1. Department of Economics Economics and On-Farm Research On-Farm Research Conference Ames, Iowa December 19, 2008 Chad Hart Assistant Professor/Grain Markets Specialist chart@iastate.edu 515-294-9911

2. Department of Economics Agricultural Economics Data  USDA  National Agricultural Statistics Service  Economic Research Service  WASDE Report  ISU  Ag Decision Maker  Integrated Crop Management News  Others  IA Dept. of Ag.  CME Group

3. Department of Economics NASS

4. Department of Economics NASS

5. Department of Economics NASS

6. Department of Economics NASS Monthly Publications December 2008

7. Department of Economics Agricultural Prices Publication Released on a monthly basis with an annual summary Includes monthly crop prices and input cost indexes

8. Department of Economics ERS

9. Department of Economics ERS Briefing Rooms

10. Department of Economics WASDE Report The WASDE report provides the latest USDA forecasts for production and usage for major crops (U.S. and world) and livestock (U.S.). http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde/latest.pdf

11. Department of Economics U.S. Corn Supply and Use Source: USDA-WAOB, Dec. 2008

12. Department of Economics Ag Decision Maker – Costs & Returns

13. Department of Economics County Yields - Soybeans

14. Department of Economics Production Costs

15. Department of Economics ISU Production Cost Estimates  Corn following Corn  Corn following Soybeans  Corn Silage following Corn  Herbicide Tolerant Soybeans following Corn  Non-Herbicide Tolerant Soybeans following Corn  Low-till Corn and Soybeans  Oats & Hay Production – Seeding Year Costs  Est. Alfalfa or Alfalfa-Grass Hay  Maintaining Grass Pastures

16. Department of Economics Ag Decision Maker – Current Outlook

17. Department of Economics ICM Newsletter

18. Department of Economics Farmdoc – U. of Illinois

19. Department of Economics IA Dept. of Ag.

20. Department of Economics Historical Iowa Cash Prices

21. Department of Economics Historical Iowa Cash Prices

22. Department of Economics CME Group

23. Department of Economics Web Sites  NASShttp://www.nass.usda.govhttp://www.nass.usda.gov  ERShttp://www.ers.usda.govhttp://www.ers.usda.gov  WASDE http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde http://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde  Ag Decision Maker http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm http://www.extension.iastate.edu/agdm  Integrated Crop Management News http://www.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews http://www.extension.iastate.edu/cropnews  Farmdochttp://www.farmdoc.uiuc.eduhttp://www.farmdoc.uiuc.edu  IA Dept. of Ag.http://www.agriculture.state.ia.ushttp://www.agriculture.state.ia.us  CME Grouphttp://www.cmegroup.comhttp://www.cmegroup.com

24. Department of Economics Thank you for your time! Any questions? http://www.econ.iastate.edu/faculty/hart/