In some years, the former Soviet Union is up to 24 percent of the world trade. This almost compares with adding the equivalent of two times the exports of Canada onto the world market.

Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension Service farm economist, has some items to note for your 2013 income tax preparation.

Although lenders rely upon cash flow measures to justify loans, they also rely heavily upon the balance sheet, specifically agricultural assets, to provide security and strength to loan decisions.

The most unique and intriguing aspect of ARC-IC is that it is the only program that is not totally decoupled from production.

A positive is that projected yields for most crops have increased.

It is just as important at this time to consider the volatility in agriculture as it is to focus on recent declines in crop commodity prices. Do you know what you will do with your earnings if crop commodity prices rebound?

["In addition to outstanding quality, Carpio has shown excellent yield potential in NDSU yield trials, as well as very good yield stability across multiple environments.", ""]

In 2013, more than 70 percent of the farms were crop farms and the median age of a farm operator was 48.

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Advancing computer models are offering new opportunities to analyze business performance.

In the undergraduate programs, you will not only learn economics, you also will apply your broad knowledge and personal experiences, coupled with your quantitative and analytical skills, to solve problems, present ideas, analyze data and have fun.

The net income from the hay may be as much or more than the prevented-planting payment, less the cost of putting a cover crop on prevent-planted acres.

The program uses partial budgeting to compare the economics of prevented-planting with growing the same crop, for which a prevented-planting payment could be received, or some other crop.

Some of the tools in the app give users the ability to search by crop or pest to find solutions to problems or recommended treatments.

Estimates show that there will be an increase of more than 10,000 acres of cropland lost to Devils Lake in 2014.

During the most recent time period (2007 through 2012), farmers are relying more on retained earnings to build net worth than asset revaluation. In other words, most farmers have been using their earnings wisely.

Land values showed about an 8 percent increase from the previous survey, compared with a 42 percent increase during 2012.

NDSU Extension supports North Dakotans’ efforts to produce the food and fiber that are essential to the state.

The new shallow-loss crop insurance is not available this year.

Make the reallocation decision on a farm-by-farm basis.

["The FSA will provide notification to landowners that will include the base and yield information of record as of Oct. 1, 2013. It will be up to landowners to decide whether any reallocating or updating is to their advantage.", ""]

For crop producers, the primary decision will be to choose the Agricultural Risk Coverage option or the Price Loss Coverage option.

Look for ways to reduce heating costs.

The single biggest change is the elimination of direct payments to farmers

Ron Haugen, NDSU Extension Service farm economist, has some items to note for your 2013 income tax preparation.

These planning prices can be used for preparing annual enterprise budgets and annual whole-farm cash flow projections.

The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2014 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota.

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