Costs

Updated 10/31/2009

Part 613 NRCS National Resource Economics Handbook, Payment Schedules (PDF, 286 KB)

NRCS Practice Payment Schedules SharePoint Site (Open to NRCS employees only)

•  NRCS Practice Payment Schedules National Directives and National Training/Instructions
•  FY 2008 Payment Schedules PaymentScheduleLibrary
•  FY 2009 Payment Schedules PaymentScheduleLibrary
•  FY 2010 Payment Schedules PaymentScheduleLibrary

NRCS Regional Budget and Cost Information 

NRCS Guidance for Cost Lists, Application Evaluation and Ranking Tools

2006 NRCS Guidance for Cost Lists, Application Evaluation and Ranking Tools

The Minnesota National Ag Risk Education Library Budget Section also has a searchable database to catalog enterprise budgets which you can search by state and enterprise.

The new NRCS e-Field Office Technical Guide can be accessed via the NRCS National Office web site.

Another source of simple national and regional cropping costs information is from ERS. This is a subpart of their Farm Business Economics Briefing Room (featuring current analyses and data of major farm, business, and household indicators). If you have questions or comments, e-mail Bob McElroy.

• AAEA Commodity Costs and Returns Estimation Handbook
• Cost and Returns Estimation
• Discount Rates, FY10 Watershed Rate is 4.375%, 2009 A-94 Rate is 4.2%
• Annual Normalized Prices for Water Resource Projects
• Part 613 NRCS National Resource Economics Handbook, Payment Schedules (PDF, 286 KB)
• OMB Circular No. A-94, Discount Rates For Cost-Effectiveness, Lease Purchase, and Related Analyses
• NRCS Cost
• Price Index and Quick spreadsheet of the most common indexes and discount rates, updated 10/31/2009
   (XLS, 112KB)
• Principles and Guidelines for Water Resource Projects (PDF 1.18 MB)