Collected Publications for October 2025

Solvency Series: Debt Related Characteristics of Grain Farms by Debt Service Costs in 2024

Annual Cost of Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Crop vs. Livestock Sentiment: Perspectives from the Ag Economy Barometer

Comparative Cost Advantages for U.S. Corn and Soybean Production, and a Seed Cost Disadvantage in Soybeans

Relationships between Average Cash Rents and Soil Productivity

Net Return to Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Swampbuster Stands, Part 1: Reviewing the Iowa Lawsuit Challenging Conservation Compliance

Solvency Series: Per Acre Economic Costs of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 3: the Value of Soybean Oil in the Soybean Crush

Large Increase in Machinery Costs Suggests Need to Reconsider Machinery Purchase Decisions

Apiculture Rainfall Index Insurance: An Insurance Product for Beekeeping Operations of All Sizes

2024 Crop Safety Net Payments: Performance of Contemporary Ad Hoc Assistance

Solvency Series: Per Acre Gross Farm and Management Returns of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

Brazil Begins Planting with Expected Record Acreage Driven by High Demand but Low Margins

Cash Requirements of Owned Farmland: 2025 vs. 2005

Factors Impacting Long-Run Planning

Swampbuster Stands, Part 2: The Constitutionality of Conservation Compliance

The Current State of the Farm Machinery and Equipment Market

Individual US Crop Inputs Post 2014 Farm Bill

Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Recent EPA Decisions on 2023-2027 RVOs for Biomass-Based Diesel

Mother Nature Bats Last: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 4

What the Numbers Say: Examining the Decline in Capital Replacement and Term Debt Repayment Margins for Illinois Grain Farms

farmdoc daily Archive: October 2025

Solvency Series: Debt Related Characteristics of Grain Farms by Debt Service Costs in 2024

Annual Cost of Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Crop vs. Livestock Sentiment: Perspectives from the Ag Economy Barometer

Comparative Cost Advantages for U.S. Corn and Soybean Production, and a Seed Cost Disadvantage in Soybeans

Relationships between Average Cash Rents and Soil Productivity

Net Return to Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Swampbuster Stands, Part 1: Reviewing the Iowa Lawsuit Challenging Conservation Compliance

Solvency Series: Per Acre Economic Costs of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 3: the Value of Soybean Oil in the Soybean Crush

Large Increase in Machinery Costs Suggests Need to Reconsider Machinery Purchase Decisions

Apiculture Rainfall Index Insurance: An Insurance Product for Beekeeping Operations of All Sizes

2024 Crop Safety Net Payments: Performance of Contemporary Ad Hoc Assistance

Solvency Series: Per Acre Gross Farm and Management Returns of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

Brazil Begins Planting with Expected Record Acreage Driven by High Demand but Low Margins

Cash Requirements of Owned Farmland: 2025 vs. 2005

Factors Impacting Long-Run Planning

Swampbuster Stands, Part 2: The Constitutionality of Conservation Compliance

The Current State of the Farm Machinery and Equipment Market

Individual US Crop Inputs Post 2014 Farm Bill

Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Recent EPA Decisions on 2023-2027 RVOs for Biomass-Based Diesel

Mother Nature Bats Last: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 4

What the Numbers Say: Examining the Decline in Capital Replacement and Term Debt Repayment Margins for Illinois Grain Farms

Category Archive

Agricultural Policy

2025 Reconciliation Bill Analysis

Biofuels

Crop Insurance

Farmland Prices and Rents

Finance

Management

Marketing and Outlook

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