Collected Publications for Costs of Production

International Benchmarks for Corn Production

Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois – 2017

U.S. Field Crop Income – Return to Normalcy

Comparing Economies of Size: Milk vs. Field Crops

Higher Wages Don’t Always Mean a Higher Standard of Living: Rural Cost-of-Living and Farmworker Wages

What is the Impact of Power and Equipment Costs on Illinois Grain Farms?

State Labor Regulations and Labor-Intensive Agriculture

Cattle Finishing Net Returns in 2017 – A Bit Different from a Year Ago

Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois — 2016

Net Return Prospects for Cattle Finishing in 2017

Prospects for Swine Finishing Costs in 2017

Costs and Returns for Illinois Beef Producers in 2015

Comparing Input Price Changes during Multiple Year Declines: Rent as an Outlier in the Current Decline

International Benchmarks for Wheat Production

Net Farm Income Trends

International Benchmarks for Soybean Production

Negative Economic Profit Margins for Dairy Producers in 2015, Likely to Continue Negative Trend in 2016

International Benchmarks for Corn Production

Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois-2015

Soybean Planting Decision in 2016: Are Soybeans-After-Soybeans Profitable?

Managing on Thinner Margins

Profit Margins for Dairy Producers Turn Positive in 2014, Likely to Return to Negative Trend in 2015

Current Fertilizer Prices and Projected 2016 Fertilizer Costs

International Benchmarks for Soybean Production

Corn Seed Costs from 1995 to 2014

International Benchmarks for Corn Production

Using Enterprise Budgets to Compute Crop Breakeven Prices

Per Acre Net Cash Return to U.S. Corn and Soybeans since 1975: Part I

Cutting $100 per Acre in Costs for Corn and Soybeans

Magnitude of Needed Decreases in 2016 Cash Rents

Cost Cutting for 2016: Budgeting for $4 Corn and $9.25 Soybeans

Projected 2016 Crop Returns: Continuing Need to Adjust to Lower Returns

Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois – 2014

Diesel Fuel Prices and Fuel Costs on Illinois Farms

Costs and Returns for Illinois Beef Producers in 2013

More on ‘Is Bigger…Better’

Profit Margins for Dairy Producers Continue Negative Trend in 2013, Likely to Turn Positive in 2014

U.S. Farm Input Price Dynamics, 1981-2013

Lower Fuel Prices Unlikely to have Large Impact on Non-Land Corn and Soybean Costs

Crop Insurance Revenue Guarantees Likely Lower in 2015

Cash Deficits Projected for Corn in 2014 and 2015

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices and 2015 Planting Decisions

Revisions to the 2014 Crop Budgets Indicate Need to Conserve Cash

Will Non-Land Costs Decrease in 2015?

Bigger Is Better?

Release of 2015 Crop Budgets

Corn and Soybeans in 2013 and 2014: Release of 2013 Costs and Reassessment of 2014 Returns

Non-Land Costs for Corn Increased in 2013

2014 Farm Bill: The Margin Protection Program Dashboard MPP-Dairy

Is There An Advantage To More Corn Acres in Your Rotation?

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