Mulling over Margin, Part 5: An Inherent Problem with Margin Protection Programs December 15, 2022 Joe Janzen, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Mulling over Margin, Part 4: Lessons from Canada’s Whole-farm Margin Protection Program November 3, 2022 Joe Janzen
PLC and ARC Payment: 2021 Payments and Outlook for 2022 and 2023 October 25, 2022 Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz
Mulling Over Margin, Part 3: Chasing the Cost of Production Across Regions October 6, 2022 Joe Janzen and Jonathan Coppess
Mulling Over Margin, Part 2: the “Elusive” Cost of Production September 22, 2022 Jonathan Coppess, Joe Janzen, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Gary Schnitkey
Reviewing the Latest CBO Farm Bill Baseline June 1, 2022 Jonathan Coppess, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf
Mapping the Farm Bill: Reviewing the CRP; Law, Land & History March 24, 2022 Jonathan Coppess and Christopher Laingen
2021 Corn and Soybean Yields: Implications for Crop Insurance and Commodity Title payments March 22, 2022 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz
The 2022 PLC and ARC Decision January 11, 2022 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson
Pandemic Assistance to Illinois Agricultural Producers in 2020 from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) October 4, 2021 Anil K. Giri, Joe Janzen, Dipak Subedi, and Iuliia Tetteh
Projected 2020 Commodity Title Payments June 22, 2021 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson
Using farmdoc Tools to Make the ARC-CO and PLC Decisions February 16, 2021 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson
Release of the 2018 Farm Bill What-If Tool for 2021 Decisions January 14, 2021 Ryan Batts, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson
Reviewing USDA Revisions to the Payment Limitation and Eligibility Rules August 28, 2020 Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson
Production Controls & Set Aside Acres, Part 1: Reviewing History June 26, 2020 Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf
Making CFAP Applications for Grain Farms May 28, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
Would Commodity Title Choices Change Given COVID-19? May 19, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Carl Zulauf
2019 Commodity Title Payments – Updates for Corn and Soybeans with Lower MYA Prices May 5, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf
Revised 2019 ARC and PLC Payments Due to Lower 2019 Market Year Average Prices April 17, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Adjusting NASS County Yields to Estimate 2019 ARC-CO Payments February 25, 2020 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf
2019 ARC-CO Payment Estimates for Corn and Soybeans Based on NASS County Yields February 21, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information February 18, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Ben Brown, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Strategies for Using ARC-IC February 11, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Ben Brown, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
ARC-IC: Payment Examples and Revised 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator February 4, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Ryan Batts, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Yields Below Which ARC-CO Will Make Payments January 28, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
Expected Payments on ARC-CO and PLC: Update of Gardner Payment ARC/PLC Payment Calculator January 22, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
What are the Chance of PLC Payments for the 2019 and 2020 Pro-gram Year January 14, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
ARC-IC in 2019: Release of a 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator January 7, 2020 Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Ryan Batts, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Yield Updating Decisions under the 2018 Farm Bill December 3, 2019 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Ryan Batts
Release of 2018 Farm Bill What-If Tool November 5, 2019 Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
Update on the Gardner- farmdoc Payment Calculator October 31, 2019 Jonathan Coppess and Gary Schnitkey
The Case for Looking at the ARC-IC (ARC-Individual) Program Option October 29, 2019 Carl Zulauf, Ben Brown, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Which Program Paid More Under the 2014 Farm Bill: ARC-CO or PLC? October 15, 2019 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess
Choosing Between ARC-CO and PLC October 1, 2019 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson
The Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Option in the 2018 Farm Bill September 24, 2019 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
The Agricultural Risk Coverage — County Level (ARC-CO) Option in the 2018 Farm Bill September 17, 2019 Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson
Introducing the Gardner-farmdoc Payment Calculator August 20, 2019 Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Estimated 2018 ARC-CO Payments April 2, 2019 Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson
High Price Scenarios for the PLC Escalator and Farm Program Decision March 13, 2019 Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Historic Price and Yield Perspective for PLC Escalator and Program Decision February 28, 2019 Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
2018 Farm Bill Reference Price Escalator for 2019 Market Year February 21, 2019 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson
Understanding the 2018 Farm Bill PLC Yield Update: Which Program Commodities Have a Higher Update Yield at the US Market Level? February 20, 2019 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson