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Variable Cash Rental Arrangements in 2023

January 31, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

2023 Commodity Title Choices: ARC-CO and PLC

January 24, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Crop Insurance for Soybeans: The Low Loss Ratio Concern

January 17, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance Premium in 2023

January 10, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jim Baltz, and Ryan Batts

A Non-Decreasing Interest Rate Environment and Agriculture

January 3, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Prices Used in Variable Cash Rent Formula

December 20, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Corn and Soybean Yields in 2022

December 13, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Revised 2023 Crop Budgets

December 6, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Historic Cost Declines After Price Declines

November 22, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess and Jim Baltz

Grain Farm Income Projections for 2022 and 2023

November 15, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Outlook for Nitrogen Prices in Spring 2023

November 9, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

PLC and ARC Payment: 2021 Payments and Outlook for 2022 and 2023

October 25, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Fall Anhydrous Ammonia Application Practices and Profitability on Fields Enrolled in Precision Conservation Management

October 18, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Sarah Sellars, Laura Gentry, and Carl Zulauf

What Will 2023 Projected Prices Be?

October 4, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Fertilizer Prices, Rates, and Costs for 2023

September 27, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz

A Straight-Forward Variable Cash Lease with Revised Parameters

September 20, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

Information for Setting 2023 Cash Rents

September 13, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Margin Protection Revenue and Cost Components

September 6, 2022
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Margin Protection: Description and a Review of Experience

August 30, 2022
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Carl Zuluaf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Projected Wheat Double-Crop Soybean Profitability in 2023

August 23, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Jim Baltz and Jonathan Coppess

Farmland Prices Higher but Still in Line with Market Fundamentals

August 16, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Jim Baltz, and Jonathan Coppess

SCO and ECO Insurance Program Use

August 9, 2022
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson

2023 Crop Budgets: Higher Costs and Lower Returns

August 2, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance Performance by Crop Persists Over Time

July 26, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz

Nitrogen Fertilizer Outlook for 2023 Decisions

July 19, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

Perspectives on National U.S. Corn Yields for Productivity and Down-Side Yield Risk

July 12, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

The 2021 Crop Insurance Loss Performance

July 5, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Are Illinois Agricultural Retailers Increasing their Margins for Anhydrous Ammonia Over Time?

June 28, 2022
Sarah Sellars, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Inflation and Commodity Prices

June 21, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Jim Baltz

Are Long-Run Prices Still $4 for Corn, $10 for Soybeans, and $5.50 for Wheat?

May 31, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz

Potential 2022 Fall Prices for Corn and Soybeans Based on History

May 24, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Production from Double-Crop Soybean Rotations

May 17, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, K. Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Administration Efforts to Incentivize Production due to Ukraine-Russia Conflict

May 10, 2022
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Review of Prevented Plant Decisions for 2022

May 3, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Potential Disruptions in Nitrogen Fertilizer Trade

April 26, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Corn Projected More Profitable than Soybeans Well into June

April 19, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

April Update to 2022 Crop Budgets: Projected Profits Even with Record Costs

April 12, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices and Supply in Light of the Ukraine-Russia Conflict

April 5, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Joana Colussi, and Jim Baltz

Wheat in 2023?

March 29, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz

2021 Corn and Soybean Yields: Implications for Crop Insurance and Commodity Title payments

March 22, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz

Trend-Adjusted Yield Endorsement

March 15, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz

Consider RP with Harvest Price Exclusion in Conjunction with the Enhanced Coverage Option

February 22, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf

Enhanced Coverage Option: Return and Risk Results

February 15, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

2022 Forecast Returns Under Differing Rental Arrangements

February 8, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance Decisions and Risk in 2022

February 1, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Crop insurance Decisions in 2022

January 25, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

The Post Application Coverage Endorsement (PACE)

January 18, 2022
Gary Schnitkey and Bruce Sherrick

The 2022 PLC and ARC Decision

January 11, 2022
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson

2022 Break-Even Prices for Corn and Soybeans

December 21, 2021
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Above Expected Levels

December 14, 2021
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, and Jim Baltz

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