Farm Energy Breaking News

Purdue Extension farm business management specialist Allen Miller is recommending 10 strategies to maximize efficiency and reduce fuels costs. Miller comments, "At Purdue, we've estimated it will cost farmers $10 more this year to produce an acre of corn just due to fuel for machinery operation. To plant an acre of soybeans, it will cost farmers $4 more per acre than last year, and for wheat, $6 more per acre." Nonetheless, Miller noted that machinery fuel is a relatively small part of the total cost of producing corn and soybeans compared to the rest of the operation, at approximately 7 percent.