Collected Publications for Farm Program Analysis and Outlook - farmdoc daily

First Look at PLC and ARC-CO for 2024

January 16, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, and Carl Zulauf

Comparing 2024 Effective Reference and ARC Benchmark Prices

January 23, 2024
Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey

US Farm Commodity Insurance Program Trends

January 24, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Considering Low Prices, Yields, and Maximum ARC-CO Payments for 2024

January 30, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

County Yield Variability and ARC-CO

February 6, 2024
Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Jonathan Coppess

2024 Commodity Program Decision from the PLC Perspective

February 7, 2024
Carl Zulauf

Cover Crops and Covered Cropland, 2022 US Census of Agriculture

February 22, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

February 23, 2024
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

Estimated Likelihoods of PLC and ARC-CO Payments for 2024

February 27, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Carl Zulauf

Assessing US Performance: Land and 21st Century Field Crop Production

March 6, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Exploring Yield Growth: US Crops in a Global 21st Century Context

March 20, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Land, not Exports, is the US Field Crop Problem – Part 1, US vs. World

April 3, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and David Orden

Agricultural Land Shifts to the Tropics: A Strategic Challenge for US Crops

April 17, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Joana Colussi, and Nick Paulson

Age of US Farmers: Not a Problem

May 8, 2024
Carl Zulauf

Crop Insurance Unit and Adverse Selection

May 15, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Bruce Sherrick, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Are Changes in Cost of Production and Statutory Reference Prices Related in the House Agriculture Committee 2024 Farm Bill?

May 29, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

US Inflation and Interest Rates

June 5, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey

Commodity Program Base Acre Update: Overlooked Issues

June 12, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Crop Insurance and Statutory Reference Prices

July 17, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

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

July 24, 2024
Carl Zulauf, David Orden, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey

Number of Farms and Land in Farms in the Midwest

July 29, 2024
Ani Katchova, Suraksha Baral, Rae Ju, and Carl Zulauf

Agricultural Land Lost to Development in the Midwest

August 5, 2024
Mujahidul Islam, Ani Katchova, and Carl Zulauf

Use of Supplemental Coverage Option by Crop

August 7, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey

ARC and PLC Payment Prospects for 2023 and 2024

August 13, 2024
Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Gary Schnitkey

SCO and ECO Payment Prospects for 2024

August 20, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Examining the Restriction on Using SCO Insurance for Acres in ARC

August 21, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

Crop Insurance as a Payment Program

September 4, 2024
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

Net Return to Farm Program Crops: Harvest 2024

October 16, 2024
Carl Zulauf

2023 ARC-CO and PLC Payments for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

October 29, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess

Fixing Holes in the Current Crop Safety Net

October 30, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess and Nick Paulson

Reviewing the Latest Ad Hoc Payment Proposal in Congress

November 4, 2024
Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Assessing Design of the FARM Ad Hoc Assistance Proposal

November 13, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson