Insurance against poor crop yields has been available for many years. But income from crop production can be low even when yields are not. A new risk management tool known as crop revenue insruance addresses this problem. Revenue insurance guarantees a certain level of revenue rather than just...

Every year Iowa farmers face the threat of damage to their crops from drought, hail, flood, insects, and other natural disasters. The U.S.D.A. Risk Management Agency (RMA) and private crop insurance venders have developed a set of insurance programs to help control crop production risks at a...

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When a farm business is passed from one generation to the next, the machinery line is often the most valuable asset to be transferred with the exception of the land. How this is accomplished can have major impacts on the cash flow and income tax payments of both the buyer and the seller.

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Results of a survey of custom rates paid or charged for a large number of tillage, planting, harvesting and miscellaneous operations are presented.

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A combine harvester econometric simulation model was developed with the goal of matching the combine forward speed to the maximum harvested net income per acre. The model considers the machinery management costs of owning a combine and platform header for harvesting wwheat.