With margins tight, input costs and price negotiation are top of mind. Purdue University’s Mike Boehlje and Michael Langemeier say this strategy isn’t uncommon. But if you’re only focusing on price, ...

Nebraska farmers use strategic budgeting and cost analysis to combat rising fertilizer prices and tightening profit margins.

Samuel Taylor, senior analyst for farm inputs at Rabobank, shares the year over year change in the company’s fertilizer affordability index has been dramatic. “At the peak of the Russa/Ukraine crisis, ...

No matter the control system that we may be designing, whether it’s a HVAC monitor, motor controller or simple IoT sensor node, the system must control IO. This includes reading and writing digital IO ...

American Soybean Association President Caleb Ragland urged Congress and the administration to take immediate action to reduce farm production costs and prevent additional family farm closures.

There are many types of input costs. The total cost input base incorporates all business input costs, including variable, fixed, direct and indirect costs. Each cost has its own relevance as to how it ...

Factor-input demand should be affected when a producer considers environmental risks in the decision-making process; this is a straight-forward application of the LeChatelier Principle. The two-fold ...

Constraints on the U.S. defense industrial base and concerns about limited manufacturing capacity have been ascribed to a production approach described as “just-in-time.” Just-in-time production has ...

Will Kenton is an expert on the economy and investing laws and regulations. He previously held senior editorial roles at Investopedia and Kapitall Wire and holds a MA in Economics from The New School ...

MANILA, Philippines — Poultry farmers are once again placed at a critical juncture as they scramble for delayed production inputs amid local shortage, further exacerbated by global trade uncertainties ...