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Wages and Benefits for Farm Employees
Partial Budget
An Economic Analysis of Two Iowa Crop Rotations
Crop Rotations, Composting and Cover Crops for Organic Vegetable Production
Cover Crops in Vegetable Production Systems
Soil Quality in Organic Agricultural Systems
Organic Turfgrass Fertilization
Organic Flax Production in Iowa
Growing Organic Soybeans on Conservation Reserve Program Land
Understanding Risk in Hedge-to-Arrive Contracts
Farm Bill: Terms to Know
Commonly Used Grain Contracts
Iowa Cow-calf Production - Exploring Different Management Systems
Conducting Market Research
Developing Capable Business Managers
Fuel Required for Field Operations
Fieldwork Days in Iowa
Farm Machinery Financing Analyzer
Economics of Cover Crops
Delayed Planting and Replanting Evaluator
On Farm Dairy Nutrient Management Assessment Tool and Scoresheet
Financing Stages for Start-up Businesses
Farm Financial Performance Analysis
Cash Rent Farm Lease Short Form
Transferring Crops and Market Livestock
Transferring Business Ownership
Transferring Business Management
The Farm Business Transfer Process
Dividing Business Income
Hedge-to-Arrive Contracts
Farm Transfer Strategies
Matching Tractor Power and Implement Size
Estimating the Field Capacity of Farm Machines
Estimating the Number of Field Days Required
Farm Machinery Selection
Marketing Tools Workbook
Protecting Water from Freezing
EPD Basics: Part 4 - Carcass Traits
EPD Basics: Part 3 - Maternal Traits
EPD Basics: Part 2 - Growth Traits
EPD Basics: Part 1 - Calving Ease
Gardening the Zone: Rabbit Damage
Cash Flow Budget (short form)
Understanding Cash Flow Analysis
Fine-tune Management Decisions with Enterprise Accounting
Raising heifers for beef cow replacement (one replacement unit)
Raising Versus Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement
Gardening in the Zone: Taking Plant Cuttings
Gardening in the Zone: Popcorn
Gardening in the Zone: Planting Potatoes
Gardening in the Zone: Peppers
Gardening in the Zone: Overwintering Strawberries
Gardening in the Zone: Growing Christmas Trees
Gardening in the Zone: Growing Apples
Gardening in the Zone: Growing & Handling Vegetables Safely
Gardening in the Zone: Composting Fall Leaves
Gardening in the Zone: Basil
Gardening in the Zone: Growing Grapes
Gardening in the Zone: Starting Seeds Indoors
Gardening in the Zone: Soil Quality
Gardening in the Zone: Rhubarb
Gardening in the Zone: Radishes
Gardening in the Zone: Melons
Gardening in the Zone: Asparagus
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Ignition Techniques
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Smoke Management
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: When to Burn
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Tools and Equipment Part 2
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Tools and Equipment Part 1
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Personal Safety Gear
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Elements of a Burn Plan Part 2
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Elements of a Burn Plan Part 1
How to Perform a Prescribed Burn: Planning a Burn
What to Plant to Replace an Ash Tree
How to Decide to Treat for EAB
What Steps to Take if a Tree is Infested with EAB
How to Tell if an Ash Tree is Infested with EAB
How to Identify an Ash Tree
How to Maintain Your Bees Keeping Them Happy and Healthy
How to Harvest Honey in Beekeeping
How to Install Bees Into a Beehive Part 2
How to Install Bees Into a Beehive Part 1
How to Handle Bees in Beekeeping
How to Build a Beehive for Beekeeping
How to Buy Bees for Beekeeping
How to Start Beekeeping
Cash to Accrual Net Farm Income Worksheet
Evaluating a Land Purchase Decision: Economic Analysis
Backyard Chickens: Why Raise Backyard Chickens?
Backyard Chickens: How to Pick Your Breed of Chicken
Backyard Chickens: How to Keep Your Chickens in Winter
Backyard Chickens: How to Handle Your Backyard Eggs
Backyard Chickens: How to Feed Your Chickens
Backyard Chickens: How to Design Your Chicken Run
Backyard Chickens: How to Design Your Chicken Coop
Managing Cash Flow for a Low-Capital Food Hub Start-up
Financial Challenges Facing Farm Enterprises
Finding financial measurement standards at the AAEA meetings
Selected Alternative Agricultural Financial Benchmarks
Financial Terms
Review Crop Marketing Fundamentals in New Video Series
Replacement Strategies for Farm Machinery
Evaluating Farm Accounting Software
Crop and Livestock Land Use Analyzer
Farm Employee Management: Farm Safety and Hiring Youth on the Farm
Farm Families and the Affordable Care Act
Cooperative Grain Margins and Implications of Crop Price Movements and Market Inverses
Farm Employee Management: New Employee Orientation
Types of Term Loan Payment Schedules
Federal Estate Taxes
Federal Gift Taxes
Romance vs. Reality: Hard Lessons Learned in a Grass-fed Beef Marketing Cooperative*
Historical Costs of Crop Production
Risk Management in 2012: What Does it Really Mean?
Proposed Regulations Recognize Uniqueness of LLCs and Other Pass Through Entities: Passive Loss Rules Relaxed
Retirement Planning for Farm Families
Evaluating Your Estate Plan: Trusts as an Estate Planning Tool
The "Small Partnership" Exception: A Way to Escape Partnership Tax Complexity*
Evaluating Your Estate Plan:Farm Transfer Strategies
Evaluating Your Estate Plan:Powers of Attorney and OtherForms of Substitute Decision Making
Evaluating Your Estate Plan:The Estate Settlement Process
Evaluating Your Estate Plan:Business Entities
Evaluating Your Estate Plan:Forms of Property Ownership
Evaluating Your Estate Plan:Estate Planning Terms
Depreciating Farm Drainage Tile*
Trend-Adjusted Actual Production History (APH)
Employee Management: Get the Right Start in Hiring Employees
Flexible Cash Farm Leasesthat Work
Flood Damaged Crops, Crop Insurance Payments, and Lease Contracts
Flooding and Stored Grain
No Enforcement of USDOT Number Requirement for Private Trucks in Intrastate Farm Operations
Hay Storage Cost Comparison
Good Communication Can Help Solve Problems
Understanding the Economics of Tile Drainage
Value-added Business Success Factors: The Role of Local Infrastructure and Support
Value-added Business Success Factors: The Role of Management and Operations
Managing Farm Business and Family Stress
Risk Management Of Your Agritourism Enterprise
Setting Your Price
Farm Machinery Joint Venture Worksheet
Evaluating Marketing Outlets Using Whole-Farm Records
Feeder Cattle Futures - The Life of a Contract Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices
Hog Futures - The Life of a Contract Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices
Hog Price Forecast Errors in the Last 10 Years: The Lean Hog Futures Market & The Seasonal Index
Create Your Own Business Plan
Hail Damage Can Affect Crop Insurance Yields
Understanding Profitability
Optimal Marketing Dates for Feedlot Enterprise Profitability
Writing a Business Plan
Frequency of Profitable Hedging Opportunities for Lean Hogs
Fixed Bushel Rent
Farm Machinery Joint Ventures
Understanding Net Worth
Understanding Double Entry Accounting
Transferring Ownership of Farm Machinery
Crop-Share Leasing Provisions
Should I Invest in Agricultural Start-up Business Ventures
Making the Transition from Conventional to Organic
Using Financial and Production Records to Make Decisions
Machinery Leasing -- Is It for You?
Cost of Storing Grain
Considerations When Selecting a Consultant
Using Partial Budgets to Make Decisions
Conservation Practices for Landlords
Conflicts Between Landlord and Tenant
Group Risk Plan (GRP) andGroup Risk Income Protection (GRIP)
Strategic Planning for Farm Businesses
Building Equity in Your Farm
Energy Agriculture - Where’s the Nitrogen?
New Ways of Thinking About Your Farm Business
Historic County Farmland Values
Managing Farm Family Finances
Hog Contracting
Evaluating Profitability of Crop Rotations
Income Tax Aspects of Property Transfers
Improving Corn Drying Efficiency - Farm Energy
Using Enterprise Budgets to Make Decisions
Condominium Grain Storage
What are the risks for farmland value?
Lean Hog Basis
What is Your Managerial Attitude?
Live Cattle Futures - The Life of a Contract Comparing Expiration to Weekly Futures Prices
Leasing Arrangements and Self-employment (Social Security) Tax
Comparing the Stock Market and Iowa Land Values: A Question of Timing
Choosing Crop Insurance Units in 2011
Charting The Path Of Your Agritourism Business: The Components Of An Effective Business Plan
Buying Used Machinery
Hedging of Livestock
Livestock Options Market
Buying Heifers for Beef Cow Replacement (one replacement unit)
Where will the Corn Come From?
Joint Machinery Ownership
Bonus Plans for Farm Employees
Beef Cow Joint Agreements
Assessing Strategic Management Skills
Assessing Personnel Management Skills
Assessing Organizational & Planning Skills
Assessing Inter-Personal Skills
Assessing How You Stand Financially
Assessing Financial & Risk Management Skills
Agricultural Credit Standards Tighten
Adding Hail Insurance Coverage
Acquiring Farm Machinery Services
A Marketing Primer for Businesses
Iowa Farm Lease
Determining Prices for CSA Share Boxes
Farm Employee Management: Getting the New Employee Off to a Good Start on Day One
How Often Can Cattle Feeders Hedge a Profit with Futures?
Getting Started in Farming: On the Home Farm
Payback for energy-related farm projects
Gardening in the Zone: Planting Trees
Guide to Designing a Small Red Meat Plant with Two Sizes of Model Designs
Swine Manure Calculator
Cow Repurchase Calculator
Cow Sell Calculator
Swine Marketing Decision Calculator
Simple Hog Market Calculator
Understanding Livestock Basis
Five ways to control farm machinery costs in 2016
Computing the Iowa Corn Suitability Rating for Your Farm
Computing a Grain Storage and Dryer Rental Rate
Computing a Grain Storage Rental Rate
Estimating a Rental Rate for Livestock Buildings
Computing a Livestock Building Cash Rental Rate
Computing a Pasture Rental Rate
Calculating Pasture and Hay Land Cash Rents
Flexible Lease Agreement Worksheet
Cash Rental Rates for Iowa Survey
Computing a Cropland Cash Rental Rate
Organic Pork Production: A Two-litter Pasture Farrow-to-Finish Budget
Cost of Organic Pork Production
Cost of Organic Pork Production: A Seasonal Analysis and Needed Price Premium for Continuous Production
Creating a Flexible Swine Building Rental Agreement
Farm Land Ownership
Options Tools to Enhance Price
Grain Price Options Basics
Grain Truck Transportation Cost Calculator
Machinery Cost Calculator
Estimating Farm Machinery Costs
Options Tools to Reduce Price Risk
Farm Safety for Young Children
Match age, abilities to farm chores
Manage stress to increase farm safety
Handle your grain harvest with care
Dispose of pesticides properly
Estimated costs for livestock fencing
Cash Rental Rate Estimation
Farm Leasing Arrangements
Hedging vs. Forward Cash Contracting
Using Hedging in a Marketing Program
Corn and Soybean Price Basis
Estimated Costs of Pasture and Hay Production
Work toward Zero Pesticide Storage
Common Feedlot Problems and Options
Specialty Markets Bring Different Risk Management Needs
Acetic Acid (vinegar) For Weed Control Revisited
Value-added Business Success Factors: Organizational Issues
Self-employment tax for spouses receiving farm program payments?
Weather-Related Sales of Livestock
When a Contract Obligor Becomes an Owner of the Contract
Business Arrangements
Farm financial management: 16 ways to stretch cash flow
Cash Flow Budget
Twelve Steps to Cash Flow Budgeting
Financial Decision Making
Strategic Management for Farm Families
Stage of Detection and Number of Sprays for Controlling Soybean Rust
Managing hail-damaged alfalfa and red clover
Frost injury to alfalfa
Dry Summer Corn Forage Harvest Options and Management Strategies
Grain Price Hedging Basics
Use eye and lung protection
Tomato Diseases and Disorders
Controlling wheat foliar diseases
Management Decisions for Bean Leaf Beetles and Bean Pod Mottle Virus
Management of Bean Leaf Beetle to Reduce Defoliation
Armyworm Defoliating Young Corn
Getting your Financial records in working order for 2014
Ag Decision Maker
Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey
Farmland Purchase Analysis
Iowa Farmland Value Survey Iowa State University
Scout Alfalfa Weevils During April
Grain Price Options Fence
Livestock Enterprise Budgets for Iowa
Cow-Share Leasing
Beef Cow Share Agreement Analysis
Organic bean leaf beetle management
Weed management in a dry spring
Grain Production Contract Checklist
Livestock Production Contract Checklist
Grain Storage Alternatives: An Economic Comparison Decision Tool
Grain Storage Alternatives: An Economic Comparison
Cash rent increases: When is the right time to give up a lease?
Developing a Farm Newsletter for Landlords
Designing a Farm Resume
Two Generation Farming: Transferring Machinery and Livestock
Two Generation Farming: Step 3: Making It Work
Two Generation Farming: Step 2: Selecting a Business Agreement
Leasing and Land Ownership Terms
Legal Considerations for Hunting Leases
Lease Supplement for Making Improvements on a Rented Farm
Lease Supplement for Obtaining Conservation Practices and Controlling Soil Loss
Iowa Cash Rent Farm Lease (Short Form)
Iowa Farm Lease Form
Do I Need a Written Lease
2014 Farm Bill Analyzer
2014 Farm Bill Analyzer: Data and Methods
Critical Success Factors for Business Transfers
2014 Farm Bill Dairy Provisions
Lease Supplement for Use in Obtaining Tile and Drainage Improvements Between Owner(s) and Tenant(s)
Two Generation Farming: Step 1: Getting Started
New Safety Net: SCO
New Safety Net: PLC, ARC-CO, ARC-IC
Delayed and Prevented Planting Provisions for Multiple Peril Crop Insurance
Bonus Plans for Farm Employees - A Summary of an Iowa Survey
Yield Protection Crop Insurance
Custom Farming: An Alternative to Leasing
Farm Lease Supplement for Use in Obtaining Improvements, Facilities, Buildings and Major Repairs on a Rented Farm
Flexible Farm Lease Agreements
Improving Your Farm Lease Contract
Use of Copper Compounts in Aquatic Systems - Managing Iowa Fisheries
Managing Iowa Fisheries - Building Quality Ponds
Managing Iowa Fisheries - Farm Ponds
Managing Iowa Fisheries - Getting Started in Aquaculture Enterprises
Understanding and Using Milk Price Basis
Livestock Gross Margin: A Risk Management Tool for Cattle Feeders
Livestock Revenue Protection (LRP) Analyzer
Revenue Insurance for Livestock Producers
Genetically Modified Crops: Guidelines for Producers
Managing Risks and Profits - Module 3: Financial Considerations in Managing Risks and Profits
Adapting Crop Share Agreements for Sustainable and Organic Agriculture
Marketing Plans to Stretch Winter Feed Supplies
A Comparison of Production Costs, Returns, and Profitability of Swine Finishing Systems
Financial Troubleshooting
Using Precision Agriculture to Improve Soil Fertility Management and On-Farm Research
Use tractors with ROPS to save lives
Sharemilking in the Midwest
Transferring Breeding Livestock
Assessing Hail Damage to Corn
Estate Planning - Planning for Tomorrow
Your Farm Income Statement
Financial Performance Measures for Iowa Farms
Financial Performance Measures
Five-Year Trend for Farm Financial Measures
Farm Financial Statements
Comprehensive Financial Statements
Your Net Worth Statement
Important Crop Insurance Dates
Evaluation of Soybean Varieties Resistant to Soybean Cyst Nematode in Iowa
Fundamentals of Organic Agriculture
Getting Started in Farming: Inheriting a Farm
Proven Yields and Insurance Units for Crop Insurance
Understanding Risk in Basis Contracts
Assessing New Technology
Farm employee management: Do we need an employee handbook?
Types and Sources of Financing for Start-up Businesses
Dividing Business Income - Decision Aid
Checklist for Iowa Agricultural Employers
Margin Protection Program - Dairy
Managing Risk with Crop Insurance
Proven Yields and Insurance Units for Crop Insurance
Revenue Protection Crop Insurance
Current Crop Insurance Policies
Planter Clean-Out Procedures for Corn & Soybeans
Managed Grazing: Managing Pasture Plants
Managed Grazing: Animal Management
Managed Grazing: Year Around Resource Management
Managed Grazing: Fencing and Watering
Low Temperature & Solar Grain Drying Handbook
Grain Drying, Handling and Storage Handbook
Conservation with Strip-Tillage
Combine Clean-Out Procedures for Identity-Preserved Grain
On-Farm Food Safety: Quick Guide to Good Agricultural Practices (GAPs)
Crop Marketing 101
Developing a Crop Marketing Plan
Marketing Tools: Futures
Crop Marketing Strategies
Seasonal Price Trends
Basis, Futures Carry & the Cost of Storage
Introduction to Crop Marketing
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