Collected Publications for Finance

International Benchmarks for Corn Production

The US Retirement Safety Net

The Contributions of Government Transfer Payments to Personal Income

US Farm Liquid Assets, Self-Insurance, and Financial Resiliency

Farm Loan Interest Rate Trends by Major Lender Groups

Trends in Working Capital and Financial Solvency

Farm Loan Interest Rates by Geographic Region

Do Different Types of Farms Pay Different Interest Rates?

International Benchmarks for Soybean Production

Liquidity Trends for Illinois Farms: A Regional Comparison of Current Ratios from 2003-2022

Understanding Increasing Debt Levels on Illinois Grain Farms

Integrated Risk Management: Developing an Asset-Based Business Strategy

Liquidity Trends for Illinois Farms: Comparing Farms by Gross Farm Returns from 2003-2022

Key Resources Determining the Future of the Farm: Human Capital and Information Technology

International Benchmarks for Wheat Production

Solvency Trends for Illinois Grain Farms

Solvency Trends for Illinois Grain Farms: The Distribution of Debt-to-Asset Ratios by Gross Farm Returns

Discussing Key Resources and Risk Exposure in Your Farm Business Plan

Operational Ratios for Evaluating the Farm Business

Maintaining Key Resources Amid Strategic Uncertainty

How the Composition of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending has Changed Since 2007

Assessing the Profitability of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

US Inflation and Labor

US Interest Rates and the Price of Capital

US Federal Debt, Interest Outlays, and the Farm Safety Net

Assessing the Capital Adequacy of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

Increasing Pessimism About 2024 and 2025 Corn and Soybean Returns

2024 Low Returns, Prices, and the Federal Safety Net

An Explanation of the Changes in the Number of Commercial Banks and Branches Across the US

Changes in the Number of Commercial Bank Branches in Rural Areas

The 2024-25 Financial Downturn: Who is the Most Vulnerable

Perspectives and Strategies for Dealing with Low Farm Incomes in 2024 and Beyond

Financial Summary of Illinois Farms for 2023

Assessing Your Working Capital

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Gross Farm Returns Ratio

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Gross Farm Returns Ratio by Region

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Gross Farm Returns by Farm Size

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Operating Expense Ratio

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Operating Expense Ratio by Region

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