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Enterprise Budgets

Cover of Enterprise Budgets Wheat and Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington Intermediate Rainfall.

Wheat and Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington Intermediate Rainfall Regions 12” to 16” (Oilseed Series)

The budgets for 3-year wheat and canola rotations in eastern Washington with intermediate rainfall (12 to 16 inches) were developed to estimate enterprise costs and returns for farm operations currently growing or considering growing canola. The budgets are available in an interactive Excel workbook showing the default cost and return scenarios. Default budget data are based on a model farm, designed to reflect a “typical” dryland farm operation in the 12 to 16 inch intermediate rainfall regions of Washington.

Cover of Enterprise Budgets Wheat and Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington Low Rainfall.

Wheat and Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington Low Rainfall Regions (<12”) (Oilseed Series)

The budgets for wheat and canola rotations in eastern Washington low rainfall regions (<12”) were developed to estimate enterprise costs and returns for farm operations currently growing or considering growing canola. Default budget data are based on a model farm, designed to reflect a “typical” dryland farm operation in the less than 12-inch (<12”) low rainfall region of Washington (see details in Budget Assumptions section). Users can use and adapt the Excel workbook budgets to compare costs and returns between canola and non-canola rotations. Inserting canola into traditional rotations may affect overall farm costs and returns due to changes in chemical use, weed control in subsequent crops, machinery operations to handle stubble, and the like.

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  • McCracken, V.A., and J. Connolly. 2017. Economics – Can Oilseeds Improve the Bottom Line in a Cereal Rotation? In 2017 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Tech Report 17-1, WSU, Pullman, WA.
  • McCracken, V. and J. Connolly. 2016. Cropping Systems: Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington.  In 2016 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Tech Report 16-1, WSU, Pullman, WA.
  • Sawadago, W. and V. McCracken. 2015. Profitability of Oilseed Crops in Dryland Eastern Washington Wheat Rotations. In 2015 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Tech Report 15-1, WSU, Pullman, WA.
  • Sowers, K., M.B. Lang, and B. Pan. 2014. The Rise of the Canola Industry in Washington State. In 2014 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Tech Report 14-1, WSU, Pullman, WA.
  • McCracken, V.A, and J.R. Connolly. 2013. Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington. In 2013 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Tech Report 13-1, WSU, Pullman, WA.
  • Young, F., L. Bewick, L. McGrew, and D. Roe. 2010. Introduction of Canola in the Okanogan Region of Washington for Economic and Agronomic Benefits. In 2010 Dryland Field Day Abstracts: Highlights of Research Progress. Dept. of Crop and Soil Sciences Tech. Report 10-2, WSU, Pullman, WA.

Visit the Department of Crop and Soil Sciences site to see all the CSS Field Day Abstracts.

  • 2019 Oilseed Workshops
    • Highline Grain Growers
      Taylor Aaland, Highline Grain
    • Federal Crop Insurance
      Nick Gans, USDA
    • Columbia Grain 
      Nathan Rosenau, Columbia Grain
  • 2017 Annual WOCS Meeting
    • Economics – Can Oilseeds Improve the Bottom Line in a Cereal Rotation?
      Vicki McCracken
  • 2017 Oilseed Workshops
    • Economic Considerations in Incorporating Oilseeds in a Cereal Rotation
      Vicki McCracken, WSU
    • Marketing and Delivery of Canola
      Daniel Stenbakken, Viterra
    • Oilseed Marketing and Outlook Report
      Nathan Rosenau, Columbia Grain
  • 2016 Annual WOCS Meeting
    • Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington
      Vicki McCracken and Tai Maaz
  • 2015 PNW Oilseed and Direct Seed Cropping Systems Conference
    • Water Budget Analysis of Cereal-Oilseed Cropping Systems
      Aron Boettcher, Hayley Peters-Contesse, Mandy Wuest, & Dan Long
    • Does it Make Economic Sense to Grow Canola in My Rotation? Enterprise Budget Tools for Assessing Costs, Returns, and Rotational Impacts of Canola in Eastern Washington 
      Jenny R. Connolly, Vicki A. McCracken and Kathleen M. Painter
    • Economic, Financial and Environmental Decision Tools for Farmers, Ranchers and Land Managers 
      Clark Seavert, Jenna Way, Susan Capalbo, and Laurie Houston
    • The Economic Environment for Biodiesel: Plant Location Decisions and Feedstock Dynamics
      Randy Fortenbery
    • Marketing Commodities in the Pacific Northwest
      Bud Reidner, McCoy Grain Terminal LLC
    • 2015 Crop Insurance Update & Thoughts for Growers
      Jason Ludeman, Crop Insurance Solutions, Spokane WA
    • Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern WA
      Vicki McCracken, WSU School of Economic Sciences, Pullman, WA
    • Agronomy & Economy of Rotations with Oilseeds
      Mark Greene, Cloverland, WA
    • Marketing Strategies – The Big and Little Pictures:
      • Canola Marketing for the U.S. Grower
        Mike Conklin, The Scoular Co., Warden, WA
      • Heath Barnes, Whitgro Inc., St. John, WA
      • Steve Riggers, Nezperce, ID
    • Analyzing Machinery Costs: Methods for Calculating and Comparing Costs
      Kate Painter, UI, Moscow, ID
  • 2014 WSU and PNDSA Conference
    • Does it Make Economic Sense to Grow Canola in My Rotation? Enterprise Budget Tools for Assessing Costs, Returns, and Rotational Impacts of Canola in Eastern Washington
      Jenny R. Connolly1, Vicki A. McCracken1 and Kathleen M. Painter2; 1WSU School of Economic Sciences and 2Dept. of Ag Economics and Rural Sociology, Univ. of Idaho
    • Beef Cattle Winter Feed and Protein Supplement Cost Calculator
      J. Shannon Neibergs1, Donald A. Llewellyn2, Jon Paul Driver3, and Stephanie Ann George1; 1WSU School of Economic Sciences, 2WSU Extension and 3WSU
    • The Seven Deadly(ish) Sins of Marketing
      Brian Voth – AgriTrend Marketing, Ste. Agathe, Manitoba
  • 2013 Oilseed Production and Marketing Conference
    • Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington
      Jenny Ringwood Connolly, WSU School of Economic Sciences
    • Do Oilseeds Pay? The Dollars and Sense of Oilseed Production
      Phil Thomas, Alberta, Canada
    • Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington
      Vicki McCracken and Jenny Ringwood Connolly, Washington State University
    • Imperium Renewables – Grays Harbor update
      Todd Ellis, vice president sales and business development
  • 2012 Bioenergy Research Symposium
    • Oilseed Economics
      Vicki McCracken, WSU
  • 2012 Oilseed Crop Production Workshop
    • Canola Market Update
      Byron Behne, Odessa Union Warehouse
    • Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington
      Vicki McCracken, WSU School of Economic Sciences
    • Cook Farm: Economics of No-Till Rotations with Canola
      Kate Painter, University of Idaho
    • Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Overview
      Bill Pan and Tom Marsh, WSU
  • 2011 Oilseed Crop Production Workshop
    • Crop Insurance Options for Oilseed Crops
      Jonquil Rood, Risk Management Agency
    • Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington
      Nathan Skuza and Vicki McCracken, Washington State University
    • Oilseed-based Biodiesel Research and End-Use Markets
      Joe Thompson, University of Idaho
    • Oilseed Crops and Farm Programs
      Kathy Wolfe, USDA-FSA Colfax
  • 2010 Bioenergy Research Symposium
    • Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington
      Nathan Skuza and Vicki McCracken
  • Other
    • McCracken, V. 2012. Oilseed Economics. Oral presentation in Oilseed Economics, Breeding and Lifecycle Assessment session. Northwest Bioenergy Research Symposium. Seattle, WA. Nov. 13, 2012.
    • McCracken, V.A. and J. Ringwood. 2012. Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington. Poster presentation at Northwest Bioenergy Research Symposium. Seattle, WA. Nov. 13, 2012.
    • Skuza, N. and V. McCracken. 2010. Economic Returns to Canola Rotations in Eastern Washington. Poster session at: Northwest Bioenergy Research Symposium. Seattle, WA. Nov. 8-10, 2010.