Robin Reid

Farm Management, Production Economics

Extension Associate
Kansas State University

Robin Reid is an Extension Farm Economist with the Agricultural Economics Department at Kansas State University. Robin works on a variety of economic topics including farm financial management, Women in Ag. programming, Farm Bill, and much more. Robin also helps manage the AgManager.info website and works with Extension Agents across the state to put on extension programs. Robin grew up on a farm in Wisconsin and earned a B.S. in Agricultural Business from UW-River Falls.  She also holds a M.S. in Agricultural Economics from K-State.

 

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Manhattan , KS  66506-4011
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Documents & Presentations by Robin Reid
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Master List of Prices Used in Livestock Budgets December 19, 2018
Commodity Titles in the 2018 Farm Bill

K-State agricultural economists Robin Reid and Mykel Taylor discuss the commodity title changes in the 2018 Farm Bill which awaits final approval, focusing mostly on the "safety net" provisions in the form of the ARC and PLC payments...they highlight the new payment program flexibility that is now built in, and the important changes in how the actual payments are determined.

December 18, 2018
Health Care Costs

K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid discusses a new analysis which looked at the health care costs for farm and ranch families in Kansas...it identified trends in health insurance premiums paid over the past 10 years for various demographics, and the percentage of family living expenses devoted to health care.

November 28, 2018
Agent Slides for County Farm Bill Meeting August 23, 2018
New Land Value Publication

K-State agricultural economist Robin Reid talks about a new publication from K-State:  Kansas Agricultural Land Values and Trends, an extensive summary on land values at the state, regional and county levels, based on actual farm and ranch land sales in 2017...this is the first of what will be an annual comprehensive report on where land values stand and the direction in which they are trending.

August 10, 2018
Monthly Cash Flow for Operating Loan Determination

A spreadsheet to assist in building a monthly cash flow statement to determine operating loan levels.

August 8, 2018
Methods of Valuing Corn or Grain Sorghum Silage

A spreadsheet tool designed to look at silage pricing methods from both the owner and buyer perspectives.

August 2, 2018
Harvest or Graze?

Agricultural economist Robin Reid and cropping systems agronomist John Holman of K-State talk about the decision-making tool that they've put together on grazing out wheat...they've developed a budget for comparing the economic returns of taking wheat to grain and leaving cattle out to graze wheat out.

April 23, 2018
Farm Economics Meetings

Robin Reid and Mykel Taylor talk about what they've learned from producers at the series of Farming for the Future sessions that K-State has been hosting...with one more of those set for this Monday in Emporia.

January 17, 2018
Tools to Evaluate Your Farm Financial Situation

Presented at the Farming for the Future conferences: Pratt and Salina, KS. 

December 19, 2017