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Second photo from left by LD Productions; all others by Vo von Sehlen, Vo-tography Images Recent Highlights from the Western Region Total Grant Awards 1988-20251 1,753 GRANTS $110 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2024-2025 1 These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on […]

Recent Highlights from the North Central Region Total Grant Awards 1988-20251 3,152 GRANTS $110.1 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2024-20251 1These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on sustainable agriculture. 2The use of a preproposal process varies by region. It serves to screen […]

Photos by Vander Gac, Northeast SARE Recent Highlights from the Northeast Region Total Grant Awards 1988-20251 2,644 GRANTS $112.6 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2024-20251 1These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on sustainable agriculture. 2The use of a preproposal process varies by […]

Southern SARE Regional Highlights Total Grant Awards 1988-20251 1,677 GRANTS $106.7 MILLION Grant Proposals and Awards 2022-20251 1These totals exclude additional direct funding given each year to Cooperative Extension in every state to support state-level programming on sustainable agriculture. 2The use of a preproposal process varies by region. It serves to screen project ideas for […]

An enterprise budget is a useful tool for determining costs of production for a perennial crop, in this case strawberries. An excellent current example of costs and returns spreadsheets for perennial crops from Iowa State University includes asparagus, raspberries, and strawberries, among other crops. With perennial crops, you need to amortize (or spread out) your […]

Analysis of Diversifying a Rotation in Wheat Country Warren Miller farms in Washington state in the western Palouse, a semi-arid dryland region characterized by rich soil on steep, dune-like hills. At about 1,200 acres, the farm is small by regional standards. Given the low average rainfall of approximately 17 inches per year, occurring primarily in […]

This case study uses economic data from the two previous case studies to compare profitability from two marketing channels for this 50-head cow-calf operation in western Washington. Calculating profitability for a complex, multi-year enterprise like grassfed beef may be easier if the enterprise is broken down into separate, distinct enterprises, as we do here. In […]

Round Bales for On-Farm Use Plus Square Bales for Sale Two separate enterprises are developed for this case study that examines the profitability of hay production in western Washington. Hay for on-farm use (in both cow-calf and steer operations) receives liquid manure from local dairies, and it’s sprayed for broadleaf weeds. All of this hay […]

While the 50-head cow-calf operation in this case study in Western Washington appears profitable from a cash budget standpoint, it isn’t profitable from an economic standpoint when all resources are valued at fair market prices. When you use up your longer-term capital assets like vehicles and machinery at an unprofitable rate, you won’t have the […]

Individual Enterprise Budgets and Whole Farm Planning Creating a master plan for your farm and budgets for each enterprise may seem at first like an overwhelming task, depending on the complexity of your farm. If you can begin with one enterprise and learn the process, you’ll gain confidence and proficiency to tackle further complexity. Best-guess […]