2024 Low Returns, Prices, and the Federal Safety Net September 10, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Reviewing the Congressional Budget Office Score of the House Farm Bill August 8, 2024 Jonathan Coppess
Cotton STAX and Modified Supplemental Coverage Option: Concerns with Moving Crop Insurance from Risk Management to Income Support June 13, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Bruce Sherrick
Farm Bill Proposals to Enhance Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) June 4, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz
Spending Impacts of House Proposal for Commodity Title Changes May 21, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Bruce Sherrick, and Carl Zulauf
Statutory Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill May 14, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Bruce Sherrick
Base Acre Updating in the Next Farm Bill May 7, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Bruce Sherrick
Price Loss Coverage: Evaluation of Proportional Increase in Statutory Reference Price and a Proposal November 7, 2023 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
Farm Bill 2023: Another Perspective on Reference Prices and Base Acres August 17, 2023 Jonathan Coppess
Farm Bill 2023: Planted Acres and Additional Pieces of the Base Acres Puzzle August 3, 2023 Jonathan Coppess
Commodity Title Choices and Payment Expectations May 16, 2023 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz
PLC and ARC-CO for Soybeans: Payments and Perspectives April 25, 2023 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf and Jim Baltz
ARC-CO: Background, Payments, and Perspectives for Corn April 18, 2023 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz
2023 and 2024 Effective Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill February 7, 2023 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz
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