Farmer's Tax Guide, Publication 225-2024

Nebraska Beef Cow Record Card,  EC 90-266-C - cow performance record

2025 Nebraska Crop Budgets (full report)
        to view budgets for individual crops and operations visit https://cropwatch.unl.edu/budgets

Nebraska Farm Custom Rates (2024)

(25 pages - biennial report)
Every two years a survey of custom operators is conducted to determine the current rates charged for specific machinery operations. The information presented in the publication should be used only as a guide when figuring what to charge or pay for custom operations. Includes spring & summer operations and fall & miscellaneous operations all in one report. 

Custom Service Rates Related to Livestock Production in Nebraska (2023)
(7 pages)
Each year, many Nebraska farmers and ranchers inquire about prevailing rates paid for certain kinds of custom farm services. In addition to the regular biennial custom rates services survey and report, the Center for Agricultural Profitability launched a new survey that provides data for producers and operators that work closely with the livestock industry in Nebraska.

2024 Preliminary Land Values & Rental Rates

March 13, 2024
The market value of agricultural land in Nebraska increased by 5% over the prior year to an average of $4,015 per acre, according to the 2024 Nebraska Farm Real Estate Market Survey (Figure 1 and Table 1). This marks the third consecutive year of increases in the market value of agricultural land in Nebraska, setting another high in the noninflation-adjusted statewide land value in the survey's 46year history.  

Nebraska Farm Real Estate Report (website)
For the fifth consecutive year, the all-land average value in Nebraska rose for the year ending February 1, 2024, to $4,015 per acre, averaging approximately 5% higher than the prior year.

2024 Cash Rental Rates Map
updated as of August 23, 2024
Cash rent statistics paid per acre on irrigated and non-irrigated cropland and pasture per each county. Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service for Nebraska

Farm Lease Forms for Cash, Crop-Share, Pasture, Equipment, etc. Each lease and supporting document was written to help producers and land owners discuss issues and make informed and equitable decisions.