Replaced with revised version of paper 11/24/08.

The average net farm income was $64,666 for the 54 farms included in the 2002 annual report of the Southeastern Minnesota Farm Business Management Association. This was an increase of 6% from 2001. While gross cash farm income increased by 10%, total cash operating expenses increased...

The average net farm income is $77,672 for the 58 farms included in the 2000 annual report of the Southeastern Minnesota Farm Business Management Association. This is an increase of 17% from 1999. The median or middle income was $39,675, considerably lower than the average. Even though gross...

Recent research shows initial colonization of potato fields by winged green peach aphid is concentrated at field edges. This suggests that insecticides applied only to field margins during initial colonization would largely eliminate a colonizing aphid population, conserve natural enemies in the...

Farm income in Southwestern Minnesota is estimated to drop to extremely low and possibly negative levels in 1998 due to the very low prices now in the market place. Expected high yields on some farms will soften but not overcome the blow of the low prices; those farms with crop losses face a...