Duane Griffith
Extension Farm Management Specialist
Montana State University

Farm/Ranch Decision Aids Web address:
http://www.montana.edu/extensionecon/farmmgt/software.html

Duane Griffith is an Extension Farm Management Specialist conducting educational programs in production economics and financial analysis covering all aspects of farm and ranch business performance. His educational curriculum includes enterprise budgeting, machinery costing, crop and machinery ownership versus leasing decisions, and complete farm and ranch financial analysis. Griffith also develops on farm decision aids for farmers and ranchers to use in specific analysis of their operations. These decision aids are typically in the form of Excel spreadsheets and are available for download from the Web address listed below. Griffith is also involved in research projects such as modeling carbon sequestration in farmed soils at the individual producer level. This project is studying the potential for storing atmospheric carbon in soils by moving away from mechanical tillage systems towards no till farming systems. One of the primary questions individual producers must answer is "Is the change in tillage practices economical for my operation?" Griffith is also involved in estimating energy use by type of tillage system for agricultural operations.