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Nitrogen Fertilizer Strategies for 2022

November 30, 2021

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

Nitrogen fertilizer prices continue to surge, leading to difficult decisions for farmers. Herein, we discuss some strategies for dealing with higher nitrogen fertilizer prices. All these strategies carry risks. Therefore, a number of these strategies have suggestions for mitigating risks.…

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Will the Cost to Produce Corn Decrease after 2022?

November 23, 2021

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

Consumer costs in the U.S. have been increasing in a widespread incidence of inflation. Consistent with rising costs across many industries, the cost of producing corn will also increase in 2022. Although currently in a period of increasing costs, decreases…

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US Dairy Market and Policy Overview

November 22, 2021

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

The marked changes in US dairy markets and policy during the late 20th and early 21st centuries are discussed. Correlation analysis suggests current dairy policy provides less protection against declines in net return for the smallest dairy farms. This finding…

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Feeder Cattle Production – Are there differences based on the weight purchased?

November 19, 2021

Bradley Zwilling

To help answer the question regarding the differences based on the weight purchased in feeder cattle production, we will look at feeder cattle operations enrolled in Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) over a twenty-year period (2001 to 2020). As…

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2022 Grain Farm Income Projections Negatively Impacted by Fertilizer Cost Increases

November 16, 2021

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

Projected 2022 net incomes on Illinois grain farms are below 2020 and 2021 levels and approaching averages between 2013 and 2019. Rising costs and cash rents lead to these lower incomes, with increasing fertilizer costs having a significant negative impact.…

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Long-Term Corn and Soybean Use with Implications for Planting Decisions in 2022 and Beyond

November 9, 2021

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

Since the mid-1990s, the use of soybeans produced in the U.S. has grown more than corn use, primarily because soybean exports have been a resilient source of growth. Higher growth in soybean use has led to higher relative soybean prices…

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Rising Fertilizer Prices to Affect Brazil’s Largest Corn Crop

November 8, 2021

Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Soaring fertilizer prices will impact Brazil’s largest corn crop, which will be planted starting in January 2022, after the soybean harvest. Many farmers haven’t guaranteed their fertilizer needs yet for the second crop corn, known as “safrinha”. Although returns are…

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