Wisconsin Ag Connection - Wisconsin Crop Budget Program Now Available Online

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Wisconsin Crop Budget Program Now Available Online
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 04/03/2014

Wisconsin producers can now access information to help them make cropping decisions simply by going to their computers or mobile devices. The 2014 field crop, vegetable and pasture budgets have been placed online by the University of Wisconsin-Extension Farm Team. The program can be accessed by going to: http://www.uwex.edu/ces/farmteam/

These budgets calculate the costs associated with using tractors, implements and durables. The costs calculated are energy use, labor, repairs, ownership interest cost and depreciation charge. Coordinators say that with the increasing prices for fertilizer, fuel, seed, and pesticides, these budgets are best used as a 'side-by-side' comparison tool to analyze financial costs and benefits for producing different crops.

The field crop budgets include barley, corn after corn, corn after soybeans, corn silage after alfalfa, corn silage after corn, oats, rye, soybeans, spring and winter wheat, seeding alfalfa and established alfalfa for hay and haylage. There are two established pasture and two pasture establishment budgets.

The 15 commercial vegetable budgets include: cabbage (non-irrigated), carrot (non-irrigated), pickling cucumber (irrigated), slicing cucumber (irrigated), peas (irrigated and non-irrigated), potato (non-irrigated and irrigated), snapbean (non-irrigated and irrigated), and sweetcorn (non-irrigated and irrigated).

The 23 fresh market vegetable budgets are: asparagus, beet, broccoli, Brussels sprouts, cabbage, cauliflower, cucumbers, eggplant, garlic, honeydew melon, leek, muskmelon, onion, peas, Bell pepper, pumpkin, salad greens, snapbean, summer squash, sweet corn, tomato, watermelon and winter squash.

For more information about these crop budgets, call 715-355-4561.

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