, Grazing, Pivot Irrigated • 44 Peas, No-Till, Dryland • 45 Sorghum-Sudan, Annually Planted, Large Round Bale, Dryland • 46 SoyBeans, Tilled seed bed, Roundup Ready®, Dryland • 47 SoyBeans, No-Till, Roundup Ready® after Corn, Dryland • 48 SoyBeans, No-Till, Roundup Ready® Continuous, Dryland • 49 SoyBeans, Tilled seedbed, Roundup Ready® after Corn, Pivot Irrigated • 50 SoyBeans, Ridge-Till, RR after RR Corn, Gravity Irrigated • 51 SoyBeans, No-Till 15-inch Row, Roundup Ready® after Corn, Pivot Irrigated • 52 SoyBeans Roundup Ready®, No-Till Narrow Row, Continuous, Pivot Irrigated • 53 SoyBeans, No-Till Drilled 75-inch rows, Roundup Ready® after Corn, Pivot Irrigated • 54 Sugarbeet Roundup Ready®, One Pass Zone-Tillage, Canal Irrigated • 55 Sugarbeet Roundup Ready®, Conventional Tillage, Gravity Irrigated, Canal • 56 Sugarbeet Roundup Ready®, One Pass Zone-Tillage, Pivot Irrigated • 57 Sugarbeet Roundup Ready®, Conventional Tillage, Pivot Irrigated • 58 Sunflower, No-Till, Following Corn or Grain Sorghum, Dryland • 59 Sunflower, Ecofallow, after Wheat, Two Crops in Three Years, Dryland • 60 Sunflower, No-Till, Pivot Irrigated • 61 Wheat, No-Till after Row Crop, 50 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 62 Wheat, No-Till Fallow, One Crop in Two Years, 60 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 63 Wheat, Stubble Mulch Fallow, One Crop in Two Years, 55 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 64 Wheat, Clean Till Fallow, One Crop in Two Years, 50 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 65 Wheat, No-Till Wheat before Corn, Two Crops in Three Years, 65 bu Yield Goal, Dryland • 66 Wheat, No-Till after Beans, 100 bu Yield Goal, Pivot Irrigated • 67 Wheat, No-Till, in Rotation, Pivot Irrigated • 68 Cover Crop, Conventional Tillage • 69 Cover Crop, No-Til