For the Southwestern Association, average accrual net farm income was $62,699 in 1996 for the 203 farms included in this report. This is an increase of 9% from 1995 making 1996 another high income year in a job with large swings in income. This volatility can be seen whether income is measured...

This report summarizes the individual farm records of the members of the Southwestern Minnesota Farm Business Management Association for 2011. Whole-farm information and enterprise costs and returns are reported. The year-end analysis of the individual farms was performed by the Association...

This work is structured in two parts. The first shows, briefly, the role of the Cooperative Extension Service in US agriculture. The second explains the main characteristics of the FINPACK software package and the potential to adapt it to European agriculture. Between these two parts is a short...