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Gardner Policy Series

Farm Bill Stalemate, Part 3: Conservation Concerns

  • October 17, 2018

  • Jonathan Coppess, Benjamin Gramig, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

The conservation title is traditionally one of the least controversial and partisan of the major, mandatory funding titles in a farm bill debate; that the conservation title is part of…
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Weekly Farm Economics

2017 ARC-CO Payments and Outlook for 2018 Payments

  • October 16, 2018

  • Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

The Farm Service Agency (FSA) has released 2017 county yields, 2017 Market Year Average (MYA) prices have been determined, and FSA is in the process of making 2017 ARC-CO payments.…
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Gardner Policy Series

The Farm Bill Stalemate, Part 2: The SNAP Question

  • October 4, 2018

  • Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

The September 30th expiration date for the Agricultural Act of 2014 has passed and conference negotiations appear no closer to completion; a period of uncertainty likely to last through at…
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Farm Bill Food for Thought: Research and Extension

  • August 23, 2018

  • Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson and Gary Schnitkey

Conference negotiations for a 2018 farm bill reportedly continue behind the scenes, but with little indication about progress. In the meantime, a recent article in the Washington Post provided a…
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Gardner Policy Series

2018 Farm Bill Updated: Conference Negotiations Begin

  • August 9, 2018

  • Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson and Benjamin Gramig

Congress has completed the procedural steps necessary to begin conference negotiations on the two 2018 farm bills produced by the House and Senate.  Additionally, the Congressional Budget Office has updated…
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2018 Mid-Year RIN Update

  • July 26, 2018

  • Nick Paulson

Today’s article provides the second quarterly update on RIN generation for 2018. Generation figures and projections are based on available data from EPA’s EMTS through June of 2018, with annual…
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Gardner Policy Series

Five-Year Income Projections for Grain Farms

  • June 26, 2018

  • Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess and Nick Paulson

Five-year financial projections for Illinois grain farms suggests continued low farm incomes, given that yields are at trend levels with corn prices near $3.60 per bushel and soybean prices ranging…
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2018 First Quarter RIN Update

  • May 23, 2018

  • Nick Paulson

Today’s article provides the first quarterly update on RIN generation for 2018.  Generation figures and projections are based on available data from EPA’s EMTS through April of 2018, with annual…
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Gardner Policy Series

Continued Review of Fixed Price Farm Policy

  • May 3, 2018

  • Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson and Carl Zulauf

This article continues the discussion of the long-running farm policy that triggers payments to farmers using crop prices fixed in statute. The previous articles looked at historic target price policy…
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Gardner Policy Series

Initial Review of the House 2018 Farm Bill

  • April 26, 2018

  • Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson and Carl Zulauf

On Thursday, April 18, 2018, the House Agriculture Committee reported its version of the farm bill titled the Agriculture and Nutrition Act of 2018. The vote to report the bill…
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Gardner Policy Series

Reviewing the CBO Baseline for 2018 Farm Bill Debate

  • April 12, 2018

  • Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson and Carl Zulauf

On April 9, 2018, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its updated and revised baseline for the major programs in the farm bill. If Congress reauthorizes the farm bill programs…
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Gardner Policy Series

Interest Rate and Current U.S. Cropland Prices

  • April 11, 2018

  • Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess and Nick Paulson

The Federal Reserve has initiated what appears to be sustained, incremental increases in the Federal Funds rate and by extension other interest rates. Current expectation is for a ¾ to…
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