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Relationships between Average Cash Rents and Soil Productivity

October 7, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Revised Variable Cash Lease Parameters

September 30, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Margin Coverage Option (MCO) Historical Analysis

September 23, 2025
Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

A New Area-Based Crop Insurance Product: MCO (Margin Coverage Option)

September 16, 2025
Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Considerations for Setting 2026 Cash Rents

September 9, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Machinery Cost Estimates for 2025

September 2, 2025
Dale Lattz, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Comparing Returns to Owned vs Cash Rented Farmland

August 26, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Brad Zwilling

2026 Illinois Crop Budgets

August 19, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Brad Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf

Fertilizer Decisions for the 2026 Crop Year

August 12, 2025
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, and Carl Zulauf

Projections of Commodity Program Payments for Illinois in 2024 and 2025

August 5, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

U.S. Fertilizer Industry in Global Markets: Structure and Supply Risks

July 29, 2025
Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

Factors Influencing Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Rates and Timing in Illinois

July 22, 2025
Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Impacts of the Commodity Title Changes Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) for Midwestern Farms in 2025

July 15, 2025
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess

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

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