Collected Publications for Marketing and Outlook

Net Return to Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Annual Cost of Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Surprisingly Tight Supplies; Higher Prices Ahead!

U.S. Soybean Harvest Starts with No Sign of Chinese Buying as Brazil Sets Export Record

Corn and Soybean Markets Shrug Off Bearish USDA Figures

Grains and Oilseeds: Part 4 – Summary and Implications

The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 2: Squeezing More Oil from the Soybean Crush

Grains and Oilseeds: Part 3 – Rest-of-the-World

Grains and Oilseeds: Part 2 – United States

The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 1: the Long-Run Evolution of Oilseed Crushing

Grains and Oilseeds: Part I – China and South America

Yes, There Are a Lot of Corn Acres: Evidence from FSA Acreage Data

Are Cattle Inventories Turning the Corner?

The Corn Market Works to Explain Itself

Crop Insurance, 2025 Farm Bill, and Mission Creep

Tar Spot on the Move: Tracking and Managing an Established Corn Threat in Illinois

Largest June Hog Herd Since 2020 & Smallest Breeding Herd Since 2015!

Declining Yield Variability and 2025 US Corn and Soybean Yield Distribution

Brazil’s 2024–25 Corn Harvest Grows, But Exports Projected to Decrease

Mapping Soybean Yield Risk: Regional Contrasts in the U.S. and Brazil

Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Across Midwestern States

Revised Estimates of Total Crop Acres for the U.S. over 1998-2025

2024 Corn and Soybean Yields

Fringe Acres and US Average Corn Yield

Ethanol Boom Drives Sharp Rise in Brazil’s Corn Consumption

Estimating Total Crop Acres for the U.S. over 1998-2025

March Madness: Hogs & Pigs Report Busts Experts’ Brackets!

US Farm Program Crops in the Planting Flexibility Era

Quiet Signals: Why Boring Crop Reports Matter

War and Crop Production in Ukraine and Russia

Record Soybean Harvest in South America and Favorable Outlook for Exports

Brazil’s Agricultural Expansion: Where Are Soybean Yields Headed?

Where Have All the Honey Bees Gone? To California Almond Orchards

Continued Contraction Supports Record Prices

Peru’s Blueberry Boom: More Land, More Labor, More Berries to Savor

Record Pig Crop driven by Record Pigs per Litter

Risk Management and Reality: Farmers’ Use of Futures Markets

1,000 Days of Ukraine-Russia’s War: Projections vs. Reality

Corn Acreage in South America: Stable in Brazil, Sharp Decline in Argentina

Corn Exports: Rocket Ship to Where?

South America Poised to Expand Soybean Acreage, Further Pressuring Soybean Prices

A Breath of Optimism for Corn in a Down Market

Revisiting Big Corn and Soybean Crops Get Bigger

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century, Part II: Regional Perspective for Major Land Use Categories from the Census of Agriculture

Record Pigs per Litter Starting to Sound Like a Broken Record?

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century: The National Perspective from the Census of Agriculture

Post-Harvest Grain Marketing in a Low-Price Environment

Insights for Supply, Ending Stocks, and Prices from FSA Acreage Data

How Big is the U.S. Cattle Herd?

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

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