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February 22, 2006 NDSU Releases Projected No-till Crop Budgets for Southwestern North Dakota The North Dakota State University Extension Service has released the 2006 projected no-till crop budgets for the southwestern region of North Dakota. The southwest region includes the counties of Adams, Billings, Bowman, Dunn, Golden Valley, Grant, Hettinger, Mercer, Morton, Oliver, Slope, Sioux and Stark. The publication includes projected crop budgets for spring wheat, durum, malting barley, corn grain, oil sunflowers, confectionery sunflowers, canola, flax, field peas, lentils, yellow mustard, safflower, buckwheat, millet, large chickpeas, winter wheat and rye. The publication includes a discussion of no-till farming practices and shows examples of crop rotations. "No-till practices are a good fit and well adapted to southwestern North Dakota.” says Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension Service farm economist. For each crop, direct and indirect costs are estimated. Direct costs include seed, herbicide, fungicide, insecticide, fertilizer, crop insurance premiums, fuel and lubrication, repairs, drying and operating interest. Indirect costs include overhead, machinery depreciation, machinery investment and land charges. Break-even yields at expected market prices are shown for each crop. The costs of production for all crops are higher than the previous year because of high fuel and fertilizer prices. Crops that use lesser amounts or no nitrogen, such as soybeans, field peas and lentils, show better returns. These budgets are found on the Web at www.ext.nodak.edu/extpubs/ecguides.htm as a downloadable PDF file. Also, MS-Excel spreadsheets for each crop can be downloaded for producers to enter their own budget numbers. You must have MS-Excel to operate these spreadsheets. To obtain this free publication, “Projected No-till 2006 Crop Budgets for Southwest North Dakota,” call (701) 231-7882 or write to NDSU Agriculture Communication Distribution Center, Box 5655, 10 Morrill Hall, Fargo, ND 58105-5655, or contact a county office of the NDSU Extension Service. Requests also may be faxed to (701) 231-7044 or e-mailed to dctr@ndsuext.nodak.edu. ### Source:
Ron Haugen, (701) 231-8103, rhaugen@ndsuext.nodak.edu |
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