Using partial budget analysis as a decision tool for tractor and equipment investments

In this three-part video series, Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Steve Hadcock demonstrates how to use partial budging to forecast the financial impacts — on both the cost and income side — of specific machine purchases.

• Part 1: An introduction to using partial budgets in the decision-making process.
• Part 2: Time to buy a new tractor? Using partial budget analysis to evaluate investing in a new tractor.
• Part 3: Changing production practices? Using partial budgets to analyze costs and returns of equipment needed to modify irrigation and mulching approaches.
• Resources: Links to partial budget analysis resources and materials used in the videos.