The big positive influence on farm financial performance in 2016 was yields.

The study uses 16 financial measures to evaluate North Dakota farms.

Program topics include managing taxable farm income, drought forced livestock sales and an update on federal income tax legislation.

NDSU Extension Service Farm Economist Ron Haugen shares some items to note for planning 2017 tax returns.

The calculator helps producers estimate the ARC and PLC payments they may receive for their 2017 crops.

The most favorable crop budgets were in the southwestern region, where 12 crops projected a positive return.

The 2017 analysis consisted of 457 farms throughout North Dakota.

NDSU Extension has developed a spreadsheet to help farmers make informed prevented-planting decisions.

Interest rates have moved upward steadily since the summer of 2016, while net farm incomes have declined.

The Livestock Forage Disaster Program provides assistance to producers for grazing losses caused by drought.