Collected Publications for Management

Trends in Corn Plant Populations

Setting 2025 Cash Rents

Introducing the Crop Insurance Summary of Business Tool

SCO and ECO Payment Prospects for 2024

ARC and PLC Payment Prospects for 2023 and 2024

Revenue Insurance Payment Scenarios for Corn and Soybeans in 2024

Increasing Pessimism About 2024 and 2025 Corn and Soybean Returns

Performance of SCO and ECO in the Midwest

Crop Insurance Loss Performance in Illinois and the Midwest

Brazil’s Corn Harvest Declines, Yet Remains Second Largest in Nation’s History

US Interest Rates and the Price of Capital

Corn and Soybeans Economics in 2024 and 2025: Back to the New (Old) Normal?

Conventional and Organic Enterprise Net Returns

How the EU Deforestation Rule Will Affect Agriculture in Brazil

US Inflation and Labor

Revised 2024 Illinois Crop Budgets

Costs and Returns for Illinois Beef Producers in 2023

Where Might Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Be Headed?

Catastrophic Floods in Southern Brazil: Implications for Agricultural Sector

Farm Bill Proposals to Enhance Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO)

How Will the GPS Outage on May 10 Affect US Farm Profitability?

Spending Impacts of House Proposal for Commodity Title Changes

Statutory Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill

Base Acre Updating in the Next Farm Bill

Fungicides Use in a Lower Price Environment

Trends in Input Costs for Corn and Soybean Production in Illinois

What Explains the Disparity between USDA and Conab over Brazil’s Soybean Crop Size?

Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois—2023

Variability in Trend Estimates for US Corn Yields

International Benchmarks for Wheat Production

Impacts of Corn Acreage Increases on National Corn Yields

The Curious Case of US Corn Yields in 2023

U.S. Dominance in Corn Exports on the Wane Due to Brazilian Competition

Budget-Driven Crop Insurance Coverage Options for 2024

International Benchmarks for Soybean Production

Estimated Likelihoods of PLC and ARC-CO Payments for 2024

US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

The United States, Brazil, and China Soybean Triangle: A 20-Year Analysis

First Look at Crop Insurance Decisions for 2024

County Yield Variability and ARC-CO

Producer Sentiment and Resilience at the Purdue Top Farmer Conference

Considering Low Prices, Yields, and Maximum ARC-CO Payments for 2024

Robust Cover Crop Systems for Soybeans

Comparing 2024 Effective Reference and ARC Benchmark Prices

Economic Review of Milk Costs in 2022 and Projections for 2023 and 2024

First Look at PLC and ARC-CO for 2024

Producer Sentiment, Farmland Value Expectations, and Farm Financial Performance

Revised 2024 Crop Budgets

International Benchmarks for Corn Production

Comparing Corn Production Direct Costs: United States vs. Brazil

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