Collected Publications for 2017

How Hard is it to be Above Average in Farming?

Chronology of a Sideways Corn Market

Modest Income Levels Projected for Grain Farms in 2017

How Should We Use Within-Season Crop Condition Ratings for Corn and Soybeans?

Spanning the Globe – Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Production and Exports since 2000: Focus on the Black Sea Area and the U.S.

Hog Prices Continue to Be Higher this Year

Differences in Revenue and Costs for Higher and Average Return Grain Farms

Are There Predictable Crop Price Cycles?

Farm Bill Review: Historical Background on Marketing Assistance Loans

Crop Insurance Product Comparisons

Slight Changes to USDA WASDE Report in June

Shifting Corn and Soybean Acres Vary by Farm Size and Region of Illinois

The Role of Weather in the Pattern of Corn Prices over Time

State Labor Regulations and Labor-Intensive Agriculture

What is the Impact of Power and Equipment Costs on Illinois Grain Farms?

Anticipating the June 1 Corn Stocks Estimate

How Much More Do Capital Purchases on Grain Farms Need to be Reduced?

What’s Up with Rising Biodiesel Production Profits?

Soybeans and the June 30 USDA Reports

Machinery Cost Estimates for 2017

What’s Up with Ethanol Production Profits?

June 30 Stocks and Acreage Reports Implications for Corn and Soybeans

Use Below $4.00 corn projections for 2017 Income Forecasts

2018 Planning Prices for Corn and Soybeans

Evaluating Strategic Options

Weather Clouds Pork Outlook

Fertilizer Costs in 2017 and 2018

The EPA’s Renewable Fuel Standard Rulemaking for 2018 — Still a Push

Spanning the Globe — Importance of Yield to Expanding U.S. Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Exports

Reviewing the June 2017 CBO Baseline

Corn Market Figures in Lower Yields

Seed Costs for Corn in 2017 and 2018

Filling the Gaps in the Renewable Fuels Standard with Biodiesel

Interest Rates and the Cost of Short-Term Borrowing

Illinois Income Tax Changes from P.A. 100-22

Increase in U.S. Calf Crop Points Towards Larger Beef Supplies in 2018-2019

2018 Crop Budgets: More of the Same

Revisiting the Estimation of Biomass-Based Diesel Supply Curves

Higher Wages Don’t Always Mean a Higher Standard of Living: Rural Cost-of-Living and Farmworker Wages

Assessing the Pulse of the Next Farm Bill Debate

Old Crop Soybean Consumption and Weather

Variability in County Corn Yields: 2012 to 2016

2017 Mid-Year RIN Update

Does Your Farm Need to Expand?

Corn and Soybean Exports Update

Illinois Farmland Rents: 2017 State Values and 2018 Outlook

EPA Interpretation of the “Inadequate Domestic Supply” Waiver for Renewable Fuels Ruled Invalid: Where to from Here?

Illinois Farm Real Estate Values Decrease for Third Straight Year

Updated Farmland Values and Indexing Tools – 2017

Corn and Soybean Yield Forecasts Larger Than Expected

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