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Inflation and Food Price Update: May 2025

Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois—2024

Trade Conflicts and Long-Term Consequences: Are Soybeans Doomed to Repeat History?

Reviewing the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill

2024 NASS County Corn and Soybean Yields

Trends in Non-Real Estate Farm Lending Activity in the First Quarter

Beyond the Adoption Decision: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 2

Brazil and China’s Strong Ag Relationship: Opportunity or Overdependence?

Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Across Midwestern States

Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices

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

Are US Crop Production Costs High?

2024 Corn and Soybean Yields

Fringe Acres and US Average Corn Yield

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Examining the Operating Expense Ratio by Farm Size

Missing the System for the Adoption: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 1

State Initiatives to Support Grocery Stores and Address Food Insecurity

Comparing Breakeven Prices for Soybeans and Corn in Illinois Since 2000

US Crop Agriculture’s Government Payment Trap

Comparing Machinery Values on Illinois Grain Farms

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Operating Expense Ratio by Region

Countercyclical Performance of Commodity, Insurance, and Ad Hoc Crop Programs

2025 Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Prospective Plantings in a Longer-Run Context

Ethanol Boom Drives Sharp Rise in Brazil’s Corn Consumption

Demise of the US Countercyclical Crop Safety Net

Research & Conservation: Reviewing the Illinois Dust Storm of 2023

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Operating Expense Ratio

Projected Corn versus Soybean Returns in Illinois for 2025

Recent Population Growth Trends in the North Central United States

Buying Inputs in the Current Business Climate

Self-Insurance by US Farmers

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

Projected Farm Income for 2025: Importance of Rental Arrangements on Farm Income

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

US Farm Program Crops in the Planting Flexibility Era

Conservation Quandaries, Part 3: Reviewing Practice Standards for Irrigation Practices

Extreme Heat Leads to Yield Losses for Midwestern Dairy Producers

The 2025 Emergency Commodity Assistance Program

Quiet Signals: Why Boring Crop Reports Matter

Understanding Farm Depreciation for 2025

U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending Report: 2024 Q4

War and Crop Production in Ukraine and Russia

Record Soybean Harvest in South America and Favorable Outlook for Exports

Consumers’ Expectations about GLP-1 Drugs Economic Impact on Food System Players

On the Origins of Budget Reconciliation

Illinois Agricultural Credit Conditions: 2024 Q4

Additional Thoughts on 2025 Crop Insurance and Farm Program Decisions

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Interest Expense Ratio by Farm Size

Contingency Planning with Cash Flow Shortages

Consumer Concerns about Tariffs and Food Prices

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