Resources

Selected Factsheets and Publications Order No.

Budgeting Farm Machinery Costs 01-075
Leasing Farm Equipment 09-035
Guide to Custom Farmwork and Short-Term Equipment Rental 10-049
Agronomy Guide for Field Crops Publication 0811E
Field Crop Protection Guide, 2011-2012 Publication 0812E
Soil Fertility Handbook Publication 0611E
Guide to Weed Control, 2012-2013 Publication 0075E

A full listing of publications is available on the OMAFRA website - www.ontario.ca/omafra - and can be ordered through ServiceOntario, available:

• online at www.publications.serviceontario.ca
• by telephone to the ServiceOntario Contact Centre
  Monday to Friday, 8:30 AM to 5:00 PM
  416-326-5300
  416-325-3408 (TTY)
  1-800-668-9938 Toll-free across Canada
  1-800-268-7095 TTY Toll-free across Ontario
• in person at ServiceOntario Centres throughout the province.

OMAFRA has excellent tools and information to help manage your farm business at the Agricultural Business Management section at www.ontario.ca/agbusiness. Results of the 2009 Custom Farmwork and Equipment Rental Rates survey are available here. The Ontario Enterprise Budgets, also found on the OMAFRA website, has budgets for cost of production, including field crops, posted with two display options. You can download a Budgeting Tool Excel file, modify the numbers to reflect your operation and the file will complete the calculations. The Budgeting Tool also lets you assess the potential effect of production and marketing risk factors and risk management strategies. Or you can view, and then print Manual Budget Forms that have a Sample Cost and a Your Farm column to input numbers manually in hard copy.

The Field Crop Budgets are updated by John Molenhuis, Business Analysis and Cost of Production Program Lead, OMAFRA, Brighton (john.molenhuis@ontario.ca) and Brian Hall, Edible Beans and Canola Specialist, OMAFRA, Stratford (brian.hall@ontario.ca).

| Introduction |2012 Field Crop Budgets |
|2012 Crop Comparison Summary Table for Selected Field Crops ($/acre)* |
| Alfalfa-Timothy Hay | Barley | Spring Canola | Winter Canola |
|Coloured Beans | Grain Corn | Silage Corn | Flax | Oats |
| Soybeans | Soft Winter Wheat | Hard Red Winter Wheat |
| Hard Red Spring Wheat | White/Black Beans | Organic - Grain Corn and Soybeans |
| Organic - Winter Wheat and Spelt | Organic - Barley and Oats |
| Resources | Application Rate Conversion |