Economics of Transferring Crop Land to Grazing

1. Economics of Transferring Crop Land to Grazing Ed Ballard Animal Systems Educator Effingham Center

2. Beef Stockers Dairy Which System Is More Profitable? Soybeans Beef Cow Calf Sheep Goats

4. Trends in Selected FactorsCentral Illinois FBFM Associations

5. Trends in Selected FactorsCentral Illinois FBFM Associations

6. Soybean Yield History For Shelby County Year Yield Year Yield 1960 24.0 1992 44.5 1965 30.0 1993 44.0 1970 30.0 1994 44.5 1975 35.0 1995 36.0 1980 33.5 1996 32.5 1990 37.0 1997 38.0 1991 37.5 1999 37.0

7. Actual Soybean CostsCentral Illinois Land Costs 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 Variable Costs $95 $98 $103 $100 $96 Other non-land $102 $106 $121 $115 $114 Total Land Costs $139 $149 $150 $150 $151 Total cost/acre $336 $353 $374 $365 $361 Yield/acre 36 32.5 38 41 37 Price Received $5.76 $7.28 $7.65 $6.50 $5.45 All costs/bu $7.72 $7.68 $6.95$7.38 $7.60

8. Estimated Costs of Soybean Production 2000 Yield Variable Total Costs Level Costs (Per Bushel) 40 $2.50 ($100/a) $6.70 45 $2.26 ($102/a) $6.66 50 $2.09 ($105/a) $6.65

9. Estimated Soybean CostsIllinois 2000 Variable Costs 40bu 45bu 50bu Fertility $21 $22 $24 Herbicides 34 34 34 Seed 18 18 18 Drying & Storage 6 7 8 Machinery, rep, fuel 13 13 13 Crop Ins & Int 8 8 8 Variable Costs $100 $102 $105

10. Fixed Costs for Soybeans, 2000 Fixed Costs 40 Bu 45 Bu 50 Bu Labor (2hr/$10) $20 $20 $20 Bldg rep. & Dep 8 8 8 Machinery Dep 17 17 17 Interest on Invest 23 23 23 Overhead (Ins.,util.) 15 15 15 Land (cash rented) 80 110 140 Total Fixed Costs $163 $193 $223

11. Illinois – Cost to Grow Corn – 1972 to Date

12. Illinois – Cost to Grow Corn – 1972 to Date

13. Illinois – Cost to Grow Soybeans – 1972 to Date

14. Illinois – Cost to Grow Soybeans – 1972 to Date

18. Estimated DM Yield for Several Pasture Types and Stand Conditions

19. Dairying for Profit – Income200 Acres

20. Dairying for Profit – Expenses * 1.75 full time employees

21. Farm IncomeSchedule F, Form 1040

22. Farm ExpensesSchedule F, Form 1040

23. Farm IncomeSchedule F, Form 1040

24. Farm ExpensesSchedule F, Form 1040

25. Water available within 400 to 500 feet

26. Terry & Elmer Becherer 150 Ewes 15 Acre

27. Perennial Ryegrass

29. Stockpiled Orchardgrass & Brome Grass 11/30/00 Protein 14.64 RFV 105

30. Joanna Gioja - Champaign County, Illinois

31. Joanna Gioja net $454 per acre from 6 acres

32. Cliff Schuette Beef Producer Breese, IL

33. Utilizing SPA Data

34. Utilizing SPA Data

37. Brown Midrib Sorghum-Sudangrass

38. Aerial Seeding Turnips, Oats and Rye 8-20-2001

39. Cliff Schuette Turnips and Cereal Rye Airseed 8/25/2000 Barkant Turnips-3 lbs Rye 2 Bu Airplane $8/Acre Corn 183 Bu/acre Atrazine 1 lb Partner April 28

40. Seeded August 20 Growth Sept. 7, 2001

41. Turnip, 3 lbs, Oats 1 Bu, and Rye 1 1/2 Bu Aerial Seeded August 29, 2001 Picture Sept 7, 2001

42. Growth on Sept. 20, 2001

43. Corn losses in corn fields for grazing animals

44. 11/30/00 Protein 16.59 RFV 114 01/19/2001 Protein 12.79 RFV 92

45. Max Q Tall Fescue seeded Fall, 2000

46. John Hebert Stocker Grazing Alfalfa-Orchardgrass

47. John & Noel Hebert - Alfalfa-Orchardgrass Grazing Program 1998

48. John Hebert Alfalfa-Orchardgrass Grazing Program - 1999

49. John Hebert Alfalfa-Orchardgrass Grazing Program - 1999

50. John HebertAlfalfa Orchard-grass Grazing Program 2000