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
Response to the Increase in 2025 Crop ECO Premium Subsidy July 2, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Bruce Sherrick, and Gary Schnitkey
Reconciliation Bill Proposals to Add Base Acres July 1, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson and Jonathan Coppess
Declining Yield Variability and 2025 US Corn and Soybean Yield Distribution June 25, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
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
Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity June 12, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
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
Reviewing the CBO Score of the House Reconciliation Bill May 22, 2025 Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson
Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill May 20, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
Reviewing the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill May 14, 2025 Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Bruce Sherrick
Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Across Midwestern States May 6, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Are US Crop Production Costs High? April 30, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
Comparing Breakeven Prices for Soybeans and Corn in Illinois Since 2000 April 22, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf
US Crop Agriculture’s Government Payment Trap April 21, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
Countercyclical Performance of Commodity, Insurance, and Ad Hoc Crop Programs April 16, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey
2025 Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Prospective Plantings in a Longer-Run Context April 15, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson
Demise of the US Countercyclical Crop Safety Net April 11, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Projected Corn versus Soybean Returns in Illinois for 2025 April 8, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf
Self-Insurance by US Farmers April 3, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Projected Farm Income for 2025: Importance of Rental Arrangements on Farm Income April 1, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Brad Zwilling
US Farm Program Crops in the Planting Flexibility Era March 28, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson
The 2025 Emergency Commodity Assistance Program March 25, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf
War and Crop Production in Ukraine and Russia March 19, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Additional Thoughts on 2025 Crop Insurance and Farm Program Decisions March 11, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
US Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Acres in the Planting Flexibility Era March 3, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
What a Farm’s 2024 Financial Performance Indicates about 2025 February 25, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Are US Commodity Program Payments Impacting Planted Acres? February 24, 2025 Carl Zulauf, David Orden, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Should SCO Impact Your Decision to Use ARC-CO for 2025? February 18, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf
Impact of Drought in the States in the Colorado River Basin on US Planted Acres February 14, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Planted Acres and Private Market Profitability over the Current Crop Safety Net Period February 6, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
Tariff Threats and US Fertilizer Imports February 4, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
Improving Contemporary Ad Hoc Economic Assistance January 31, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
The 2025 Farm Bill What-If Tool January 28, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, and Carl Zulauf
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
A Mid-December Look at 2024 Crop Safety Net Payments December 13, 2024 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey
Machinery Costs on Illinois Grain Farms December 10, 2024 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf
The 2025 Crop Insurance Decision Tool: Lower ECO Farmer-Paid Premium December 3, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Ryan Batts, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson
The Arithmetic of Commodity Title Programs November 19, 2024 Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz