Costs

Part 613 NRCS National Resource Economics Handbook, Payment Schedules
NRCS Practice Payment Schedules SharePoint Site (Open to NRCS employees only)
NRCS Regional Budget and Cost Information
AAEA Commodity Costs and Returns Estimation Handbook
Discount Rates, FY2012 Watershed Rate is 4.0%, 2012 A-94 Rate is 2.8%
Annual Normalized Prices for Water Resource Projects
Part 613 NRCS National Resource Economics Handbook, Payment Schedules (PDF, 286 KB)
OMB Circular No. A-94, Discount Rates For Cost-Effectiveness, Lease Purchase, and Related Analyses
Price Index
Quick spreadsheet of the most common indexes and discount rates, updated Monthly
NRCS e-Field Office Technical Guide

The Minnesota National Ag Risk Education Library Budget Section also has a searchable database to catalog enterprise budgets which you can search by state and enterprise.

Another source of national and regional cropping costs information is from ERS. This is a subpart of their Farm Business Economics Briefing Room (featuring current analysis and data of major farm, business, and household indicators).

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Prices and Indexes
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Last Modified: 02/02/2012