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What the Numbers Say: Examining the Decline in Capital Replacement and Term Debt Repayment Margins for Illinois Grain Farms

Mother Nature Bats Last: Lessons on the Cover Crop Learning Curve, Part 4

Rewriting the RFS Playbook: The Impact of Recent EPA Decisions on 2023-2027 RVOs for Biomass-Based Diesel

Individual US Crop Inputs Post 2014 Farm Bill

The Current State of the Farm Machinery and Equipment Market

Swampbuster Stands, Part 2: The Constitutionality of Conservation Compliance

Factors Impacting Long-Run Planning

Cash Requirements of Owned Farmland: 2025 vs. 2005

Brazil Begins Planting with Expected Record Acreage Driven by High Demand but Low Margins

Solvency Series: Per Acre Gross Farm and Management Returns of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

2024 Crop Safety Net Payments: Performance of Contemporary Ad Hoc Assistance

Apiculture Rainfall Index Insurance: An Insurance Product for Beekeeping Operations of All Sizes

Large Increase in Machinery Costs Suggests Need to Reconsider Machinery Purchase Decisions

The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 3: the Value of Soybean Oil in the Soybean Crush

Solvency Series: Per Acre Economic Costs of Illinois Grain Farms by their Debt Burden

Swampbuster Stands, Part 1: Reviewing the Iowa Lawsuit Challenging Conservation Compliance

Net Return to Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Relationships between Average Cash Rents and Soil Productivity

Comparative Cost Advantages for U.S. Corn and Soybean Production, and a Seed Cost Disadvantage in Soybeans

Crop vs. Livestock Sentiment: Perspectives from the Ag Economy Barometer

Annual Cost of Storing US Corn and Soybeans Since 1973

Solvency Series: Debt Related Characteristics of Grain Farms by Debt Service Costs in 2024

Revised Variable Cash Lease Parameters

Surprisingly Tight Supplies; Higher Prices Ahead!

Solvency Series: Healthy Debt-to-Asset Ratios Amid Rising Debt Servicing Costs

History & Tough Reality: When Payments Do More Harm Than Good, Consider Other Options

Do Changes in Food and Agriculture Policy Align with Changes in Public Priorities?

Margin Coverage Option (MCO) Historical Analysis

U.S. Soybean Harvest Starts with No Sign of Chinese Buying as Brazil Sets Export Record

Illinois Farm Financial Trends in 2024: Summary and Analysis

Unpacking the Fed Rate Decision: What It Means for Inflation and Employment

Tracking Public Perceptions of Payments Across Commodities

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

Corn and Soybean Markets Shrug Off Bearish USDA Figures

Grains and Oilseeds: Part 4 – Summary and Implications

The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Is Conservation a Silver Lining?

The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 2: Squeezing More Oil from the Soybean Crush

Considerations for Setting 2026 Cash Rents

Tracking Public Perceptions of MAHA

Financial Stress on Crop Farms: Who Is Most at Risk in the 2024–26 Downturn?

The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #1

Grains and Oilseeds: Part 3 – Rest-of-the-World

Machinery Cost Estimates for 2025

Factors Impacting Farm Growth

The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #2

Grains and Oilseeds: Part 2 – United States

Comparing Returns to Owned vs Cash Rented Farmland

The Soybean Industry Response to the Renewable Diesel Boom, Part 1: the Long-Run Evolution of Oilseed Crushing

Grains and Oilseeds: Part I – China and South America

The Reconciliation Farm Bill: Top Five Most Problematic Changes to Farm Policy, #3

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