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Increasing Agricultural Debt and Impact on Illinois Grain Farms

March 17, 2023

Bradley Zwilling

Agricultural debt on a nominal basis in Illinois has been increasing since 1991. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) are shown…

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Will Brazil Emerge as the Number One Corn Exporting Nation?

March 16, 2023

Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) forecast that Brazil will export more corn than the United States this year has shaken the global corn market. Brazil exported more corn…

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Further Perspective on Trends in the Operational Efficiency of the U.S. Ethanol Industry

March 15, 2023

Scott Irwin

A recent farmdoc daily article (March 1, 2023) examined trends in the operational efficiency of the U.S. ethanol industry. The analysis in the article uncovered tradeoffs in operational efficiency over…

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Privately Developed Crop Insurance Products and the Next Farm Bill

March 14, 2023

Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Private parties have developed many crop insurance products offered by the Risk Management Agency (RMA)] through a 508(h) process. Herein, we describe that process and then illustrate some of the…

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WASDE Recap: Lower US Corn Export Prospects, but Are They Low Enough?

March 13, 2023

Joe Janzen

The US Department of Agriculture released its latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, or WASDE on Wednesday, March 8. The WASDE report contained significant downward adjustments to projected corn…

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Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Production in the Next Farm Bill: Is There Any Common Ground?

March 10, 2023

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Brenna Ellison, and Jonathan Coppess

This week, farmers, agriculture groups, and climate advocates have been demonstrating in Washington D.C. requesting that Congress do more to address climate change in the next farm bill (e.g., Douglas,…

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One Year of Perspectives from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey

March 9, 2023

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Brenna Ellison, and Jonathan Coppess

It has been one year since the launch of the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey, which investigates public perceptions about policies and issues facing food and agriculture today. The…

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Will Brazil Emerge as the Number One Corn Exporting Nation?

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