Collected Publications for Financial Management

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

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

Adoption of Conservation Practices and Farm Goals

Farm Goals

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

Inflation and Food Price Update: May 2025

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

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

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

The Financial Efficiency of Illinois Grain Farms: Operating Expense Ratio

Self-Insurance by US Farmers

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

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

Changes in the Number of Commercial Bank Branches in Rural Areas

The Dynamics of Sweet Cherry Orchards: Trends and Transitions from 2008 to 2023

Assessing the Capital Adequacy of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

Assessing the Profitability of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending

How the Composition of U.S. Commercial Banks Participating in Agricultural Lending has Changed Since 2007

Maintaining Key Resources Amid Strategic Uncertainty

Operational Ratios for Evaluating the Farm Business

Discussing Key Resources and Risk Exposure in Your Farm Business Plan

Solvency Trends for Illinois Grain Farms: The Distribution of Debt-to-Asset Ratios by Gross Farm Returns

Solvency Trends for Illinois Grain Farms

Key Resources Determining the Future of the Farm: Human Capital and Information Technology

Liquidity Trends for Illinois Farms: Comparing Farms by Gross Farm Returns from 2003-2022

Integrated Risk Management: Developing an Asset-Based Business Strategy

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