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Agricultural Conservation: Is Measurement the Missing Link to Increased Investment and Adoption?

2026 Area Add-On Insurance Purchases by US Farmers

Sulfur and Increasing Phosphate Fertilizer Prices

Illinois Farm Real Estate Values Increase Six Years in a Row

How Farmer Sentiment Compares in the United States and Argentina

A Pre- and Post-Report Look at the 2026 U.S. Soybean Yield

Capital Purchases and Machinery Depreciation on Illinois Grain Farms

Which FSA Farm Loan Borrowers Filed Bankruptcy between 2015-2025?

Comparison of Long-Run Rates of Return for Crop and Livestock Farms

The Unfinished Farm Bill Remains Unfinished and Sends a Warning

A Pre- and Post-Report Look at the 2026 U.S. Corn Yield

Fertilizer and Fuel Prices Higher Heading into Fall 2026

2014-2024 ARC-CO and PLC Payments: Improving Farmers’ Decision Making

Crop and Livestock Producers: Different Sentiment, Similar Concerns and Challenges

Agricultural and Construction Machinery Manufacturing in the Midwest: Employment, Exports, and Economic Importance

ARC-CO and PLC Payments: Improving Farmers’ Decision Making

Historic Corn and Soybean Profitability and 2027 Planting

Insured Acres, Base Acres, and the Farm Bill’s Crop Risk Assistance

The Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (45Z), Part 3: Reviewing the Potential Value

Pesticide Problems, Part 2: Legislative History of the 1972 Amendments

Timely Payments: The Case for Commodity Programs That Pay at Harvest

Crop Insurance Loss Performance and Impacts on Farmer Net Support by Crop

Rethinking Phosphorus and Potassium, Part 2: Grain Removal Values

Impact of Leverage on Rates of Return of Crop Farms

Rural Health Disadvantages in the United States

Could this Cattle Inventory Report Signal Initiation of a New Cattle Cycle?

Crop Insurance Loss Experience in 2025: More of the Same

Harvest Price Option (HPO) Is Extremely Popular With Farmers but Is It Good Policy?

How Do Differences Between High and Low Profit Farms Change with Income?

Pesticide Problems, Part I: Legislative History

Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks – Part 2

Initial 2025 FSA Yields and ARC-CO for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

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

Trends in Cattle Finishing Breakeven Prices and Net Returns

Specialty Corn and Soybean Market Opportunities

Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks– Part 1

Farmland Prices and Government Programs

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

The Unfinished Farm Bill: First Reading of Proposed Senate Legislation

ECO and SCO in Illinois in 2025

Non-GMO Soybeans Profitability: Experience from PCM

Rethinking Phosphorus and Potassium, Part 1: Soil Testing 101

Comparing Net Returns for Alternative Leasing Arrangements

Rural Americans are Concerned About the Impact of Data Centers

Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Final RVOs on Projected Biomass-Based Diesel Feedstock Use for 2026-2027

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

The Characteristics of Higher Profit Farms in Illinois, 2006 – 2025 Average

The Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (45Z), Part 2: Carbon Intensity

The Evolving US Southern Crop Problem

2025 RMA County Yields and ECO/SCO Payments

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