http://www.agmanager.info Providing Information and Tools For The Competitive Business http://www.AgManager.info/news Dr. Dan O'Brien centers his grain market comments this week on the continuing friendly news about U.S. grain export business, and on deepening concerns about the condition of corn and soybean crops in the Corn Belt. Fri, 27 Aug 2010 14:36:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/marketing/basis/tools/default.asp This interactive tool can be used to examine historical weekly nearby basis for corn, sorghum (milo), soybeans, and wheat for various locations in Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Oklahoma, and parts of Colorado and Texas. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:48:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/marketing/basis/maps/archives/default.asp GIS maps showing the weekly basis and deviation from 3 year average for corn, wheat, soybeans, and milo in the central Plains. Thu, 26 Aug 2010 12:41:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/marketing/outlook/newletters "World Wheat Supply-Demand & 2010 FSU-12 Production Problems", by Dr. Dan O'Brien. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 14:11:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/energy Dr. Kevin Dhuyvetter offers updated forecasts of diesel fuel prices based on oil futures. Wed, 01 Sep 2010 09:33:00 CDT http://www.lmic.info/memberspublic/InTheCattleMarket/cattlemarkets.pdf "Weak Economy, Strong Meat and Livestock Markets", by John Michael Riley, Mississippi State University and John Anderson, American Farm Bureau Federation. Tue, 31 Aug 2010 11:13:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/outlook/newsletters K-State livestock economist Glynn Tonsor talks about the latest cattle price trends, and remarks on what research says on the subject of competitiveness in the cattle production sector, in the wake of last week's USDA/Department of Justice public hearing on that issue.Mon, 30 Aug 2010 09:11:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/graphs/ Price, basis, forecast, cattle slaughter, cattle cycle, cattle on feed, livestock feeding returns, and meat trade charts, as well as supply and demand for corn, wheat and soybeans. Mon, 30 Aug 2010 08:02:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/news The administrator of the Kansas Farm Management Association, Kevin Herbel, reports some of the interesting trends found in the just-released 2009 Kansas Farm Enterprise Summary, which all agricultural producers can use for reference in analyzing their own enterprise management. Wed, 25 Aug 2010 13:55:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/news A featured guest at K-State's Risk and Profit Conference last week, northeast Kansas farmer and agribusinessman Jay Armstrong, talks about managing the agricultural operation into the future, drawing from his experiences in building a highly-successful and diversified agricultural enterprise. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 11:42:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/events/risk_profit/2010/papers.asp Presentations and papers from the 2010 Risk and Profit Conference are now available. Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:44:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/marketing/outlook/crop_outlook/default.asp Dr. Dan O'Brien provides his presentation from the Midwest Outlook Conference last week. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 10:37:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/news Dr. Kevin Dhuyvetter discusses his research on pasture lease rates and how those rates impact operational costs for cattle producers. Wed, 18 Aug 2010 13:55:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/news/KFMA_News/Archives/default.asp 1. Will Congress Act? - Mark Dikeman; 2. There's More To Estate Planning Than Getting a Will or Trust - Clay Simons; 3. Excel Tips I - Mark Dikeman; 4. Recommendations for Further Reading - Michael Langemeier. Mon, 16 Aug 2010 16:02:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/graphs/Crops/default.asp USDA supply and demand estimates for corn, soybeans and wheat. Includes graphs of historical data and spreadsheets with raw data. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 10:13:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/AnimalID/default.asp Dr. Glynn Tonsor and Lee Schulz present information about producers beliefs regarding animal traceability, that notable differences exists between cow-calf producers in their preferences and the welfare effects of mandating particular traceability adoptions. Now includes video. Fri, 13 Aug 2010 15:07:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/marketing/decisions Dr. Kevin Dhuyvetter provides the latest update of historical grain prices, through July, 2010. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:47:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/database Dr. Kevin Dhuyvetter provides the latest update of historical cattle prices, through July, 2010. Mon, 09 Aug 2010 09:46:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/outlook/newsletters/FinishingReturns/default.asp Dr. Michael Langemeier provides a monthly discussion on recent trends in feeding cost of gain and cattle finishing profitability. Tue, 03 Aug 2010 10:24:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/crops/insurance/risk_mgt/default.asp Dr. Art Barnaby provides marketing year average estimates for the the major crops for 2010/2011. Mon, 02 Aug 2010 10:38:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/news Dr. Michael Langemeier gets into his latest profit analysis of cow-calf enterprises in Kansas, and the factors that most greatly influence the returns to cow-calf production...benchmarks that producers can use to evaluate their own beef cow operations. Wed, 28 Jul 2010 13:55:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/marketing/outlook/basis Dr. Art Barnaby and Dr. Dan O'Brien discuss the importance of being aware that the wheat basis could narrow if there were a crop failure and how that relates to crop insurance. Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:12:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/energy/default.asp Dr. Dan O'Brien evaluates examines how U.S. corn supply-demand balances are likely to be effected by expanding the proportion of ethanol allowed to be mixed in U.S. fuels from 10% to 12% and 15% over the next decade. Tue, 20 Jul 2010 10:36:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/marketing/outlook/basis Dr. Dan O'Brien and Dr. Art Barnaby discuss this important issue more fully, including why have wheat futures and cash prices not converged; the impact of various "fixes" of the problem; and what wheat producers have to be careful about in their wheat marketing as the basis remains volatile.. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:19:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/livestock/marketing/clper/default.asp Dr. Glynn Tonsor provides a newsletter to enhance the dissemination of information from peer-reviewed economic research articles to livestock industry decision makers. Fri, 09 Jul 2010 11:04:00 CDT http://www.agmanager.info/livestock/marketing/AnimalID/default.asp Graduate student Lee Schulze and Dr. Glynn Tonsor provide a factsheet and journal article of research into preferences that cow-calf producers have regarding animal traceabilty. Tue, 06 Jul 2010 10:15:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/policy/commodity/2007default.asp Troy Dumler provides analysis of Kansas projected ACRE payments and benchmarks in this updated paper. Wed, 19 May 2010 15:22:00 CDT http://www.AgManager.info/farmmgt/income/executive/default.asp KFMA administrator Kevin Herbel and K-MAR-105 administrator Michael Langemeier provide the KFMA Executive Summary of farm income and accompanying information for 2009. Fri, 07 May 2010 15:31:00 CDT