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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

2024 Ethanol Production Profits: Regression to the Mean?

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2025

US Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Acres in the Planting Flexibility Era

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Interest Expense Ratio

Conservation Quandaries, Part 2: Water Law

Trends in the Operational Efficiency of the U.S. Ethanol Industry: 2024 Update

What a Farm’s 2024 Financial Performance Indicates about 2025

Are US Commodity Program Payments Impacting Planted Acres?

What is a Deferred Tax Liability and How Has It Grown into a Monster Over Time?

Brazil’s Agricultural Expansion: Where Are Soybean Yields Headed?

Demand Destruction 2.0 for Biodiesel and Renewable Diesel?

Should SCO Impact Your Decision to Use ARC-CO for 2025?

Where Have All the Honey Bees Gone? To California Almond Orchards

Impact of Drought in the States in the Colorado River Basin on US Planted Acres

Conservation Quandaries, Part 1: Too Much and Not Enough

Biomass-Based Diesel Demand Destruction 2.0?

Enhanced Coverage Option for 2025

Valentine’s Day and the Gains from Agricultural Trade: Cut Flowers in the US

Benchmarking Labor Efficiency and Productivity

Planted Acres and Private Market Profitability over the Current Crop Safety Net Period

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