| MACHDATA.xls |
Machinery cost calculator and database that accompanies the extension publication Farm Machinery Economic Cost Estimates for late 2005 and contains the input data used. |
| DIGESTER_ECON.xls |
Tool for doing rough initial calculations of annual costs and returns to be expected from owning and operating a methane digester on a dairy farm. Developed under a project funded from the Minnesota Environment and Natural Resources Trust Fund. |
| MANURWKST |
Addresses questions related to the economic value of livestock manure (with Bob Koehler, U of MN Southwest Research and Outreach Center). Bob’s website Manure Application Economics contains an accompanying news release, PDFs of presented papers, Powerpoint slide sets, and hand worksheets. |
| PIGNET.xls |
Accompanies Swine Production Networks in Minnesota: Resources for Decision Making (pdf), Staff Paper P96-4 by Bob Koehler, Bill Lazarus and Brian Buhr, Department of Applied Economics, University of Minnesota, St. Paul, MN 55108, Revised December 1996. |
Please note: These spreadsheets contain macros. For the macros to operate properly, the Excel macro protection feature must be set to Medium or Low, NOT High. To change that setting, select Tools, Options, and then Security. Click on the Macro Security button at the bottom to make that change.
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