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Inflation and Agricultural Interest Rates

March 28, 2023

Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Interest rates on agricultural loans have increased as the Federal Reserve Bank (FED) has raised rates to combat increased inflation. Given different inflation rate scenarios, we present scenarios of possible…

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Is Loss Ratio a Sufficient Measure of Crop Insurance Performance?

March 27, 2023

Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

US crop insurance is a risk management program. It is also a public payment program since premiums are subsidized. Performance is thus examined using a common measure of insurance performance,…

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Preparing the Future Food and Agricultural Workforce: Trends in Agricultural-Related Degree and Certification Completions from U.S. Post-secondary Institutions

March 24, 2023

Mark White

Addressing the agricultural sector’s workforce needs remains a persistent challenge. Slower migration within the U.S. agricultural workforce, combined with declining immigration, has limited the supply of farm laborers (Hertz and…

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The Debt Ceiling: Reviewing Federal Budget Data

March 23, 2023

Jonathan Coppess

If there is any single topic that threatens to swallow all federal policymaking in the near future (and possibly much, much more), it is the current partisan stand-off over the…

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A Solid Year for Ethanol Production Profits in 2022

March 22, 2023

Scott Irwin

The U.S. ethanol industry entered 2022 on a high, with weekly profits just missing a new all-time high in November 2021. Like all other facets of the commodity business, the…

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2022 County Crop Yields

March 21, 2023

Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently released 2022 county yields for corn and soybeans. Overall, U.S. average yields were below trends for corn and soybeans. Drought reduced yields in…

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The Farm Bill in the CBO World: An Illustration Eliminating the Price Escalator to Address Statutory Reference Price Inequality

March 20, 2023

Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

The farm bill debate has entered a world in which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline plays a key role (farmdoc daily, March 2, 2023). Unless Congress adds new money,…

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Is Loss Ratio a Sufficient Measure of Crop Insurance Performance?

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