Equipment costs impact profit most on smallest, largest farms

Apr 6, 2021
Apr 6, 2021

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Graphics courtesy University of Illinois farmdoc daily

Table 1. Power & Equipment Costs on Illinois FBFM Grain Farms

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Editor’s note: The following was written by Bradley Zwilling with the Illinois FBFM Association and University of Illinois Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics for the university’s farmdoc daily website March 19.

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