hay fields...farmland
Posted: Fri Sep 19, 2014 11:36 am
anyone have knowledge about the economics of hay production...to calculate returns on hay fields from leasing them...esp in great lakes region?
Murph,
Here's a few links I've bookmarked that may help you.
UNL has one of the better websites about ag economics - lots of good articles and survey data here
http://agecon.unl.edu/realestate.html
USDA Cash rent values by region
http://www.farmlandinvestorcenter.com/c ... ey-reports
Click the PDF file in the article below
http://agview.net/articles/features/201 ... s-released
We talked about it briefly here
http://gyroscopicinvesting.com/forum/va ... of-the-pp/
You can find want people are asking for hay by region. Just call a few sellers and find out the prices they charge.
http://www.hayexchange.com/index.php