2024 Crop Safety Net Payments: Performance of Contemporary Ad Hoc Assistance October 16, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
History & Tough Reality: When Payments Do More Harm Than Good, Consider Other Options September 25, 2025 Jonathan Coppess and Otto Doering
Do Changes in Food and Agriculture Policy Align with Changes in Public Priorities? September 24, 2025 Brenna Ellison, Jonathan Coppess, and Maria Kalaitzandonakes
U.S. Soybean Harvest Starts with No Sign of Chinese Buying as Brazil Sets Export Record September 22, 2025 Joana Colussi and Michael Langemeier
Tracking Public Perceptions of Payments Across Commodities September 17, 2025 Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Jonathan Coppess, and Brenna Ellison
Tracking Public Perceptions of MAHA September 8, 2025 Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Jonathan Coppess, and Brenna Ellison
The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #1 September 4, 2025 Jonathan Coppess
The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #2 August 28, 2025 Jonathan Coppess
The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #3 August 21, 2025 Jonathan Coppess
The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #4 August 14, 2025 Jonathan Coppess
Optimizing Phosphorus Fertilizer Use: Evidence from Michigan Corn Production August 13, 2025 Sampriti Sarkar, Carl Zulauf, Frank Lupi, and Bruno Basso
U.S. Tariffs on Brazil: Potential Implications for Agricultural Trade and Consumers August 7, 2025 Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Support Price, Market Price, and the 21st Century August 6, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Jonathan Coppess
Projections of Commodity Program Payments for Illinois in 2024 and 2025 August 5, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
The Reconciliation Farm Bill: The Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #5 July 31, 2025 Jonathan Coppess
Support Price, Cost of Production, and the 21st Century July 30, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
The Farm Bill in Reconciliation: Loophole as Rosetta Stone; Review and Comment July 17, 2025 Jonathan Coppess
Impacts of the Commodity Title Changes Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) for Midwestern Farms in 2025 July 15, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
The New Base Acre Provisions in the 2025 Farm Bill July 11, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
2025 Grain Farm Return Prospects at the Beginning of July with a New Commodity Title July 8, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Farm Bill in Reconciliation: ARC/PLC Payment Projections; Policy Design Lab Update July 3, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
Response to the Increase in 2025 Crop ECO Premium Subsidy July 2, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Bruce Sherrick, and Gary Schnitkey
Reconciliation Bill Proposals to Add Base Acres July 1, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson and Jonathan Coppess
Consumer Concerns about Food Prices: Tariffs are Crowding Out Inflation June 26, 2025 Brenna Ellison, Maria Kalaitzandonakes, and Jonathan Coppess
Declining Yield Variability and 2025 US Corn and Soybean Yield Distribution June 25, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Dramatic Difference in Expected Yields between Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton for Area-Based Insurance Products June 24, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Bruce Sherrick
Farm Bill in Reconciliation: What the Byrd Rule Exposes but Does Not Resolve June 18, 2025 Jonathan Coppess
Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity June 12, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
The House Reconciliation Bill Proposal for SCO: Income Support for High-Risk Farmland June 10, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
Mastering the Early Years: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 3 June 5, 2025 Shae Cilento, Jonathan Coppess, and Marin Skidmore
Food System Beliefs of Make America Healthy Again Supporters June 4, 2025 Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Brenna Ellison, and Jonathan Coppess
Mapping Soybean Yield Risk: Regional Contrasts in the U.S. and Brazil June 2, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Public Perspectives of Make America Healthy Again and the Food System May 30, 2025 Maria Kalaitzandonakes, Jonathan Coppess, and Brenna Ellison
Agri-Food Transportation by Highway, Railway, and Waterway in the United States May 28, 2025 Megan Konar and Deniz Karakoc
Impacts of Premium Support Increase of Basic and Optional Units in House Reconciliation Bill May 27, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson and Jonathan Coppess
Reviewing the CBO Score of the House Reconciliation Bill May 22, 2025 Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson
Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill May 20, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
Trade Conflicts and Long-Term Consequences: Are Soybeans Doomed to Repeat History? May 15, 2025 Joana Colussi, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
Reviewing the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill May 14, 2025 Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Bruce Sherrick
Beyond the Adoption Decision: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 2 May 9, 2025 Shae Cilento, Jonathan Coppess, and Marin Skidmore
Brazil and China’s Strong Ag Relationship: Opportunity or Overdependence? May 7, 2025 Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
Are US Crop Production Costs High? April 30, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Missing the System for the Adoption: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 1 April 24, 2025 Shae Cilento, Jonathan Coppess, and Marin Skidmore
State Initiatives to Support Grocery Stores and Address Food Insecurity April 23, 2025 Easton Rosen and Mark White
US Crop Agriculture’s Government Payment Trap April 21, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
Countercyclical Performance of Commodity, Insurance, and Ad Hoc Crop Programs April 16, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey