Collected Publications for Crop Economics

Soybeans Returns Projected Higher than Corn in 2014

Cash Deficits Projected for Corn in 2014 and 2015

Projected Corn Gross Revenues Down in 2014 and 2015

With Tightening Margins, Keep in Mind Family Living

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices and 2015 Planting Decisions

Will Non-Land Costs Decrease in 2015?

Historic and Projected Cash Rents as Percentages of Crop Revenues

Renegotiating Cash Rents Down for 2015

Range in Revenues and Returns Possible for Corn in 2014

Controlling Cost vs. More Revenue?

Projected 2014 Gross Revenues and Farmer Returns on Cash Rent Farmland

Non-Land Costs for Corn Increased in 2013

Historical Variability of Soybean and Wheat Market Year Average Prices and Price Loss Coverage Payments

Soybean-to-Corn Price Ratios in Spring and Fall

Evaluating the Historical Variability of Corn’s Market Year Average Price and Projecting Price Loss Coverage Payments

Illinois Prospective Plantings in 2014 with Historical Comparisons

Monthly Fertilizer Prices: Spring 2014 with Comparisons to 2009 through 2013

Recent Price Changes on Harvest-time Corn and Soybean Contracts

Soybean-to-Corn Price Ratios in Spring and Fall

Controlling Costs with Lower Crop Revenues: Cash Rents

Controlling Costs with Lower Crop Revenues: Machinery Costs

Controlling Costs with Lower Crop Revenues: Direct Costs

Planning For a Lower Revenue 2014

Controlling Costs with Lower Crop Revenues: Fertilizer Costs

Controlling Costs With Lower Crop Revenues: Historical Overview

Corn and Soybean Returns Suggest Stable Illinois Acreages

2014 Returns for Corn under Drought, Median, and High Yield Scenarios

2013 Projected Soybean Yields Compared to Trend Yields

2013 Projected Corn Yield Compared to Trend Yields

Hedging the 2013 Corn and Soybean Crop Given Crop Insurance

Fertilizer Costs Move Down

Returns and Cash Rents given $4.80 Corn and $10.75 Soybean Prices

Concentration of Corn and Soybean Production in the U.S.

Prevented Planting Payments versus Planting Soybeans

Balance Sheets on Grain Farms from 2005 to 2011

More Corn…More Profit???

Recent Price Changes Alter Relative Corn and Soybean Returns

Geographical Acreage Changes between 2006 and 2012 in Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, and Cotton

Relationship between Crop Returns and Acreage Decisions

Persistence of Low and High Prices for U.S. Row Crops: Implications for Managing Risk and Farm Policy

Range in 2013 Market Year Average Prices for Soybeans Suggested by History

Range in 2013 Market Year Average Prices for Corn Suggested by History

Current Fertilizer Prices, Natural Gas, and Longer-Run Supply

Relative Importance of Price vs. Yield variability in Crop Revenue Risk

The Impact of the 2012 Drought on Corn and Soybean Yield Updates for the PLC Program

Current Expectations of Future Corn Prices, and Ghosts of Prices Past

Annual Payment Limits for the ARC Program and Farm Size in Illinois

Little Change in Where Corn is Planted in the United States

Annual Management Return Performance for Illinois Grain Farms: Yields and Prices

Projected Corn-Soybean Returns Do Not Suggest Shift to Corn in Illinois: An Application of the Planting Decision Model

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