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Response to the Increase in 2025 Crop ECO Premium Subsidy

July 2, 2025
Carl Zulauf, Bruce Sherrick, and Gary Schnitkey

2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency

June 17, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity

June 12, 2025
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2025

March 4, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

A Mid-December Look at 2024 Crop Safety Net Payments

December 13, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey

The 2025 Crop Insurance Decision Tool: Lower ECO Farmer-Paid Premium

December 3, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

MultiCrop Insurance

November 27, 2024
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

2024 Harvest Prices and Revenue Insurance Payments for Corn and Soybeans

November 12, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Important PRF-RI Insurance Decisions: Which Months to Insure?

November 8, 2024
Brittney Goodrich

Net Return to Farm Program Crops: Harvest 2024

October 16, 2024
Carl Zulauf

Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Rainfall Index Insurance: An Insurance Product for Illinois Livestock and Forage Producers

October 9, 2024
Brittney Goodrich

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century, Part II: Regional Perspective for Major Land Use Categories from the Census of Agriculture

October 2, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and James Baltz

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century: The National Perspective from the Census of Agriculture

September 18, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Crop Insurance as a Payment Program

September 4, 2024
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

Examining the Restriction on Using SCO Insurance for Acres in ARC

August 21, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

Revenue Insurance Payment Scenarios for Corn and Soybeans in 2024

August 6, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Performance of SCO and ECO in the Midwest

July 23, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance and Statutory Reference Prices

July 17, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Crop Insurance Loss Performance in Illinois and the Midwest

July 16, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Crop Insurance Unit and Adverse Selection

May 15, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Bruce Sherrick, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Budget-Driven Crop Insurance Coverage Options for 2024

March 5, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2024

March 4, 2024
Bruce Sherrick, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

First Look at Crop Insurance Decisions for 2024

February 13, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Ryan Batts

Understanding the Relationship between Loss Ratios and Crop Insurance Subsidies

November 21, 2023
Ivan Flores, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Bruce Sherrick

2023 Harvest Prices and Revenue Insurance Payments for Corn and Soybeans

November 1, 2023
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Bruce Sherrick

Potential Crop Insurance Payments for 2023

October 10, 2023
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Bruce Sherrick

Frequency of SCO and ECO Payments in Illinois

July 11, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

The Importance of Insurance Unit in Crop Insurance Policy Debates

June 12, 2023
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Comparing Crop Insurance Net Farm Indemnities and Crop Production Profits

May 30, 2023
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Are Crop Insurance Net Indemnities and Commodity Program Payments Countercyclical?

April 10, 2023
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Is Loss Ratio a Sufficient Measure of Crop Insurance Performance?

March 27, 2023
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

Safety Nets from Crop Insurance in 2023

March 7, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

RP vs. RP-HPE Insurance Decision: Premium, Cash Flow, and Forward Contracting

February 27, 2023
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

Crop Insurance Performance and the FAST Summary of Business Tool

February 21, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance for Soybeans: The Low Loss Ratio Concern

January 17, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance Premium in 2023

January 10, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jim Baltz, and Ryan Batts

The Case for a New Crop Insurance Product: Yield Protection with Harvest Price Option

September 19, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

Decomposing Crop Revenue Insurance Indemnities into Type of Loss Covered

September 14, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

Margin Protection Revenue and Cost Components

September 6, 2022
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Margin Protection: Description and a Review of Experience

August 30, 2022
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Carl Zuluaf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Corn and Soybean Prevent Plant and the Dakotas

August 3, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

The 2021 Crop Insurance Loss Performance

July 5, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2022

March 1, 2022
Bruce Sherrick and Gary Schnitkey

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2021

March 9, 2021
Bruce Sherrick and Gary Schnitkey

Higher 2021 Crop Insurance Premiums and 2021 Decisions

February 9, 2021
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Release of the 2021 Crop Insurance Decision Tool

January 19, 2021
Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Years in Which Enhance Coverage Option Pays

December 15, 2020
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson

Crop Insurance Performance in 2019

July 28, 2020
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Expected Harvest Prices for Soybeans in 2020

June 23, 2020
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2020

March 3, 2020
Bruce Sherrick and Gary Schnitkey

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