Collected Publications for Finance

Factors Impacting Long-Run Planning

Solvency Series: Per Acre Gross Farm and Management Returns of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

Solvency Series: Per Acre Economic Costs of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

Crop vs. Livestock Sentiment: Perspectives from the Ag Economy Barometer

Solvency Series: Debt Related Characteristics of Grain Farms by Debt Service Costs in 2024

Solvency Series: Healthy Debt-to-Asset Ratios Amid Rising Debt Servicing Costs

Illinois Farm Financial Trends in 2024: Summary and Analysis

Unpacking the Fed Rate Decision: What It Means for Inflation and Employment

Financial Stress on Crop Farms: Who Is Most at Risk in the 2024–26 Downturn?

Adoption of Conservation Practices and Farm Goals

Farm Goals

Impact of Leverage on Rates of Return

The Lending Activity and Performance of the Farm Credit System and Community Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

2025 Q1: Capital Adequacy of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

Q1 2025: The Profitability of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

Decomposition of Statement of Cash Flows

Decomposition of Changes in Net Worth

Inflation and Food Price Update: May 2025

Trends in Non-Real Estate Farm Lending Activity in the First Quarter

Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices

Are US Crop Production Costs High?

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Examining the Operating Expense Ratio by Farm Size

US Crop Agriculture’s Government Payment Trap

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Operating Expense Ratio by Region

Countercyclical Performance of Commodity, Insurance, and Ad Hoc Crop Programs

Demise of the US Countercyclical Crop Safety Net

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Operating Expense Ratio

Self-Insurance by US Farmers

Projected Farm Income for 2025: Importance of Rental Arrangements on Farm Income

U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending Report: 2024 Q4

Illinois Agricultural Credit Conditions: 2024 Q4

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Interest Expense Ratio by Farm Size

Contingency Planning with Cash Flow Shortages

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Interest Expense Ratio

What a Farm’s 2024 Financial Performance Indicates about 2025

What is a Deferred Tax Liability and How Has It Grown into a Monster Over Time?

Benchmarking Labor Efficiency and Productivity

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Current Ratio by Farm Size

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Current Ratio by Region

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Current Ratio

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Operating Expense Ratio by Farm Size

How Financial Liquidity Helps Farms Perform in Tough Times

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Operating Expense Ratio by Region

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Operating Expense Ratio

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Gross Farm Returns by Farm Size

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Gross Farm Returns Ratio by Region

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital to Gross Farm Returns Ratio

The Liquidity of Illinois Grain Farms: Working Capital

Assessing Your Working Capital

Financial Summary of Illinois Farms for 2023

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