Collected Publications for Carl Zulauf - farmdoc daily

Farmer Bridge Assistance Program Payment Rates

January 6, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Carl Zulauf

Forecasting US Field Crop Sector Prosperity

January 7, 2026
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

The Dramatic Change in US Ag Land Price-Rent Ratio

January 9, 2026
Carl Zulauf and Bruce Sherrick

Revised Illinois Crop Budgets for 2026

January 13, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Brad Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf

Projected Incomes on Owned vs Rented Farmland for 2026

January 20, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Brad Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf

Expected Yields for SCO and ECO in Illinois

January 27, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Bruce Sherrick

SCO and ECO Choices in 2026

February 3, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Henrique Monaco, and Bruce Sherrick

Has the US Crop Safety Net Become Excessive?

February 5, 2026
Carl Zulauf, David Orden, and Gary Schnitkey

Release of Insurance Evaluator with the New SCO and ECO

February 10, 2026
Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Christopher Navarro, Pengyin Shan and Lijiang Fu

Comparing Crop Insurance Scenarios with SCO and ECO for 2026

February 17, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, and Carl Zulauf

Revisiting the Basis Risk when evaluating SCO and ECO

February 19, 2026
Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Bruce Sherrick and Carl Zulauf

Common Questions on SCO and ECO

February 24, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Henrique Monaco

New Commodity Program Base Acres

March 2, 2026
Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey

Projected Prices and Volatility Factors for 2026

March 3, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, Bruce Sherrick and Carl Zulauf

SCO, ECO, and the Probability of Regret

March 10, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, and Carl Zulauf

Insurance Impacts in the Presence of High Subsidy – High Coverage Products: A Case Study of STAX

March 11, 2026
Carl Zulauf, Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Impacts of Differences between RMA Projected Prices and Futures Prices on the Level and Frequency of Crop Insurance Indemnity Payments

March 13, 2026
Bruce Sherrick, Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Gary Schnitkey

The Iran Conflict: Potential Impacts on 2026 Corn and Soybean Returns

March 17, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Nitrogen Prices Remain in Focus After Iran Conflict

March 24, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, and Carl Zulauf

Burdensome Grain & Oilseed Stocks?

March 25, 2026
Carl Zulauf

High Fertilizer Prices Suggest Reconsidering Application Rates

March 31, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Laura Gentry

Forecast Performance of RMA Expected Yields

April 1, 2026
Carl Zulauf, Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, and Jonathan Coppess

Trillionitus and the US Farm Safety Net

April 8, 2026
Carl Zulauf and Henrique Monaco

Historical View of U.S. Row Crop Acreage

April 14, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, and Ryan Goodrich

Forecast Performance of RMA Expected Yields: Comparison of Yield Projection Methods

April 15, 2026
Carl Zulauf and Nick Paulson

Paraguay’s Role in the Global Soybean Market

April 21, 2026
Andre Vieira Lobo, Joao Arromatte Caregnato, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Yield Increases of Grains and Major Crops in the United States

April 28, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Fertilizer Cost Increases Resulting from the Iran Conflict

May 5, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Margin Coverage Option (MCO) 2026 Input Harvest Prices

May 6, 2026
Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

2025 NASS County Corn, Soybean, and Winter Wheat Yields

May 12, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Henrique Monaco

2025 ARC/PLC Final Estimates

May 14, 2026
Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Carl Zulauf

Spring Revision to 2026 Illinois Crop Budgets

May 19, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Bradley Zwilling

Consolidation Trends in the U.S. Nitrogen Fertilizer Industry

May 26, 2026
Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Concentration and Monopoly Pricing: What Economics Tells Us

June 1, 2026
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Henrique Monaco

Historical Corn versus Soybean Returns in Illinois

June 2, 2026
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

A US Manufacturing Safety Net and Tariffs

June 3, 2026
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

Impacts of Consolidation in Ag Inputs: Evidence from a Farmer Survey

June 9, 2026
Nick Paulson, Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

2025 RMA County Yields and ECO/SCO Payments

June 16, 2026
Nick Paulson, Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

The Evolving US Southern Crop Problem

June 17, 2026
Carl Zulauf

Farmer Support for Crop Farmers from Federal Programs: 2015 – 2024

June 23, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Henrique Monaco

Non-GMO Soybeans Profitability: Experience from PCM

June 30, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Laura Gentry, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Has Ethanol Changed the Long-Term Growth in Total US Corn Use?

July 6, 2026
Carl Zulauf

Farmland Prices and Government Programs

July 7, 2026
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Juo-Han Tsay

The Central Crop Safety Net Issue: When Should a Loss be a Loss?

July 13, 2026
Carl Zulauf, Henrique Monaco, and Gary Schnitkey