Items: Grains
Specialty Corn Budgets | 2021
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor and Samantha Kindred | Extension Associate
Published on Apr. 1, 2021
Purpose: This Decision Aid has been constructed to help budget for GMO, Heirloom, and Non-GMO corn production. Machinery Options Evaluated: No-Till and Conventional production of GMO, Heirloom, and Non-GMO corn varieties. Author(s) Contact Information:
Maximizing Value: 2021 Spring Application of Broiler Litter for Grain Crop Production
By Jordan Shockley | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Mar. 30, 2021
Spring is here and grain producers across the state are gearing up for planting. One of the many decisions producers have to make before planting is in regard to their nutrient management plan. Broiler litter provides a great opportunity as a complete fertilizer and is being produced and used throughout the state in grain production.
ARC vs PLC – The Basics
By Will Snell | Extension Professor
Published on Jan. 28, 2021
The 2014 Farm Bill developed two programs to provide income support for specified row crops. -- the Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) programs. These risk management programs were reauthorized in the 2018 Farm Bill with slight modifications and remain in effect for the 2019-2023 crop years.
Understanding Commodity Wages
By Kayla Brashears | KFBM Area Extension Specialist
Published on Oct. 29, 2020
When it comes to paying employees, agriculture producers have a unique flexibility in compensation options that is not available to all employers. Commodity wages are a way to compensate employees without the obligation of many payroll taxes.
Economics of Various Winter Wheat Management Strategies
By Jordan Shockley | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Sep. 28, 2020
Planting season is right around the corner for those in Kentucky growing winter wheat this year. Are you thinking about adjusting management practices by increasing seeding rates or adding phosphorus in anticipation of increased yields?
Economic Costs for Establishing and Terminating Cover Crops
By Jordan Shockley | Associate Extension Professor and Robert Ellis | Graduate Student
Published on Jun. 1, 2019
This decision tool has been created to assist producers in calculating the direct cost of implementing cover crops into their current rotation. This tool uses input and machinery costs to generate an estimated cost associated with growing cover crops. No revenue streams or beneficial factors were taken into account in this tool.
Economic Costs for Baling Wheat Straw
By Jordan Shockley | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Oct. 1, 2018
This decision tool has been created to assist producers in calculating costs based on owning the equipment or custom hire rates. It is assumed that the baling operation follows the combine during (or soon after) the harvesting of wheat for grain. Author(s) Contact Information:
Post-Harvest Management: The Economics of Grain Drying
By Jordan Shockley | Associate Extension Professor
Published on Oct. 1, 2018
Kentucky has over 200 million bushels of on-farm grain storage capacity as of 2016. Since 2002, total on-farm grain storage capacity has increased each year (USDA-NASS, 2017). As a producer evaluates there storage capabilities and post-harvest management strategy, investing in a new grain drying system may be a part of that evaluation.
Kentucky ANR Agent Land Value and Cash Rent Survey (2018)
By Greg Halich | Associate Extension Professor and Samantha Kindred | Extension Associate
Published on Feb. 1, 2018
In 2018 Agriculture and Natural Resource (ANR) agents were surveyed to estimate land values and rental rates for various types of farmland. A total of 70 ANR agents completed this survey out of 120 counties, representing approximately 60% of the state total.
Days Suitable for Fieldwork in Kentucky
By Jordan Shockley | Associate Extension Professor and Tyler Mark | Professor
Published on Sep. 1, 2017
Weather risk plays a unique role and influences many decisions made on the farm. Weather determines when you can get into the field and your ability to perform timely operations such as planting, fertilizing, spraying, and harvesting. Delays from weather events of time-sensitive operations will result in substantial yield and economic losses.