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Jessica Guarino

Food Litigation’s Search for the Reasonable Food Consumer: 2021 Update

April 19, 2021
Jessica Guarino, Claire Dugard, and Bryan Endres
With a dramatic increase in claims over false and misleading food labeling over the past several years, the food and beverage litigation news cycle has spent much time analyzing a legal landscape rife with discussion of the “reasonable consumer.” Pages…
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Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois—2020

April 16, 2021
Bradley Zwilling
In 2020, the total of all economic costs per acre for growing corn in Illinois averaged $869 in the northern section, $893 in the central section for farmland with “high” soil ratings, $850 in the central section for farmland with…
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Michael Boehlje
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What Will Be the Capabilities and Skills Needed to Manage the Farm of the Future?

April 15, 2021
Michael Langemeier and Michael Boehlje
A recent farmdoc daily article discussed a number of automation and precision agriculture technologies that will be increasingly used in production agriculture. The adoption and use of these technologies will require additional expertise and skills of managers and the workforce…
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USDA Planted Acreage Revisions for Corn, Soybeans, and Principal Crops

April 14, 2021
Scott Irwin
The USDA released the 2021 Prospective Plantings report on March 31st. The report indicated that U.S. farmers this year intended to plant 91.444 million acres of corn, 87.6 million acres of soybeans, and 316.2 million acres for all principal crops.…
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What Questions Should Farmers Ask about Selling Carbon Credits?

April 13, 2021
Sarah Sellars, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson
Agricultural carbon markets exist through privately and publicly owned companies with aim to reduce carbon emissions through trade of carbon units sequestered at the farm level. The sale of carbon credits presents an opportunity for farmers to receive financial benefits…
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Gary Schnitkey
Joana Colussi

Brazil: Corn Production in Three Crops per Year

April 12, 2021
Joana Colussi and Gary Schnitkey
Brazil’s corn production has increased over the past two decades because of the increased production of second crop corn, also known as the safrinha, or “little harvest” in Portuguese. Over the past 20 years, the second crop corn production has…
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Michael Boehlje
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Precision Conservation Management (PCM)

Automation and Robotics in Production Agriculture

April 9, 2021
Michael Langemeier and Michael Boehlje
Recent farmdoc daily articles have discussed the importance of new technologies to crop agriculture, the value and role of information in the adoption of technologies, and possible payoffs for precision farming. This article explores trends in automation and robotics in…
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