New Tool Helps Farmers Make Conservation Decisions

By Natasha Parish posted on December 11, 2024 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: University of Wisconsin Extension

Using datasets from large numbers of farms, Dr. Jef Hadachek created a model that allows farmers to input their own costs to see how their bottom line would be affected if they implemented specific conservation practices.

Significant Changes in Cost of Production for 2022 Crops

March 4, 2022 | Posted in Economics

Source: University of Nebraska Extension

For the 2022 crop production year, eighty-four Nebraska crop budgets, including two cover crops and a pasture budget, were prepared by crop specialists and extension economists at the University of Nebraska -Lincoln. Higher fuel, fertilizer and pesticide costs are the main drivers of projected production cost increases for crops produced in 2022. Read more in this article from the University of Nebraska.

Soil Health Practices Have to Pay

May 25, 2020 | Posted in Soil Health

Source: Rock Island Dispatch-Argus

Self-titled “soil health farmer” Chad Christianson is not unlike other farmers when he says soil health practices have to “pay their way.” He realizes that rent is high and taxes are not cheap. Read more in this article from the Rock Island Dispatch-Argus.

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