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Projected U.S. Corn Exports, Acreage and Production Under E-10, E-12 and E-15 Ethanol Policies

July 20, 2010 Energy

projections for grain and livestock were taken “as is” from … DDGS substitutes for corn in livestock feed rations on a pound … production, other FSI use, and livestock feeding in order to meet …

Projected Pasture Rental Rates for 2012

January 18, 2012 Leasing Papers and Presentations

Projected Pasture Rental Rates for 2012 Kevin C. Dhuyvetter Department of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University January 2012 It’s that time of year when livestock producers and landowners look to warming weather and grass turning green and thus the need to negotiate pasture rental rates for the upcoming grazing season. Often the starting point in negotiations is what was charged last year and then a determination is made as to whether or not that value should be changed for the current year. A valuable source of information historically available to look at the previous year was the average rental rates reported in the annual Bluestem Pasture Release published by the Kansas Department of Agriculture Statistics Division (Kansas Ag Statistics) (historical reports are available at www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/Kansas/Publications/Economics_and_Misc/Bluestem/). This survey collected data on rental rates in the Flint Hills of Kansas for various types of cattle and stocking programs (i.e., different weights of stocker cattle for both season long and early intensive and spring‐ and fall‐calving cow herds). Unfortunately, due to budget constraints this survey was discontinued after 2009 and thus producers and landowners who have relied upon that information in the past need to find an alternative source of information. One alternative source of information is the USDA NASS survey of cash rental rates at the county level. This information for Kansas is summarized in 2011 Kansas County‐Level Land Values and Cash Rents available at www.agmanager.info/farmmgt/land/lease/. The disadvantage of this information is that rental rates are reported only as dollars per acre without any supporting information pertaining to stocking rates. Without knowing anything about stocking rate, information on pasture rental rates per acre has limited value when setting rates for specific tracts of land. Many factors impact the rental rate for any particular tract of land (e.g., forage quality, stocking rate, size of pasture, quality of fence, water availability, landowner/tenant relationship), however, an examination of historical data indicates there are three factors that explain much of the variability in average rental rates over time. First, rates trend up over time and thus are expected to increase from year‐to‐year, all else equal. Second, rates are positively related to cattle prices, i.e., rental rates tend to increase more when cattle prices are high compared to when cattle prices are low. Third, rental rates are positively related to corn prices suggesting that producers are willing to pay more to rent grass when feed prices are high. These relationships have been quantified and embedded in a decision tool that allows producers and landowners to predict average rental rates given assumptions about these three factors (i.e., year, feeder cattle price, and corn price) (see Determining Pasture Rents in the Kansas Flint Hills and corresponding decision tool available on www.AgManager.info (direct link www.agmanager.info/farmmgt/land/lease/). …

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3. Understanding Basis and the Forward Contract for Kansas Wheat

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7. Characteristics of Kansas Pasture Lease Arrangements

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8. Forward Contracting Basis

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for diversified crop and livestock farmers. Abstract/Summary …