Agriculture Risk Management, Farm Management & Crop Budgets


Farm Leases	Crop Insurance	Farm Building Plans	Missouri Fence Law
Agriculture Risk Management, Farm Business Plans, & Financial Management	Budgets	Farm Taxes, Estate Planning, Ag Law, & Farm Accounting	Machinery Economics & Custom Rates Guides
Farm Building Leases	Grain Storage and Drying	Missouri Trespass Laws

Farm Leases
MWPS	MidWest Plan Service - Free Farm Leases Cash Farm Lease (with Flexible Provisions) NCR-76 Crop-Share or Crop-Share\Cash Farm Lease NCR-77 Irrigation Crop-Share or Crop -hare/Cash Farm Lease NCR-106 Pasture Lease NCR-109 Farm Building Livestock Facility Lease NCR-215 Farm Machinery Lease Form NCFMEC-23
North Central Farm Management Extension Committee	Ag Lease 101 Revised Lease Bulletins include: Fixed and Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-01) Crop Share Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-02) Pasture Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-03) Newly revised sample leases include: Fixed and Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-01A) Crop Share Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-02A) Pasture Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-03A)
Illinois - Lease Forms	University of Illinois - Lease forms (Crop and Cash Share). Lease forms are at the bottom of the page can be printed and downloaded in both a Word or PDF format. Cash Farm Lease Form- PDF Cash Farm Lease Form- Word Crop Share Lease Form - PDF Crop Share Lease Form - Word Pasture Lease Form - Word Livestock Share Lease Form - Word
Iowa Farm Lease	Iowa State University - Iowa Farm lease. ISU Extension publications that include farm leases. Lease agreements and forms Iowa Farm Lease Iowa Cash Rent Farm Lease (Short Form) Sample Termination of Lease Letter 2010 Cash Rental Rate Survey
Custom Farming	Iowa State University - Guide sheet and form
Kansas State - Leasing	Leasing Papers, Land Rental Rates, Lease Decision Making Tools, Land Leasing Form, Hunting Leasing Example Lease
Purdue	Farm land Leasing, Crop Share, Cash Rent Recourses and other links
University of Missouri Guide Sheets	G423, Flexible Cash Rental Arrangement G424, Missouri Crop-Share Leasing Patterns G426, Farm Lease Agreement G427, Cash Rental Rates in Missouri G428, Customary Farm Rental Arrangements
Lease Contracts & Examples	Cash Rent Contract - Word Cash Rent Contract - PDF Farm Lease Agreement - Word Farm Lease Agreement - PDF Fertilizer Spreading Agreement - Word Fertilizer Spreading Agreement - PDF Cow-Calf Share Lease - Word Cow-Calf Share Lease - PDF
Farm Machinery and Buildings Leases	Farm Machinery or Building Lease Form (PDF) Rental Agreement for Farm Machinery or Building (PDF) Equipment Rental Agreement (Word) Equipment Rental Agreement (PDF)
Ohio State	Farm Rental Agreement Checklist Crop Sharing Leasing in Ohio Flexible Cash Rents Leasing Farm Buildings and Livestock Facilities Managing landlord and Tenant Relationships
Tennessee	Hunting Leases Farm Lease Agreement
National Agricultural Statistical Service (NASS)	Cash Rental Rates 2010 for Missouri Districts USDA/NASS Cash Rental Rates 2008 - 2010 for Missouri Counties USDA/NASS Cash Rental Rates 2011 for Missouri Districts USDA/NASS Cash Rental Rates 2009 - 2011 for Missouri Counties USDA/NASS
University of Missouri Cash Rent Survey	2011 Cash Rent Survey 2011 Cash Rent Survey by Districts
Missouri Farm Land Values and Cash Rental Rates based on Ag Lender Survey	November/December 2010 Estimates of Farmland Values and Rental Rates SEMO 2010 Estimates of Farmland Values and Rental Rates
University of Missouri Agriculture Economics Survey	Historical Missouri Farm Land Values Opinion Survey
USDA Farm Real Estate and Buildings Values	Average Farm Real Estate land and Buildings per Acre USDA
Legal Issues Involving Farm Leases	Agriculture Law Issues for Missourians - Terminating Verbal Farm Leases Missouri Revised Statues on Landlords and Tenants Missouri Revised Statues on Landlords and Tenants - Tenancy from year to year how to terminate Verbal Farm Agreements under Missouri Law Legal Aspects of Farm Leases under Missouri Law Farm Lease Agreements - What is important and Why
Nebraska	Cash Leasing with Integrity

Crop Insurance
Kansas State University	Crop Insurance Materials
Illinois	Crop Insurance Materials and Calculators
Iowa State	Crop Insurance Materials
Risk Management Agency (RMA)	The role of USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is to help producers manage their business risks through effective, market-based risk management solutions. Actuarial Information Browser
Purdue	Prevented Planting Economics of Prevented Planting

Farm Building Plans
MWPS	MidWest Plan Service - Building Plans
Kentucky - Building Plans	Kentucky Farm Building - Livestock, Horticulture, House, Pole Barns, Etc.
Tennessee	The Agriculture Building and Equipment Plan List
North Dakota	Building and Facilities Plans
Ohio State	Farm Buildings and Facilities
Mississippi State	Building and Facilities Plans
Mississippi State	Poultry, Quail and Rabbit Housing Plans
Missouri 4-H	Raising Rabbits for Beginner - Includes Building Plans
Virginia Tech	Small Scale Poultry Housing
Missouri Alternatives Center	Click in the Alphabetic listing for resources
NRAES	Natural Resource, Agriculture, and Engineering Services - Variety of books written and reviewed by Land Grant University Faculty
Iowa State University - Free MWPS Plans	Use the Links on the Left side of Screen - Beef, Dairy, Framing, Utility, Hay, Grain, Machinery, Milk houses, Parlors, Sheep, Swine, Trusses, and Miscellaneous Plans
Canada Plan Services	Canada Plan Service
Missouri	Farm Building Publications

Missouri Fence Laws
Missouri Fence Law Concerns - Optional Fence Law for Northern Missouri counties (PDF - Format)	Fencing in Missouri (PDF - Format)	MU Guide Sheet - Missouri Fencing and Boundary Laws	Missouri State Statute on Fencing and Enclosures
What Can I do When Adverse Weather Ruins my Fences? Formats - PDF Word	Posting Land Against Trespassers: Signs or Purple Paint in Missouri

Missouri Trespass Laws
Posting Land Against Trespassers: Signs or Purple Paint in Missouri	Criminal Trespass in Missouri Power Point Presentation	Missouri Criminal Trespass Laws	Trespass in the First Degree
Posting Property Against Trespassers	Trespass in the Second Degree

Agriculture Risk, Farm Business Plan, & Financial Management
The Farm Gate	Good source of information from the University of Illinois
KSU - Risk Management	Kansas State University - Risk Management
ISU- Risk Management	Iowa State University - Risk Management
Iowa State Farm Economics	Leases, Marketing, Management
Ohio State - Extension Farm Management	Ohio State Extension Farm Management
Farm.doc	University of Illinois - Financial Management and Marketing
RMA	Risk Management Agency - USDA
Purdue University	Measuring and Analyzing Farm Financial Performance
Ag Decision Maker	Ag Decision Maker is a decision-oriented agricultural business web site designed for farmers, lenders, farm managers, agriculture instructors from Iowa State University. Excellent source for Spreadsheets
BERM	BERM (Business Environmental Risk Management) is an educational program from the University of Missouri designed to help crop and livestock producers understand and manage their potential environmental risks.
Ohioline	Excellent source of Guide Sheets from Ohio State University
Iowa State	Farm Management Guide Sheets
Kansas State	Farm Management Guide Sheets
Virginia Tech	Farm Management Guide Sheets
Purdue University	Agriculture Economics publications, farm management, market Outlook, and a good source of information on Ag Econ. from Purdue
Ag Marketing Resource Center	Writing a Value-Added Business Plan
Iowa State	Key Points in Writing a Business Plan
Kansas State	Building a Business Plan for Your Farm: Important First Steps
Virginia Tech	Business Planning
Purdue	Writing a business plan
Oklahoma State University	Developing a Business Plan
Texas A&M University	Developing Business Plans for Agricultural Producers Curriculum
University of Minnesota	Ag Plan
Missouri	Designing a Farm Resume
Missouri Business. Net	Business Plans
NE Missouri Farm Management Newsletter	NE Missouri Farm Management Newsletter
Ohio State	Starting, Organizing and Managing an LLC for a Farm Business
University of Nebraska	Crops and Farm Management
Purdue	Strategic Business Planning for Commercial Producers

Budgets - Crop, Livestock, Horticulture, Specialty Enterprises
2012 Southeast Missouri (Excel Spreadsheet) 2012 Southeast Missouri with Crop Rental Analysis (Excel Spreadsheet) 2012 Southeast Missouri (PDF) Updated 11/23/11	Virginia	Louisiana
Missouri, Southeast Missouri	Tennessee	Mississippi Budget Generator
Arkansas	Oklahoma	Nebraska Crop Budgets
Texas	Illinois	Kansas
Indiana	Ohio State - Crops, Livestock, Ewes, Syrup
Michigan	Iowa State Crops; Livestock Spreadsheets	Kentucky Spreadsheets
Crop, Forages, Livestock, and Vegetables Georgia - Printed Budgets Spreadsheets Budgets	Florida	Alabama

Agriculture Farm Taxes, Estate Planning, Ag Law, and Farm Accounting
Ag Tax Tidbits	A good source of tax and estate planning information for farmers by Parman Green, Farm Business Management Specialist with University of Missouri Extension
Farm Labor Taxes for 2011	Many farmers only hire part-time employees or hire help for special projects. Keeping current on labor tax regulations can be especially difficult for these farmers. The following is basic labor tax information agricultural producers should know.
Farmers Tax Guide	IRS Farmers Tax Guide
Purdue's Tax Planning	Purdue's Tax Planning for Farmers
Agriculture Law Updates	Missouri Agriculture law Updates
Missouri Law Issues for Missourians	Agricultural Law Issues for Missourians - University of Missouri
MO Revised Statutes	Missouri Revised Statutes
MO Ag Law Center	Missouri Agricultural Law Center
MO Farm Accounting	Missouri Farm Accounting Resources. A good source on farm accounting and record keeping resources available at the University of Missouri and other Universities.
Retirement Estimator	Purdue University - A Retirement Estimator for Farm Families
Transferring Your Farm Business to the Next Generation - Ohio State	Transferring Your Farm business to the Next Generation - Bulletin 862 Transferring Your Farm business to the Next Generation - Fact Sheets Ohio State University

Machinery Economics & Custom Rate Guides
Custom Rates for some states can be found on the USDA NASS web site. Go to the NASS Web Site and then click on the state from the map or from the text. At the the States NASS web site, go to publications at the bottom of the page and see if Custom Rate Statistics are available.
Missouri	Oklahoma	Iowa
Minnesota Machinery Cost Calculator	Kansas	Nebraska Part 1 Part 2
	Georgia - 2000 2002	Indiana
Tennessee Machinery Cost Calculator Program	Illinois (Machinery Costs under Illinois Farm Management Handbook)	Ohio State Machinery Cost Calculator
Kentucky	Mississippi	Penn State
Texas	Arkansas - Estimating Farm Machinery Costs

Farm Building Leases
Minnesota - Guidelines	Purdue - Calculation	Kansas State - Leases
Ohio State - Leases
Rental Rates for Farm Buildings (Table 4)- Missouri PDF	Iowa Farm Building Rental Rate

Grain Storage and Drying
Mississippi State - Grain Drying Economics	Wisconsin - Grain Drying Economics	Kentucky - Grain Storage Systems
Computing Grain Storage Rental Rate - Iowa State	Rental Grain Storage - Nebraska	Iowa State - Iowa Grain Quality Initiative
University Arkansas - Grain Drying and Storage - Includes Grain Shrink Table and Equilibrium Moisture based on temperature and Humidity	Missouri - David's Excel Spreadsheets on Storage Cost, Economic Retunes to Grain Storage, Grain Shrinkage Tables and other Moisture Calculations	Grain Drying and Storage Tips - NDSU

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