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Public Perspectives of Make America Healthy Again and the Food System

May 30, 2025

Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Jonathan Coppess, and Brenna Ellison

On February 13, 2025, President Donald Trump signed Executive Order 14212, which established the Make America Healthy Again Commission (EO 14212, 2025). The Executive Order identified the Commission’s initial goal…

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10 Years of PCM Data: What Actually Pays on Your Farm?

June 3rd, 2025

What in-field practices are really making money on Midwest farms? Join us as we dig into PCM’s latest data publication featuring 10 years of financial analysis from Illinois farms. We’ll show how reduced tillage systems, optimal nitrogen rates, and strategic…

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Trends in Fertilizer Use and Efficiency in the U.S.

May 29, 2025

Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Fertilizer is one of the main inputs for crop production in the U.S., particularly for corn, wheat and soybean. While application rates per acre are increasing for some crops, yields…

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Agri-Food Transportation by Highway, Railway, and Waterway in the United States

May 28, 2025

Megan Konar and Deniz Karakoc

In recent research we used real-world data to map the distribution of agri-food commodities onto the highway, railway, and waterway networks across the continental United States. We additionally evaluated transportation…

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Impacts of Premium Support Increase of Basic and Optional Units in House Reconciliation Bill

May 27, 2025

Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson and Jonathan Coppess

The House Reconciliation Bill includes provisions that would increase premium support rates on basic and optional units. Given that farmers do not change their policies, units, or coverage levels, we…

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Reviewing the CBO Score of the House Reconciliation Bill

May 22, 2025

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

The House of Representatives passed their budget reconciliation bill early in the morning on May 22, 2024; the final vote was close, 215 to 214 (1 voting present), and largely…

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Decomposition of Changes in Net Worth

May 21, 2025

Michael Langemeier

There are three major changes that contribute to an increase or decrease in net worth: change in retained earnings, change in contributed capital, and change in market valuation. Change in…

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Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill

May 20, 2025

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

The House Reconciliation Bill includes changes to statutory reference prices used to trigger payments from the Price Loss Coverage (PLC) program, as well as changes to Agricultural Risk Coverage (see…

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