Collected Publications for Weekly Farm Economics

How Much More Do Capital Purchases on Grain Farms Need to be Reduced?

Shifting Corn and Soybean Acres Vary by Farm Size and Region of Illinois

Differences in Revenue and Costs for Higher and Average Return Grain Farms

Modest Income Levels Projected for Grain Farms in 2017

Still too Early to Say Much About Illinois Corn Yields

2016 Crop Insurance Performance: A Very Low Loss Year

Late Planting in 2017

Areas of Above and Below Trend Yields in the Corn-Belt: These Areas Will Change

Acre Changes in Crops from 1991 to 2016

Revenues Below $700 per Acre Possible with Corn in 2017

Earliest Planting, Final Planting Dates, and Prevented Planting Factors for Crop Insurance

2017 Break-even Prices for Corn and Soybeans to have the Same Profitability: Revisited

Relationships of Soybean-to-Corn Price Ratios Between Projected and Harvest Periods

Historical Planted Acre Changes for Corn and Soybeans

2017 Projected Incomes on Illinois Grain Farms

Crop Insurance Premiums for 2017

Consider Using ARP for Soybeans

Performance of Crop Insurance: Tool within the 2017 Crop Insurance Decision Tool

Revenue Protection (RP) Use on Corn in the Midwest

Rising Interest Rates and Farmland Prices

2017 Crop Insurance Premiums and 2016 Insurance Use in Illinois

2017 Crop Budgets and Current Prices Say Switch to Soybeans and Expect Low Returns

2016 Gross Revenue and Income Projections for Corn and Soybeans in Central Illinois

Cash Rent as a Percent of Farmland Price

2016 Harvest Prices and High Yields Imply Low Crop Insurance Payments in Illinois

Soybean Yields in Illinois

Corn and Soybean Acres in Illinois

Financial Performance of Illinois Grain Farms: Deterioration in 2015

2017 Crop Budgets, 2016 Crop Returns and 2016 Incomes

Working Capital Buffers Gone at End of 2016

2016 County Cash Rents

Break-Even Levels for Corn and Soybeans to Have the Same Profitability

The Danger of Refinancing

What a Difference $.50 (or a Summer) Makes

Continued Downward Pressure on 2017 Cash Rent

2016 Cash Rents and Land Values for Illinois

Corn and Soybean Revenue Projections for 2016 and 2017

Growth in Crop Costs and Cash Rents

Changes in Where Corn Is Grown in the Last Ten Years

Growth Rates of Fertilizer, Pesticide, and Seed Costs over Time

Costs and Benefits of Cover Crops: An Example with Cereal Rye

Release of Revised 2016 Illinois Crop Budgets

Working Capital Changes Projected for Grain Farms in 2016: Before and After Recent Price Changes

Anhydrous Ammonia, Corn, and Natural Gas Prices Over Time

Estimated 2016 ARC-CO Payments

Late Planting Decisions in 2016

Crop Insurance Performance in 2015: Low Losses Predominate

2016 Marketing Gain Impacts on Income Statements Will be Limited

2015 ARP and SCO Payments for Corn and Soybeans in Illinois

2016 Net Farm Income Projections Under Different Price Scenarios

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