The NDSU Extension Service has updated the Crop Compare program, which is a spreadsheet designed to compare cropping alternatives.

The program uses the direct costs and yields from the 2009 projected crop budgets for nine regions of North Dakota. The user designates a reference crop and enters its expected market price. The program provides the prices for competing crops that would be necessary to provide the same return over variable costs as the reference crop.

The Crop Compare program is available at www.ag.ndsu.nodak.edu/aginfo/farmmgmt/farmmgmt.htm.