Collected Publications for Management

Trend in Breakeven Prices for Cattle Finishing

2023 Harvest Prices and Revenue Insurance Payments for Corn and Soybeans

Comparing Fixed Cash, Variable Cash, and Share Rents for 2024

When Creating 2024 Crop Budgets, Keep in Mind Family Living Costs

Impact of Lower Corn Prices on Feeding Cost of Gain for Cattle Finishing

Potential Crop Insurance Payments for 2023

Agility and Producer Sentiment

Yield and Yield Risks of Cover Crops in East-Central Illinois

Absorption Capacity and Producer Sentiment

The Rising Costs of Corn Production in Illinois

Variability in Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices in Illinois Over the Last 15 Years

How Historic Were Fertilizer Prices in 2022?

Factors Impacting Succession Planning

Information for Setting 2024 Cash Rents

Conventional and Organic Enterprise Net Returns

2024 Crop Budgets

A Look at the Differences Between Higher and Lower Profit Farms in Illinois as Incomes Change

Fertilizer Prices Continue Decline and May Impact Farmers’ Nitrogen Decisions

Downward Pressures on Farmland Prices in 2023

Fertilizer Prices Continue Year-Long Decline from 2022 Peak

Forecasting 2024 Cash Rents: An Analysis of Farming Returns and Trends

The Characteristics of Higher Profit Farms in Illinois, 2013 – 2022 Average

Comparing SCO and ECO Payment Frequency in Two Illinois Counties

Frequency of SCO and ECO Payments in Illinois

Benchmarking Crop Machinery Cost and Investment

Crop Insurance, Marketing, and Income Prospects on Midwest Grain Farms

Cost of Production and Farm Policy, Part II: Statutory Reference Prices

Premium Support and Crop Insurance: An Analysis of the Proposed 4% Farmer-Premium Payment Cap

Resilience to Strategic Risk

Cost of Production and Farm Policy: Part I

Dry Weather and Drought in the Midwest, Middle-June 2023

Historical Cropping Patterns on Illinois Grain Farms

An Estimate of Farmland Acreage Change from Plant-Based Food

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Stabilize at High Levels in Spring 2023

Brazil Harvesting Record Second Corn Crop, As Prices Fall and Sales Stall

Perspectives on Non-decreasing National Yield Trends

Comparing Crop Insurance Net Farm Indemnities and Crop Production Profits

Back to Normal: Revised 2023 Budgets with Lower Prices

Costs and Returns for Illinois Beef Producers in 2022

Commodity Title Choices and Payment Expectations

Why is Managing Strategic Risk So Important in Production Agriculture?

Margin, Price, Revenue in the Farm Bill Commodity Program Context

Producer Sentiment and Farm Growth

Agility and Absorption Capacity

Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois—2022

ARC-CO: Background, Payments, and Perspectives for Corn

Trends in General Inflation and Farm Input Prices

Risks for 2023 Grain Farm Returns

Update on Growth Rates of Fertilizer, Pesticide and Seed Costs Over Time

Inflation and Agricultural Interest Rates

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