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Variable Cash Lease Considerations for 2027

Food Inflation and the Outlook for Beef Prices

Liquidity and Repayment Capacity

Detecting Tillage Practices from Space: A New Approach to Monitoring Conservation Agriculture in the US Midwest

Rethinking Phosphorus and Potassium, Part 3: Economics

Changing Nitrogen Rates on PCM Farms: Implications for 2027 Nitrogen Decisions

Managing the Herd: Balancing Anticipated Productivity with Softening Demand

Farmland Values and Competitiveness in the United States and Brazil

Updates from the Policy Design Lab: Crop Insurance and Soybeans

Foreign Ownership of U.S. Agricultural Land

Average Illinois Cash Rents and Soil Productivity in 2026

Farmer Perceptions of AI Benefits in the United States and Argentina

2025 Illinois Farm Earnings Improve but Remain Below Recent Averages

Under Pressure: The Size and Timing of the Harvest Low in Corn Basis

The 2027 Margin Coverage Option (MCO) Decision

Illinois Cash Rents in 2026 and Outlook for 2027

Changing Public Perceptions of AI and Data Center Development: Results from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey

Impact of Higher Corn Prices on Swine Finishing Feed Costs

Conservation & Risk, Part 4: Approaching the Nitrogen Application Question

Lettuce Talk About Food Safety: Consumer Responses to Recent Outbreaks

Wheat Double-Crop Soybean Profitability in Recent Years

Why U.S Farmers Own Farmland and What They Expect for Land Values

Trying to Picture a Base Acre Update Through a Hypothetical Change in 2025 Payments

Illinois Crop Budgets for 2027

The Other Base Update Issue: PLC Base Yield

Farm Machinery Demand Remains Weak as Manufacturers Manage Production

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

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