Collected Publications for 2020

IFES 2019: The Farm Bill 2018

IFES 2019: Trade, MFP, and Policy Directions

2020 Hogs: More Supply, Profitable Prices?

ARC-IC in 2019: Release of a 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator

IFES 2019: Crop and Livestock Price Prospects for 2020

The Conservation Question, Part 5: Seeds of the Soil Bank

Cattle Finishing Net Return Prospects for 2020

Waiting for the Trade Deal

What are the Chance of PLC Payments for the 2019 and 2020 Pro-gram Year

Did That Really Just Happen? USDA Revisions to the 2018/19 Corn Balance Sheet

Revision of 2020 Corn and Soybean Budgets

Working Capital to Value of Farm Production – One Measure of Liquidity

Two Trade Deals and a Price Drop

Expected Payments on ARC-CO and PLC: Update of Gardner Payment ARC/PLC Payment Calculator

A Simple Proposal to Re-Level the Playing Field after the Release of USDA Crop Reports

The Conservation Question, Part 6: Development of the Soil Bank

Soybeans Need Good News

Yields Below Which ARC-CO Will Make Payments

2019 Ethanol Production Profits: Just How Bad Was It?

Southern Rust in Corn – Disease Development and Fungicide Use

Historical Look at SCO (Supplemental Coverage Option) Participation

2020 Cattle Inventory—Herd Expansion Comes to an End

ARC-IC: Payment Examples and Revised 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator

Biodiesel Production Profits in 2019

In Memoriam: Dr. Robert G.F. Spitze and the Legacy of a Farm Policy Expert

Prospects for Swine Feed Costs in 2020

Corn Consumption Showing Improvement

Strategies for Using ARC-IC

An Alternative Look at the 2019-2020 Farm Program Decision

Obligatory Annual Budget Detour

Phytophthora in Illinois Soybean Production

2020 Soybean Price Prospects

Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information

The Conservation Question, Part 7: Losing the Soil Bank

2019 ARC-CO Payment Estimates for Corn and Soybeans Based on NASS County Yields

Corn Prices: Farmer Holding and the Coronavirus

Adjusting NASS County Yields to Estimate 2019 ARC-CO Payments

Age of US Farmers: Is the Wrong Issue Being Addressed?

The Conservation Question, Part 8: Interregnum and Acres

Tenure Characteristics of Illinois Farmland

Corn Used for Ethanol Update

Announcing the 2020 Crop Insurance Premium Calculator

Announcing the 2020 Crop Insurance Payment Evaluator

Announcing the 2020 Crop Insurance Decision Tool

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2020

Quantifying the Economic Benefits of On-Farm Digital Technologies

Case Study: Farm Program Value Over Two Years

Deterioration of Working Capital

The Pace of Soybean Use

Profitability and Acreage Shifts between Corn and Soybeans in Illinois

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