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

June 27, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

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

June 20, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf and Jim Baltz

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Stabilize at High Levels in Spring 2023

June 13, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Perspectives on Non-decreasing National Yield Trends

June 6, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Back to Normal: Revised 2023 Budgets with Lower Prices

May 23, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Commodity Title Choices and Payment Expectations

May 16, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

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

April 18, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Risks for 2023 Grain Farm Returns

April 11, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

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

April 4, 2023
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Sarah Sellars, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Inflation and Agricultural Interest Rates

March 28, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

2022 County Crop Yields

March 21, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Privately Developed Crop Insurance Products and the Next Farm Bill

March 14, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Safety Nets from Crop Insurance in 2023

March 7, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Fertilizer Prices and Company Profits Going into Spring 2023

February 28, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance Performance and the FAST Summary of Business Tool

February 21, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

PACE for 2023

February 14, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

2023 and 2024 Effective Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill

February 7, 2023
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

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

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