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SCO and ECO Insurance Program Use

August 9, 2022

Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson

Since 2014, supplemental area plans of insurance have been introduced into the Federal crop insurance program. These supplemental area plans – the Supplemental and Enhanced Coverage Options (SCO and ECO)…

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Illinois Farm Real Estate Values Increase $1,000 per Acre for 2022

August 8, 2022

Bradley Zwilling

Each year the National Agricultural Statistics Service of the USDA releases estimated average farm real estate values by state. The estimates are based on surveys of farmers from selected geographical…

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Conventional and Organic Enterprise Net Returns

August 5, 2022

Michael Langemeier

Due to continued increases in demand for certified organic grains, crop farmers that have transitioned from conventional to certified organic grains report higher net returns per acre (McBride et al.,…

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An Estimate of Soybean Production From the 18 Leading Soybean States

August 4, 2022

Gregg Ibendahl

Introduction This paper builds on Ibendahl’s paper from last week of estimating corn yields in the U.S. The USDA collects the crop conditions each week for both corn and soybeans…

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Corn and Soybean Prevent Plant and the Dakotas

August 3, 2022

Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Since 2007, North and South Dakota have accounted for roughly 35% of US corn and soybean prevent plant acres vs. 9% and 12%, respectively, of acres planted to corn and…

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2023 Crop Budgets: Higher Costs and Lower Returns

August 2, 2022

Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

The first release of the 2023 Illinois Crop Budgets is available on farmdoc. Costs are projected to increase in 2023 from 2022 levels. At projected cost levels, per bushel prices…

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Wheat Outlook After Five Months of War in Ukraine

August 1, 2022

Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Silvina Cabrini

Even with the projection of increased wheat production in some countries, the world harvest is expected to be a little smaller as a result of effects of the war in…

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