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The Lending Activity and Performance of the Farm Credit System and Community Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending
June 23, 2025
A 20-Year Look at Feeder Cattle Production – Are There Differences Based on the Weight Purchased?
June 20, 2025
Farm Bill in Reconciliation: What the Byrd Rule Exposes but Does Not Resolve
June 18, 2025
2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency
June 17, 2025
2025 Q1: Capital Adequacy of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending
June 16, 2025
The Lending Activity and Performance of the Farm Credit System and Community Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending
June 23, 2025
A 20-Year Look at Feeder Cattle Production – Are There Differences Based on the Weight Purchased?
June 20, 2025
Farm Bill in Reconciliation: What the Byrd Rule Exposes but Does Not Resolve
June 18, 2025
2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency
June 17, 2025
2025 Q1: Capital Adequacy of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending
June 16, 2025
Prospects for Swine Feed Costs in the Second Half of 2025
June 13, 2025
Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity
June 12, 2025
Q1 2025: The Profitability of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending
June 11, 2025
The House Reconciliation Bill Proposal for SCO: Income Support for High-Risk Farmland
June 10, 2025
Brazil’s 2024–25 Corn Harvest Grows, But Exports Projected to Decrease
June 9, 2025

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Acreage Surprise Boosts Old-Crop Prices
January 13, 2023
Looking Outward, Inward, and Backward to Go Forward
December 12, 2022
Tempered Expectations for 2022/23 Supply and Demand for Corn and Soybeans
November 28, 2022
No News is Just No News
November 14, 2022
WASDE Recap: Corn and Soybeans at a Turning Point
October 17, 2022
Acreage Surprise Boosts Old-Crop Prices
January 13, 2023
Looking Outward, Inward, and Backward to Go Forward
December 12, 2022
Tempered Expectations for 2022/23 Supply and Demand for Corn and Soybeans
November 28, 2022
No News is Just No News
November 14, 2022
WASDE Recap: Corn and Soybeans at a Turning Point
October 17, 2022
Production News Rules the Day
September 12, 2022
Significant Revisions, Bullish Inventories, and Bearish Farrowing Estimates
January 4, 2021
Many Market Ready Hogs with Industry Contraction to Follow
September 28, 2020
Looking at 2020-21 Corn Consumption
August 24, 2020
Soybeans Rally despite Record Yield Forecast
August 17, 2020

Weekly Farm Economics

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2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency
June 17, 2025
The House Reconciliation Bill Proposal for SCO: Income Support for High-Risk Farmland
June 10, 2025
Spring Revision to 2025 Illinois Crop Budgets
June 3, 2025
Impacts of Premium Support Increase of Basic and Optional Units in House Reconciliation Bill
May 27, 2025
Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill
May 20, 2025
2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency
June 17, 2025
The House Reconciliation Bill Proposal for SCO: Income Support for High-Risk Farmland
June 10, 2025
Spring Revision to 2025 Illinois Crop Budgets
June 3, 2025
Impacts of Premium Support Increase of Basic and Optional Units in House Reconciliation Bill
May 27, 2025
Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill
May 20, 2025
2024 NASS County Corn and Soybean Yields
May 13, 2025
Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Across Midwestern States
May 6, 2025
2024 Corn and Soybean Yields
April 29, 2025
Comparing Breakeven Prices for Soybeans and Corn in Illinois Since 2000
April 22, 2025
2025 Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Prospective Plantings in a Longer-Run Context
April 15, 2025

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Farm Bill in Reconciliation: What the Byrd Rule Exposes but Does Not Resolve
June 18, 2025
Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity
June 12, 2025
Mastering the Early Years: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 3
June 5, 2025
Food System Beliefs of Make America Healthy Again Supporters
June 4, 2025
Public Perspectives of Make America Healthy Again and the Food System
May 30, 2025
Farm Bill in Reconciliation: What the Byrd Rule Exposes but Does Not Resolve
June 18, 2025
Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity
June 12, 2025
Mastering the Early Years: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 3
June 5, 2025
Food System Beliefs of Make America Healthy Again Supporters
June 4, 2025
Public Perspectives of Make America Healthy Again and the Food System
May 30, 2025
Agri-Food Transportation by Highway, Railway, and Waterway in the United States
May 28, 2025
Reviewing the CBO Score of the House Reconciliation Bill
May 22, 2025
Reviewing the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill
May 14, 2025
Beyond the Adoption Decision: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 2
May 9, 2025
Are US Crop Production Costs High?
April 30, 2025

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