Collected Publications for Crop Economics

The US No Loss Crop Sector Safety Net

Diesel Fuel Price Impact on Fuel & Oil and Per-Acre Machinery Costs

Rethinking Phosphorus and Potassium, Part 3: Economics

Changing Nitrogen Rates on PCM Farms: Implications for 2027 Nitrogen Decisions

Wheat Double-Crop Soybean Profitability in Recent Years

How Farmer Sentiment Compares in the United States and Argentina

Crop and Livestock Producers: Different Sentiment, Similar Concerns and Challenges

Historic Corn and Soybean Profitability and 2027 Planting

The Central Crop Safety Net Issue: When Should a Loss be a Loss?

Rethinking Phosphorus and Potassium, Part 1: Soil Testing 101

Conventional and Organic Enterprise Net Returns

Historical Corn versus Soybean Returns in Illinois

Fertilizer Cost Increases Resulting from the Iran Conflict

Yield Increases of Grains and Major Crops in the United States

Middle East Ceasefire Fails to Ease U.S. Fertilizer Price Pressure on Farmers

Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices

The Iran Conflict: Potential Impacts on 2026 Corn and Soybean Returns

U.S. and Brazil Soybean Competitiveness: Farm-Level Costs and Returns

Historical Cropping Patterns for Illinois Grain Farms

Rising Farm Debt and Financial Stress: Evidence from the Ag Economy Barometer

Has the US Crop Safety Net Become Excessive?

Forecasting US Field Crop Sector Prosperity

U.S.–China Soybean Deal: Comparing Past Export Levels and Global Market Impacts

Explaining Fluctuations in DDG Prices

Cover Crop Adoption: Results from 5 Years of Ag Economy Barometer Surveys

Individual US Crop Inputs Post 2014 Farm Bill

Factors Impacting Long-Run Planning

2024 Crop Safety Net Payments: Performance of Contemporary Ad Hoc Assistance

Optimizing Phosphorus Fertilizer Use: Evidence from Michigan Corn Production

Adoption of Conservation Practices and Farm Goals

Farm Goals

2025 Grain Farm Return Prospects at the Beginning of July with a New Commodity Title

Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Across Midwestern States

Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices

Are US Crop Production Costs High?

US Crop Agriculture’s Government Payment Trap

2025 Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Prospective Plantings in a Longer-Run Context

Ethanol Boom Drives Sharp Rise in Brazil’s Corn Consumption

Projected Corn versus Soybean Returns in Illinois for 2025

Buying Inputs in the Current Business Climate

Record Soybean Harvest in South America and Favorable Outlook for Exports

US Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Acres in the Planting Flexibility Era

Are US Commodity Program Payments Impacting Planted Acres?

Where Have All the Honey Bees Gone? To California Almond Orchards

Impact of Drought in the States in the Colorado River Basin on US Planted Acres

Planted Acres and Private Market Profitability over the Current Crop Safety Net Period

U.S. Agricultural Trade Background Given Potential Tariffs

Beyond the Climate: Multiple Sources of Risk in Agriculture in the United States, Brazil and Argentina

Potential Federal Policy Responses to Negative Grain Farm Incomes

Shifting Dynamics in Soybean Farm Funding in Brazil

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