2011-07-292011-07-291987https://hdl.handle.net/10365/17380AE-929; Machinery ownership and operation is a major cost of crop and livestock production. Several cost cutting factors can be applied to machinery operation to save money. No single item will have a drastic impact on saving costs, but a combination of things can have a large effect on costs, improve machine reliability for many years to come and improve profit margins.NDSU Agriculture and University Extension: Creative Commons Licensing Deed (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/)Finance.Farm management.AE-929