Crop-Budget-Analyzer-2012   The 2012 Crop Budget Cost of Production Calculator for Wisconsin can help producers in making their cropping decisions in the upcoming year. It allows producers to construct enterprise budgets for corn after corn, corn after soybeans, corn silage after alfalfa, corn silage after corn, soybeans, wheat, seeding alfalfa and established alfalfa for hay and haylage.  The Cost of Production Calculator is an Excel spreadsheet that can be modified to fit individual farm costs.

What is Standing Hay Worth 2012 pdf   There are many factors that impact the value of standing hay.  The value of hay will fluctuate depending on the local supply and demand, along with the amount of winterkill that occurs.  This document guides landowners and farmers through the topic of what standing hay is worth in 2012.

Newly Revised Lease Publications & Forms

- Fixed and Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-01) (pdf)

– Fixed and Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-01A) (pdf fillable form)

- Crop Share Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-02) (pdf)

– Crop Share Rental Arrangements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-02A) (pdf fillable form)

- Pasture Rental Arragements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-03) (pdf)

– Pasture Rental Arragements For Your Farm (NCFMEC-03A) (pdf fillable form)

Lease Forms

• Cash Farm Lease – 1 page document (pdf)
• Cash Farm Lease – multiple page form (Word document)
• MWPS Crop-share Farm Lease (pdf)
• MWPS Farm Building or Livestock Facililty Lease (pdf)
• MWPS Farm Machinery lease (pdf)
• MWPS Flexible Lease Agreements (pdf)
• MWPS Pasture Lease (pdf)

Lease Guides

• Custom Rate Guide 2010 (pdf)
• University of Minnesota Extension – Selected Rents, Rates, and Values Guide (pdf)

 Lease Evaluators

• Cash Rent Evaluator (Excel spreadsheet)
• Flex Lease Rent Evaluator (Excel Spreadsheet)

Forages

• Wisconsin Team Forage Home Page
• UW Forage Research and Extension
• Wisconsin Forage Council
• Dairy Forage Research Center
• Internet Hay Exchange – Hay for Sale
• NIRS Feed & Forage Greening Consortium
• Farmer to Farm Corn and Forage list

Corn

• Wisconsin Corn Agronomy
• The Corn Growers Guidebook (Purdue)
• National Corn Growers
• Corn – 10 minute updates from the CBOT

Soybeans

• UW Soybean Research and Extension Program
• Wisconsin Soybean Association
• UW Soybean Health Web Site
• Soybeans – 10 minute updates from the CBOT

Soils

• Soil Science Dept, UW-Madison
• UW Soils Extension
• Conservation Technology WWW Resources

Pest Management

• Weed Science – University of Wisconsin
• Integrated Pest Management at Iowa State University
• Integrated Pest and Crop Management – UW-Wisconsin
• Plant Disease Diagnostic Clinic