Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (OMAFRA) Resources

Selected Factsheets and Publications

• Budgeting Farm Machinery Costs, Order No. 01-075
• Leasing Farm Equipment, Order No. 01-003
• Guide to Custom Farmwork and Short-term Equipment Rental, Order No. 07-019
• Agronomy Guide for Field Crops, Publication 811
• Guide to Weed Control, Publication 75
• Field Crop Protection Guide, Publication 812
  

A full listing of publications and order forms are available on the OMAFRA website www.ontario.ca/omafra. Publications can also be ordered by calling 1-888-466-2372 from within Ontario, (519) 826-3700 from outside the province or by email at products@ontario.ca

OMAFRA has excellent tools and information to help manage your farm business. Follow the links to the Agricultural Business Management section of www.ontario.ca. Results of the 2003 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 then the file will complete the calculations. The Budgeting Tool also lets you assess the potential affect of production and marketing risk factors and risk management strategies. Or you can view, 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).

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