Farm Management Resources

Ohio Ag Manager (On-Line Farm Management Newsletter and Web Page)

Ohio Enterprise Budgets (HTML)

Cropland Values and Cash Rents, Custom Rates, Machinery Costs for Ohio and other states
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	Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2007-08 (pdf)
	Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2008 (PDF)
	Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2006 (PDF)
	Indiana Custom Rates 2007 (PDF)
	2007 Iowa Farm Custom Rate Survey (PDF)
	Minnesota Farm Machinery Cost Estimates - March 2008 (PDF)
	Pennsylvania's 2007 Machinery Custom Rates (PDF)
	farmdoc: Machinery costs & other issues (HTML)
	Farm Management Computer Programs (HTML)

Other Farm Management Related Publications or Sites
(Risk Management, Economic Outlook and Policy, etc.)
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	AgRisk (HTML)
	Managing Risks & Profits – Grains (HTML)
	OSU Extension Agricultural Law Program (HTML)
	OSU Economic Outlook & Policy Program (HTML)
	OSU ManagementExcel (HTML)
	Ohio Income Tax Schools (HTML)

Accounting / Record Keeping:
(Quicken 2003-2007)
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	Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken 2007
	Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken 2006
	Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken 2005
	Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken 2004
	Computerized Farm Record Keeping with Quicken 2003

Pre-Defined Set of Categories and Classes to Use in Quicken (QIF Files)
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	farm&home.zipContains detailed farm, home and personal categories, classes and suggestions for accounts.
	farm.zipContains the same farm categories and classes as the Farm&Home.Qif, but fewer family living and personal categories.
	farmtaxline.zip Contains the same categories and classes as the Farm.Qif, and includes detailed tax form information for categories.

Livestock Production
(Manure Handling, Dairy, Pork, Beef)
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	Economics of Manure Handling Systems (HTML)
	Ohio Dairy Web page (HTML)
	OSU Integrated Dairy Risk Management Education & Research Program (HTML)
	Ohio State Beef Team Web page (HTML)
	Ohio Pork Information Center (HTML)

Farmland
(Cropland Values & Cash Rents, Filter Strips, Legal Aspects, Real Estate,etc...)
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	Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2007-08 (pdf)
	Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2006-07 (pdf)
	Environmental Quality Incentive Program: EQIP (HTML) - BROKEN LINK
	Filter Strips - Economics of (HTML)
	Legal Aspects of Ohio Farmland Leases (pdf)
	Crop Share Leasing in Ohio, FR-0005-01  (HTML)
	Flexible-Cash Rents for Farmland, FR-0002-01  (HTML)
	Farm Rental Agreement Checklist, FR-0003-01  (HTML)
	Managing Landlord-Tenant Relationships: A Strategic Perspective, FR-0004-01 (HTML)
	Precision Farming and Land Leasing Practices. AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0010-01 (pdf)
	2003 Ohio Farmland Lease and Real Estate Values (pdf)
	An Overview of U.S. Farm Real Estate Markets  AEDE-WP-0042-06 (pdf)
	- All broken links will be updated or removed soon.  Thank you for your patience and sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Labor / Human Resource Management
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	Becoming an Effective Leader Through Situational Leadership  (pdf)
	Becoming Your Employer's MVP (pdf)
	Building a Dairy Farm Team (pdf)
	Building Family Business Relations (pdf)
	Building Your Reputation as an Employer (pdf)
	Evaluating Performance and Providing Feedback to Employees  (pdf)
	Finding Applicants in a Tight Labor Market (pdf)
	Making Employee Motivation a Partnership  (pdf)
	Operating an Agricultural Migrant Labor Camp in Ohio, FLR-1-01  (PDF)
	The First 30 Days - Orienting New Employees  (pdf)
	Organizational Structure of the Family Business (pdf)
	Overcoming Barriers to Communication  (pdf)
	Recruiting and Hiring Outstanding Employees  (pdf)
	Some Farm Labor Myths and Realities (pdf)
	Training New Employees  (pdf)
	Transferring Your Business to the Next Generation: Dealing with the People Problems (pdf)
	The Value and Common Sense of Job Descriptions (pdf)

Leasing Decisions
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	Legal Aspects of Ohio Farmland Leases (PDF)
	Flexible-Cash Rents for Farmland, FR-0002-01  (pdf)
	Farm Rental Agreement Checklist, FR-0003-01  (pdf)
	Managing Landlord-Tenant Relationships: A Strategic Perspective, FR-0004-01  (pdf)
	Crop Share Leasing in Ohio, FR-0005-01  (pdf)
	Tax Issues for Farm Rental Agreements, FR-0006-02 (pdf)
	Leasing Farm Buildings and Livestock Facilities, FR-0007-02 (pdf)
	2003 Ohio Farmland Lease and Real Estate Values (pdf)
	Precision Farming and Land Leasing Practices. AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0010-01  (pdf)
	Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2007-08 (pdf)
	Ohio Cropland Values and Cash Rents 2006-07 (pdf)

The following publications present summary results of the 2003 Farm Real Estate and Farming Practices Survey.
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	Ohio Farm Real Estate Markets (pdf)
	Ohio Farm Computer Usage (OSU Farm Management Update article)
	Computers on Ohio Farms: How Used and How Useful?  (pdf)
	Adoption and Use of Precision Farming Technologies (pdf)

North Central Region Extension Farm Management Publications
(Crop Share, Cash Lease, Irrigation Crop-Share, Pasture Rental, etc...)
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	Cash Farm Lease, with Flexible Provisions NCR76 (PDF)
	Crop Share or Crop-Share Cash Rental Arrangements for Your Farm NCR105 (PDF)
	Crop-Share or Crop-Share/Cash Farm Leases NCR77 (PDF)
	Farm Machinery, Building or Equipment Lease NCR215 (PDF)
	Irrigation Crop-Share and Cash Rental Arrangements for Your FarmNCR148 (PDF)
	Irrigation Crop-Share or Crop-Share Cash Farm Lease NCR106 (PDF)
	Pasture Rental Arrangements for Your Farm NCR149 (PDF)

Business organizational planning
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Two Generation Farming: Selecting a Business Arrangement (PDF)

Estate planning
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	Basic Estate Planning Fact Sheet Series (New, for Ohio!)
	Estate Planning Considerations for Ohio Families
	Estate Planning for Tomorrow (pdf)
	Estate Planning: Writing Wills in Maryland (pdf)
	Virginia Cooperative Extension - Estate Planning (html)
	Farm Transition Planning (HTML)

Legal Issues
(Current Issues, Manure, Drainage/Water, Rural Zoning, Eminent Domain, etc...)
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	Ohio State Ag Law Program (HTML)
	Current Issues in Agricultural Law (PDF)
	Legal Issues for Manure (PDF)
	A Summary of Ohio's New Speed Identification Symbol Law (PDF)
	Ohio Drainage and Water Laws (PDF)
	Current Rural Zoning Issues for Ohio (PDF)
	Eminent Domain in Ohio, ALS-1000-00 - BROKEN LINK
	Legal and Management Aspects of Ohio Farmland Leases, FR-0001-01 - BROKEN LINK
	Liability for Visitors to Farm Property, ALS-1002-00 - BROKEN LINK
	Ohio Line Fence Law, ALS-1001-00 - BROKEN LINK
	Ohio Laws Addressing Harm to Farm Property, ALS-1004-02 (pdf) - BROKEN LINK
	Pesticide Application Liability, ALS-1005-03 (pdf) - BROKEN LINK
	Ponds and Legal Liability in Ohio, ALS-1006-03 (pdf) - BROKEN LINK
	Landowner Liability for Trespassing Children: Ohio's New Attractive Nuisance Doctrine, ALS-1007-03 (pdf) - BROKEN LINK
	- All broken links are being looked into and will be updated soon.  Thank you for your patience, and sorry for any inconvenience this might cause.

Alternative Products/Production Systems
(Precision Farming, Direct Marketing, Wetland-Reservoir Subirrigation, etc...)
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	Adoption Levels of Precision Farming Component Technologies: A Survey of Precision Farming Adopters in Central Ohio.  First Report, AEDE-FR-0008  (PDF)
	Adoption and Use of Precision Farming Technologies:  A Survey of Central Ohio Precision Farmers. AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0011-01 (PDF)
	A Survey of Precision Farming Adopters in Central Ohio:  Primary Motives for Adoption.  First Report, AEDE-FR-0009 (PDF)
	A Survey of Precision Farming Adopters in Central Ohio:  Changing Farm Management Practices.  First Report, AEDE-FR-0010 (PDF)
	Direct Marketing as a Value Added Opportunity for Agriculture, AE-8-01 (PDF)
	Economic Analysis of a Wetland-Reservoir Subirrigation System (PDF)
	Economics of Precision Farming (PDF)
	Evaluating Adoption And Uses of Precision Farming Technologies (M.S. Thesis - PDF )
	The Impact of Precision Farming on Ohio Farm Management:  Case Studies of Leading Ohio Precision Farmers .  First Report, AEDE-FR-0004 (PDF)
	Organic Agriculture -- Economics of (PDF)
	Precision Farming Adoption in Ohio (PDF)
	Precision Agriculture -- Economics of (PDF)
	Precision Farming and Land Leasing Practices. AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0010-01 (PDF)
	Tillage System Economics (PDF)
	Adoption and Use of Precision Farming Technologies: Results of a 2003 Survey of Ohio Farmers AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0039-03 (PDF)
	Computers on Ohio Farms: How Used and How Useful? 2003 AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0040-03 (PDF)
	A Year with the National Organic Program: What has changed?  2003 AEDE-FR-0013-03 (PDF)
	Organic Food Labels: A Customer Intercept Survey of Central Ohio Food Shoppers 2003 AEDE-RP-0038-03 (PDF)

Conservation Systems
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	Cost-Share Program Evaluation Worksheet: Cost of Owning Specialized Equipment, AE-4-98 (PDF)
	Economics of Vegetative Filter Strips, AE-6-99 (PDF)
	Environmental Quality Incentive Program: EQIP, AE-2-97 (PDF) - BROKEN LINK
	Incentive Programs For Improving Environmental Quality, AE-1-97 (PDF) - BROKEN LINK
	Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs), AE-7-99 (PDF)
	- All broken links will be updated or removed soon.  Thank you for your patience and sorry for any inconvenience this may have caused.

Cost Saving Ideas
(Saving $$$$ Per Corn Acre/Soybean Acre, Fuel Saving)
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	“Cost Saving Ideas and Innovations in Crop Production – Saving $$$$$’s per Corn Acre!”
	“Cost Saving Ideas and Innovations in Crop Production – Saving $$$$$’s per Soybean Acre!"
	“Putting Dollars in the Bank, Not in the Fuel Tank - 50 Tips for Saving Fuel on the Farm"