Collected Publications for Crop Economics

Potential Federal Policy Responses to Negative Grain Farm Incomes

Shifting Dynamics in Soybean Farm Funding in Brazil

Perspectives and Strategies for Dealing with Low Farm Incomes in 2024 and Beyond

Implications of Non-Increasing Farmer Returns

Trends in Corn Plant Populations

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

US Interest Rates and the Price of Capital

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

Conventional and Organic Enterprise Net Returns

How the EU Deforestation Rule Will Affect Agriculture in Brazil

US Inflation and Labor

Fungicides Use in a Lower Price Environment

What Explains the Disparity between USDA and Conab over Brazil’s Soybean Crop Size?

U.S. Dominance in Corn Exports on the Wane Due to Brazilian Competition

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

Producer Sentiment and Resilience at the Purdue Top Farmer Conference

Robust Cover Crop Systems for Soybeans

The Emerging Cannabis Market in Illinois: Prices, Taxes, and Supply Constraints

How Did Corn Farmers Adjust Nitrogen Application Rates in Illinois in 2022?

Trend in Breakeven Prices for Cattle Finishing

2023 Harvest Prices and Revenue Insurance Payments for Corn and Soybeans

Impact of Lower Corn Prices on Feeding Cost of Gain for Cattle Finishing

Potential Crop Insurance Payments for 2023

Agility and Producer Sentiment

Absorption Capacity and Producer Sentiment

Factors Impacting Succession Planning

Conventional and Organic Enterprise Net Returns

2024 Crop Budgets

Crop Insurance, Marketing, and Income Prospects on Midwest Grain Farms

Resilience to Strategic Risk

Cost of Production and Farm Policy: Part I

Dry Weather and Drought in the Midwest, Middle-June 2023

Historical Cropping Patterns on Illinois Grain Farms

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Stabilize at High Levels in Spring 2023

Brazil Harvesting Record Second Corn Crop, As Prices Fall and Sales Stall

Perspectives on Non-decreasing National Yield Trends

Comparing Crop Insurance Net Farm Indemnities and Crop Production Profits

Why is Managing Strategic Risk So Important in Production Agriculture?

Margin, Price, Revenue in the Farm Bill Commodity Program Context

Agility and Absorption Capacity

Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices

Risks for 2023 Grain Farm Returns

Experience, Knowledge, & Collaboration: Why Good Managers Make an Effort to Improve

Fertilizer Prices and Company Profits Going into Spring 2023

Wheat Production Plunges in Argentina, on Record Pace in Brazil

Evaluating Returns Necessary to Justify Installation of Tile Drainage

Crop Production in Brazil Outpaces Storage Capacity

Historic Cost Declines After Price Declines

Outlook for Nitrogen Prices in Spring 2023

PACE and Nitrogen Fertilizer Strategies for 2023

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