Collected Publications for Management

Important PRF-RI Insurance Decisions: Which Months to Insure?

Long-Term Trends in Pigs per Litter

2023 ARC-CO and PLC Payments for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

Potential Federal Policy Responses to Negative Grain Farm Incomes

Revisiting the Merits of Variable Cash Leases for 2025

Shifting Dynamics in Soybean Farm Funding in Brazil

Pasture, Rangeland and Forage Rainfall Index Insurance: An Insurance Product for Illinois Livestock and Forage Producers

Perspectives and Strategies for Dealing with Low Farm Incomes in 2024 and Beyond

The 2024-25 Financial Downturn: Who is the Most Vulnerable

Farmer Returns Under Different Lease Designs

2025 Illinois Crop Budgets

Higher Costs and Lower Grain Prices Lead to Lower Farm Earnings in 2023

Implications of Non-Increasing Farmer Returns

2024 Low Returns, Prices, and the Federal Safety Net

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

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