The Farm Economics Facts and Opinions (FEFOs) newsletters address economic topics related to farm management. Two issues are released per month. Below are listed the latest three. See an archive of all FEFOs here
Power Costs Increased on Grain Farms(July 26, 2010)
Between 2005 and 2009, machinery-related costs increased by 38% on Illinois grain farms. Categories leading the increases were machinery depreciation and machinery repairs.More...
Working Field Days in Illinois (June 4, 2010)
Evaluation of working day data from 1980 through 2009 indicates that there is about a 50% chance that any day in April or May will be suitable for field work. Significantly fewer days were available during 2009 than indicated by these preceding probabilities. More...
Revised Corn and Soybean Budgets for 2009 and 2010 (May 24, 2010)
Non-land costs in 2010 are projected to be below the record high non-land costs of 2009. Projected 2010 returns are below 2007 and 2009 levels and are near 2000 through 2003 levels. More...
Information in this section is useful in a variety of management decisions. Much of the data used in this section comes from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) Associations.
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