Collected Publications for 2023

Contingency Planning with Cash Flow Shortages

Economic Consequences of Capping Premiums in Crop Insurance

Perspectives on Non-decreasing National Yield Trends

Brazil Harvesting Record Second Corn Crop, As Prices Fall and Sales Stall

A View of the Farm Bill Through Policy Design, Part 3: SNAP

A Very Early Estimate of Corn Production From the 18 Leading Corn States

The Importance of Insurance Unit in Crop Insurance Policy Debates

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Stabilize at High Levels in Spring 2023

An Estimate of Farmland Acreage Change from Plant-Based Food

Farm Bill 2023: Trying to Reason with Expectations for Farm Policy

Historical Cropping Patterns on Illinois Grain Farms

Dry Weather and Drought in the Midwest, Middle-June 2023

Cost of Production and Farm Policy: Part I

Farm Bill 2023: Another Side of Expectations Management for Farm Policy

Resilience to Strategic Risk

An Alternative Look at the 2022-2023 Corn and Soybean Markets: Red Flags Waving

Premium Support and Crop Insurance: An Analysis of the Proposed 4% Farmer-Premium Payment Cap

Cost of Production and Farm Policy, Part II: Statutory Reference Prices

Farm Bill 2023 and Policy Design: Another View of ARC-CO and PLC

Brazil Emerges as Corn-Ethanol Producer with Expansion of Second Crop Corn

Slightly Bearish Report; Still A Contractionary Outlook

Corn and Soybean Moving in Opposite Directions

Crop Insurance, Marketing, and Income Prospects on Midwest Grain Farms

Mapping Food Flow Networks and the Food Supply Chain, Part 1

Benchmarking Crop Machinery Cost and Investment

Is It Time to Repurpose CRP?

Frequency of SCO and ECO Payments in Illinois

Factors Associated with Meat Processing Plant Survival Vary by Plant Size

Mapping Food Flow Networks and the Food Supply Chain, Part 2

Changes in Farm Employment, 1969 to 2021

Ad Hoc Government Payments Caused Farmers to Store More Grain

Comparing SCO and ECO Payment Frequency in Two Illinois Counties

Comparing Corn Marketing Strategies

Farm Bill 2023: Reviewing Pieces of the Base Acres Puzzle

The Characteristics of Higher Profit Farms in Illinois, 2013 – 2022 Average

Still Cutting the Cowherd

Forecasting 2024 Cash Rents: An Analysis of Farming Returns and Trends

Extreme Heat and Kansas Farm Income

Mapping Food Flow Networks and the Food Supply Chain, Part 3

Comparing Soybean Marketing Strategies

Comparing Variability of Southern and Northern Hemisphere Production of Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

Fertilizer Prices Continue Year-Long Decline from 2022 Peak

Farm Bill 2023: Planted Acres and Additional Pieces of the Base Acres Puzzle

Comparing Corn and Soybean Marketing Strategies

Illinois Farm Real Estate Values Continues Increase per Acre for 2023 at 4.5%

Downward Pressures on Farmland Prices in 2023

Farm Bill 2023: The Intersection of Base Acres and Reference Prices

Comparing Net Returns for Alternative Leasing Arrangements

USDA and Market Analysts Agree on Key Supply and Demand Numbers

Fertilizer Prices Continue Decline and May Impact Farmers’ Nitrogen Decisions

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