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

July 8, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Dramatic Difference in Expected Yields between Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton for Area-Based Insurance Products

June 24, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Bruce Sherrick

2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency

June 17, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

The House Reconciliation Bill Proposal for SCO: Income Support for High-Risk Farmland

June 10, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Spring Revision to 2025 Illinois Crop Budgets

June 3, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Bradley Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf

Impacts of Premium Support Increase of Basic and Optional Units in House Reconciliation Bill

May 27, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson and Jonathan Coppess

Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill

May 20, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess

2024 NASS County Corn and Soybean Yields

May 13, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Across Midwestern States

May 6, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

2024 Corn and Soybean Yields

April 29, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Comparing Breakeven Prices for Soybeans and Corn in Illinois Since 2000

April 22, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

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

April 15, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Projected Corn versus Soybean Returns in Illinois for 2025

April 8, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Projected Farm Income for 2025: Importance of Rental Arrangements on Farm Income

April 1, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Brad Zwilling

The 2025 Emergency Commodity Assistance Program

March 25, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Additional Thoughts on 2025 Crop Insurance and Farm Program Decisions

March 11, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2025

March 4, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Should SCO Impact Your Decision to Use ARC-CO for 2025?

February 18, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Enhanced Coverage Option for 2025

February 11, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Tariff Threats and US Fertilizer Imports

February 4, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess

U.S. Agricultural Trade Background Given Potential Tariffs

January 21, 2025
Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Revised 2025 Crop Budgets

January 14, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Bradley Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf

Impacts of Economic Assistance Payments

January 7, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess

Update on Historic Use of Crop Insurance Products in Illinois

December 17, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Machinery Costs on Illinois Grain Farms

December 10, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Outlook for Farmland Values in 2025

November 26, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

The Arithmetic of Commodity Title Programs

November 19, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

2024 Harvest Prices and Revenue Insurance Payments for Corn and Soybeans

November 12, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

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

October 29, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess

Potential Federal Policy Responses to Negative Grain Farm Incomes

October 22, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Revisiting the Merits of Variable Cash Leases for 2025

October 15, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

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

October 8, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Brad Zwilling, Brittney Goodrich, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Farmer Returns Under Different Lease Designs

October 1, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

2025 Illinois Crop Budgets

September 24, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Bradley Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf

Implications of Non-Increasing Farmer Returns

September 17, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

2024 Low Returns, Prices, and the Federal Safety Net

September 10, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Setting 2025 Cash Rents

September 3, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Introducing the Crop Insurance Summary of Business Tool

August 27, 2024
Ryan Batts, Nick Paulson and Gary Schnitkey

SCO and ECO Payment Prospects for 2024

August 20, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

ARC and PLC Payment Prospects for 2023 and 2024

August 13, 2024
Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Gary Schnitkey

Revenue Insurance Payment Scenarios for Corn and Soybeans in 2024

August 6, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Increasing Pessimism About 2024 and 2025 Corn and Soybean Returns

July 30, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Brad Zwilling, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Bob Rhea, and Jim Baltz

Performance of SCO and ECO in the Midwest

July 23, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance Loss Performance in Illinois and the Midwest

July 16, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Corn and Soybeans Economics in 2024 and 2025: Back to the New (Old) Normal?

July 9, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

How the EU Deforestation Rule Will Affect Agriculture in Brazil

July 2, 2024
Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Revised 2024 Illinois Crop Budgets

June 25, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Where Might Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Be Headed?

June 18, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Catastrophic Floods in Southern Brazil: Implications for Agricultural Sector

June 11, 2024
Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Farm Bill Proposals to Enhance Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO)

June 4, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

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