Wiz University - Last updated 10/14/00
These are the best links to different Universities to help in marketing decisions.
Publications:
Use
of Futures and Options by the Nontrader
ND Extension
Marketing Publications
South Dakota Marketing
Publications
Illinois Farm.doc
(Marketing and Outlook Links)
Marketing
Strategies
Crop/Livestock Budgets By State:
North Dakota
South Dakota
Iowa
Crops (PDF file) Link/Other farm management publications (pdf format) http://www.extension.iastate.edu/Pages/pubs/fm3.htm
Indiana/Purdue Max Software
(generates budgets)
Illinois
Crop and Livestock
Minnesota http://134.84.17.168 FINPACK
Farm Financial Database
Ohio - http://www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/faculty/rmoore/index.htm
Colorado - http://www.colostate.edu/Depts/CoopExt/NWR/ABM/abmndx.htm
Agriculture and Business Management Informational Index
Arizona - Crop Budgets http://ag.arizona.edu/AREC/ext/budgets/counties.html
Penn State - Good collection of alternative enterprise factsheets and budgets
http://agalternatives.cas.psu.edu/agalternatives1.html
(budgets and factsheets)
http://www.penpages.psu.edu/ (PenPages-
searchable database)
Michigan State - 1995 budgets http://www.msue.msu.edu/msue/imp/modae/58109501.html
Purdue - http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/ID/ID-200.html
(livestock budgets -1993)
http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/EC/EC-676.html
(crops budgets- 1993)
http://www.agcom.purdue.edu/AgCom/Pubs/agecon.htm#3
(farm management publications)
Kentucky - http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/AgriculturalEconomics/extpubs.html#ent
(crop and hort. budgets)
http://www.uky.edu/Agriculture/AgriculturalEconomics/extpubs.html#dept
(ag economics publications)
West Virginia - Spreadsheet templates http://www.wvu.edu/~agexten/farmman2/template/index.htm
Virginia Tech - Farm management publications including budgets http://www.ext.vt.edu:4040/eis/owa/docdb.getcat?cat=ir-fbmm
Wisconsin - Sheep, beef, field machinery costs, custom rate guide http://www.uwex.edu/ces/pubs/finmarkcat.html
Kansas State - Crop/livestock budgets and other farm management publications http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/Homepage/Res&Ext/Publications/Publications.htm
Oklahoma State - http://www.agecon.okstate.edu/budgets/index.htm
(1997 budgets) http://www.agweb.okstate.edu/pearl/agecon."Agricultural
Economics Publications (farm management publications)
Minnesota - Annual Farm Business Management Reports (no budgets) http://www.mgt.org/fbm/reports/index.htm
Missouri - Farm Management Publications (no budgets) http://muextension.missouri.edu/xplor/agguides/agecon/index.htm
Links to Extension sites in all states http://www.agecon.com/aecovl/extension.htm
Basis/Seasonality Information
ND Extension Marketing
Publications
Minnesota Basis
Charts
South Dakota - Weekly East River
Grain Basis Report
Iowa - Live
Cattle Basis (IA/S. MN), Western
Cornbelt Lean Hog Basis, Livestock
Marketing Specialist Links, Corn/Soybean Basis, Other IA Farm Managment
publications,
Illinois - Regional
Corn/Bean Basis (Also Regional Cash Prices and S & D charts/tables)
Kansas - http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/livestock/Livestock%20Update%20Newsletters/Livestock%20Update%20html%20files/cattx.html
Slaughter Steer Price and Basis Forecasts, http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/livestock/lvfdcatbasis.html
Fed and Feeder Cattle Basis, http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/livestock/cashcattlepr.html
Kansas Cash Cattle Prices, http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/livestock/cashhog%26basis.html
Cash Hog Prices and Hog Basis, http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/livestock/Cattle%20%26%20Hog%20Price%20%26%20Supply/Cat%26HogPr%26SupGraphs.html,
Cattle and Hog Price and Supply Graphs
Indiana - http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/extensio/prices/crops.htm
Central Indiana Grain Weekly Futures and Cash Prices and Basis, http://www.agecon.purdue.edu/extensio/prices/livestock/livestock.htm
Livestock Weekly Futures and Cash Prices and Basis
Ohio http://www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/Faculty/alines/PricesCoverpage.html
Prices Paid and Received by Ohio Producers
Marketing Newsletters/Univ. Extension Commentary:
Univ.
of Illinois/Purdue Weekly Market Commentary
SD State
University
IA State Univ.
Farm Outlook (bi-monthly). Other interesting links are John Lawrence, Livestock Marketing Specialist
or Bob Wisner, Grain Marketing
Specialist. Some highlighted publications include Corn
Chartbook and Soybean
Chartbook, Farm
Marketing Publications, IA
Farm Management Publications, and IA Ag. Economics Dept.
publications
Minnesota Marketing
Info; MN
Risk Management - Highlights include the powerpoint presentation "Developing
and Implementing a Marketing Plan" and Ed Usset's Market Comments.
Other
University Outlook Sources
Kansas State Univ.
Newsletter Links, Hog
Outlook, and Ag
Update Monthly Newsletters
LDP Information:
Today's
LDP Rates
Historic LDP
Rates
Tools to Use:
Marketing
Strategies Using LDP's
http://www.agecon.ksu.edu/risk/
Kansas State Risk Management Club Handbook
University of Minnesota http://www.cffm.umn.edu/ Center
for Farm Financial Management, http://wwww.agrisk.umn.edu
National Ag Risk Education Library
Kentucky http://www.ca.uky.edu/agc/pubs/aec/aec86/aec86.htm
Risk Management Tools for Dairy Farmers: Options on Dairy Futures
Software Programs:
For a software program which calculates the costs of storage, click on "Crop
Storage Decision Program" at http://web.aces.uiuc.edu/farm.doc/finance/business.html
For the Univ. of Illinois/Ohio AgRisk Software Program, go to http://www-agecon.ag.ohio-state.edu/agrisk/about.htm
Land Grant Colleges/Extension Links: