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The Growing Role of H-2A Workers in U.S. Agriculture

2025 Grain Farm Return Prospects at the Beginning of July with a New Commodity Title

Impact of Leverage on Rates of Return

Farm Bill in Reconciliation: ARC/PLC Payment Projections; Policy Design Lab Update

Response to the Increase in 2025 Crop ECO Premium Subsidy

Reconciliation Bill Proposals to Add Base Acres

Largest June Hog Herd Since 2020 & Smallest Breeding Herd Since 2015!

Nonemployer Businesses and the Geography of Self-Employment

Consumer Concerns about Food Prices: Tariffs are Crowding Out Inflation

Declining Yield Variability and 2025 US Corn and Soybean Yield Distribution

Dramatic Difference in Expected Yields between Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton for Area-Based Insurance Products

The Lending Activity and Performance of the Farm Credit System and Community Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

A 20-Year Look at Feeder Cattle Production – Are There Differences Based on the Weight Purchased?

Farm Bill in Reconciliation: What the Byrd Rule Exposes but Does Not Resolve

2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency

2025 Q1: Capital Adequacy of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

Prospects for Swine Feed Costs in the Second Half of 2025

Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity

Q1 2025: The Profitability of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

The House Reconciliation Bill Proposal for SCO: Income Support for High-Risk Farmland

Brazil’s 2024–25 Corn Harvest Grows, But Exports Projected to Decrease

Decomposition of Statement of Cash Flows

Mastering the Early Years: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 3

Food System Beliefs of Make America Healthy Again Supporters

Spring Revision to 2025 Illinois Crop Budgets

Mapping Soybean Yield Risk: Regional Contrasts in the U.S. and Brazil

Public Perspectives of Make America Healthy Again and the Food System

Trends in Fertilizer Use and Efficiency in the U.S.

Agri-Food Transportation by Highway, Railway, and Waterway in the United States

Impacts of Premium Support Increase of Basic and Optional Units in House Reconciliation Bill

Reviewing the CBO Score of the House Reconciliation Bill

Decomposition of Changes in Net Worth

Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill

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

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