Farm Management Publications

These papers, by various authors, deal with issues related to Farm Management. They are provided in Adobe Portable Document Format (pdf) or HTML format.

VanBuren Program Publications:

Evaluating Adoption And Uses of Precision Farming Technologies (M.S. Thesis - PDF Format)
Economics of Precision Farming (PDF Format)
Precision Farming Adoption in Ohio (PDF Format)
Paper presented at the American Society of Agriculture Engineers (PDF Format)
Paper presented at the American Association of Agricultural Economics (PDF Format)
Organic Agriculture -- Economics of (PDF)
Tillage System Economics (PDF)
Precision Farming and Land Leasing Practices. AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0010-01 (PDF Format)
Adoption and Use of Precision Farming Technologies:  A Survey of Central Ohio Precision Farmers. AED Economics Report AEDE-RP-0011-01 (PDF Format)
The Impact of Precision Farming on Ohio Farm Management:  Case Studies of Leading Ohio Precision Farmers .  First Report, AEDE-FR-0004 (PDF Format)
Adoption Levels of Precision Farming Component Technologies: A Survey of Precision Farming Adopters in Central Ohio.  First Report, AEDE-FR-0008  (PDF Format)
A Survey of Precision Farming Adopters in Central Ohio:  Primary Motives for Adoption.  First Report, AEDE-FR-0009 (PDF Format)
A Survey of Precision Farming Adopters in Central Ohio:  Changing Farm Management Practices.  First Report, AEDE-FR-0010 (PDF Format)

Enterprise Budgets and related data:

Ohio Enterprise Budgets (HTML)
Ohio Farm Machinery Cost Estimates for 1999 (PDF)
Farm Custom Rates
Prices Paid and Received by Ohio Producers
Enterprise Budgets from other States (HTML)
Farm Management Computer Programs

Other Farm Management Related Publications or Sites

OSU ManagementExcel (HTML)
OSU Extension Agricultural Law Program
OSU Economic Outlook & Policy Program
Ohio Income Tax Schools
AgRisk
Managing Risks & Profits – Grains

Livestock Production

Ohio Dairy Web page (HTML)
OSU Integrated Dairy Risk Management Education & Research Program (HTML)
Economics of Manure Handling Systems (HTML)

Farmland

Competition for Farmland (PDF)
Filter Strips - Economics of (HTML)
The Environmental Quality Incentive Program: EQIP (HTML)
1999 Ohio Cash-Leased Farmland Rents and Market Values (pdf)

Labor / Human Resource Management

Training New Employees  (pdf)
Overcoming Barriers to Communication  (pdf)
Recruiting and Hiring Outstanding Employees  (pdf)
The First 30 Days - Orienting New Employees  (pdf)
Becoming and Effective Leader Through Situational Leadership  (pdf)
Evaluating Performance and Providing Feedback to Employees  (pdf)
Making Employee Motivation a Partnership  (pdf)
Transferring Your Business to the Next Generation: Dealing with the People Problems (pdf)

Leasing Decisions (North Central Region Extension Farm Management Publications - This list of links is maintained for the NCR Extension Farm Management Committee by Joe Parcell, Agricutlural Economist, MU.

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)
Fixed And Flexible Cash Rental Arrangements for Your Farm NCR75 (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

Alternative Financial/Organizational Structures of Farm and Agribusiness Firms (NCR568)
Two Generation Farming: Selecting a Business Arrangement (PDF)
Farm and Ranch Business Organization: The Limited Liability Company (html)
Farm and Ranch Business Organization: The "S" Corporation (html)
Farm and Ranch BusinessOrganization: The Partnership (html)

Estate planning

Medicaid, Estate Planning, and Estate Recovery in Ohio, governor's report, Aug. 1999  (pdf)
Virginia Cooperative Extension - Estate Planning (html)
Family Estate Planning in Wisconsin (pdf)
Understanding your Estate in Indiana (pdf)
Estate Planning for Tomorrow (pdf)
Transfer of Property After Death: A Guide to Estate Settlement (pdf)
Let's Plan Your Estate (pdf)
Estate Planning: Writing Wills in Maryland (html)

Alternative Production Systems

Organic Agriculture -- Economics of (PDF)
Precision Agriculture -- Economics of (PDF)
Tillage System Economics (PDF)
Wetland-Reservoir Subirrigation System -- Economics of (PDF)

 

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