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Comparing Corn Production Direct Costs: United States vs. Brazil

January 2, 2024
Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Revised 2024 Crop Budgets

January 9, 2024
Nick Paulson and Gary Schnitkey

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

Robust Cover Crop Systems for Soybeans

January 25, 2024
Gary Schnitkey and Laura Gentry

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

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

January 31, 2024
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

County Yield Variability and ARC-CO

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

First Look at Crop Insurance Decisions for 2024

February 13, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Ryan Batts

The United States, Brazil, and China Soybean Triangle: A 20-Year Analysis

February 20, 2024
Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Joe Janzen, and Nick Paulson

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

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2024

March 4, 2024
Bruce Sherrick, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

Budget-Driven Crop Insurance Coverage Options for 2024

March 5, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, 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

The Curious Case of US Corn Yields in 2023

March 19, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

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

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

Impacts of Corn Acreage Increases on National Corn Yields

March 26, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

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

Potential for Crop Expansion in Brazil Based on Pastureland and Double-Cropping

April 9, 2024
Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

The Dilemma of Actuarial Soundness, A Legislative History

April 11, 2024
Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Nick Paulson, and Ivan Flores

Variability in Trend Estimates for US Corn Yields

April 16, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

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

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

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

April 26, 2024
Gerald Mashange, Gary Schnitkey, and Bradley Zwilling

Trends in Input Costs for Corn and Soybean Production in Illinois

April 30, 2024
Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Gary Schnitkey

Fungicides Use in a Lower Price Environment

May 1, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Eric Richer

Base Acre Updating in the Next Farm Bill

May 7, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Bruce Sherrick

The Sprouts of Farm Bill Reauthorization: Reference Prices

May 9, 2024
Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Bruce Sherrick

Statutory Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill

May 14, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Bruce Sherrick

Crop Insurance Unit and Adverse Selection

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

Reference Price Disparities & Why It Matters to Farmers

May 16, 2024
Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Bruce Sherrick, and Carl Zulauf

Spending Impacts of House Proposal for Commodity Title Changes

May 21, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Bruce Sherrick, and Carl Zulauf

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

Farm Bill Proposals to Enhance Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO)

June 4, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

US Inflation and Interest Rates

June 5, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey

Catastrophic Floods in Southern Brazil: Implications for Agricultural Sector

June 11, 2024
Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Commodity Program Base Acre Update: Overlooked Issues

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

Cotton STAX and Modified Supplemental Coverage Option: Concerns with Moving Crop Insurance from Risk Management to Income Support

June 13, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Bruce Sherrick

Where Might Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Be Headed?

June 18, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Revised 2024 Illinois Crop Budgets

June 25, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

How the EU Deforestation Rule Will Affect Agriculture in Brazil

July 2, 2024
Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Corn and Soybeans Economics in 2024 and 2025: Back to the New (Old) Normal?

July 9, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

US Interest Rates and the Price of Capital

July 10, 2024
Carl Zulauf, David Orden, and Gary Schnitkey

Brazil’s Corn Harvest Declines, Yet Remains Second Largest in Nation’s History

July 15, 2024
Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

Crop Insurance Loss Performance in Illinois and the Midwest

July 16, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Crop Insurance and Statutory Reference Prices

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

Performance of SCO and ECO in the Midwest

July 23, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

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

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

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