| Gary Schnitkey |
| FEFO 05-05, 03/15/2005 |
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The 2005 crop will be particularly challenging for Illinois soybean producers. Soybean rust, a fungal disease, has moved up from South American and was found in the Southern US in the fall of 2004. This is the first discovery of the disease in the continental US. The disease is in the form of spores and can spread through airborne pathways over wide geographic areas (Isard et al, 20041). Weather patterns, especially those from the South to North, will be the main factor causing an outbreak in Illinois during the 2005 crop year.
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| Grain Delivery Comparison Model: Release Of A New FAST Tool
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| Gary Schnitkey |
| FEFO 04-14, 08/26/2004 |
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A new Farm Analysis Solution Tool (FAST) has been released for use. This Microsoft Excel spreadsheet is called the Grain Delivery Comparison Model and is useful for comparing net revenues associated with delivering grain up to three different locations. This tool has been developed by Brian Pulley (Illinois Farm Business Farm Management) and myself and can be downloaded from the FAST section of farmdoc (www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu).
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| Release of Crop Budgeting Tool
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| Gary Schnitkey |
| FEFO 03-13, 07/22/2003 |
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A new Crop Budgeting Tool has been released on farmdoc. Crop Budgeting compares the costs and returns from alternative crops and determines the funds available to pay for cash rent. This tool is part of FAST, a series of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets that aid farmers in economic decision-making. The spreadsheet is available in the “FAST Tools” section of farmdoc or by clicking here.
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| Cash Rent Worksheet
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| Dale Lattz, Gary Schnitkey |
| FEFO 03-01, 01/27/2003 |
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A new cash rent worksheet designed to help farmers determine the amount of cash rent that can be paid for an acre of land is available on farmdoc (Click here to download sheet). A user must have Microsoft Excel version 97 or higher to operate the worksheet.
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| 2002 IFARM Insurance Evaluator
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| Gary Schnitkey |
| FEFO 02-05, 03/11/2002 |
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The 2002 version of the iFARM Crop Insurance Evaluator is available for use on farmdoc. The Evaluator shows risks and returns from five different crop insurance products: Actual Production History (APH), Revenue Assurance with the Base Price option (RA-BP), Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC), Group Risk Plan (GRP), and Group Risk Income Plan (GRIP) insurance.
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| 2002 IFARM Premium Calculator
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| Gary Schnitkey |
| FEFO 02-03, 02/08/2002 |
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The 2002 version of the IFARM premium calculator has been released for use. This tool calculates per acre insurance premiums for the following insurances: Actual Production History (APH), Revenue Assurance with the base price option (RA-BP), Crop Revenue Coverage (CRC), Group Risk Plan (GRP), and Group Risk Income Plan (GRIP). Premiums can be calculated for corn, soybeans, wheat, and grain sorghum in counties of twelve states located in the greater Corn Belt. The Premium Calculator is in the crop insurance section of farmdoc (http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/cropins/).
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| New Spreadsheet Tool for Machinery Economics
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| Dale Lattz |
| FEFO 01-25, 12/17/2001 |
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A new Microsoft Excel spreadsheet has been developed to provide economic information on machinery issues commonly faced by farmers. The spreadsheet will 1) calculate the probabilities of being able to complete machinery operations between beginning and ending dates, 2) calculate the costs of tillage and planting operations, and 3) calculate the cost of combining. The spreadsheet is named Machinery Economics and is part of the FAST decision aids available for download at farmdoc (see http://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu/finance/business.html).
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