Collected Publications for Carl Zulauf - farmdoc daily

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

MultiCrop Insurance

November 27, 2024
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

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

Assessing Design of the FARM Ad Hoc Assistance Proposal

November 13, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

2024 Harvest Prices and Revenue Insurance Payments for Corn and Soybeans

November 12, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Impacts of Higher Premium Support Rates on ECO Performance

November 5, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Bruce Sherrick, and Brittney Goodrich

Reviewing the Latest Ad Hoc Payment Proposal in Congress

November 4, 2024
Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

Fixing Holes in the Current Crop Safety Net

October 30, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess and Nick Paulson

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

Net Return to Farm Program Crops: Harvest 2024

October 16, 2024
Carl Zulauf

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

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century, Part II: Regional Perspective for Major Land Use Categories from the Census of Agriculture

October 2, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and James Baltz

Farmer Returns Under Different Lease Designs

October 1, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century: The National Perspective from the Census of Agriculture

September 18, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

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

Crop Insurance as a Payment Program

September 4, 2024
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

Setting 2025 Cash Rents

September 3, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz

Examining the Restriction on Using SCO Insurance for Acres in ARC

August 21, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

SCO and ECO Payment Prospects for 2024

August 20, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

ARC and PLC Payment Prospects for 2023 and 2024

August 13, 2024
Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Gary Schnitkey

Use of Supplemental Coverage Option by Crop

August 7, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey

Revenue Insurance Payment Scenarios for Corn and Soybeans in 2024

August 6, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Agricultural Land Lost to Development in the Midwest

August 5, 2024
Mujahidul Islam, Ani Katchova, and Carl Zulauf

Increasing Pessimism About 2024 and 2025 Corn and Soybean Returns

July 30, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Brad Zwilling, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, Bob Rhea, and Jim Baltz

Number of Farms and Land in Farms in the Midwest

July 29, 2024
Ani Katchova, Suraksha Baral, Rae Ju, and Carl Zulauf

US Federal Debt, Interest Outlays, and the Farm Safety Net

July 24, 2024
Carl Zulauf, David Orden, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Gary Schnitkey

Performance of SCO and ECO in the Midwest

July 23, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Jim Baltz

Crop Insurance and Statutory Reference Prices

July 17, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Crop Insurance Loss Performance in Illinois and the Midwest

July 16, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

US Interest Rates and the Price of Capital

July 10, 2024
Carl Zulauf, David Orden, and Gary Schnitkey

Corn and Soybeans Economics in 2024 and 2025: Back to the New (Old) Normal?

July 9, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

How the EU Deforestation Rule Will Affect Agriculture in Brazil

July 2, 2024
Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

US Inflation and Labor

June 26, 2024
Carl Zulauf

Revised 2024 Illinois Crop Budgets

June 25, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Where Might Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Be Headed?

June 18, 2024
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

Cotton STAX and Modified Supplemental Coverage Option: Concerns with Moving Crop Insurance from Risk Management to Income Support

June 13, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Bruce Sherrick

Commodity Program Base Acre Update: Overlooked Issues

June 12, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Catastrophic Floods in Southern Brazil: Implications for Agricultural Sector

June 11, 2024
Joana Colussi, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf

US Inflation and Interest Rates

June 5, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey

Farm Bill Proposals to Enhance Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO)

June 4, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Bruce Sherrick, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, and Jim Baltz

Are Changes in Cost of Production and Statutory Reference Prices Related in the House Agriculture Committee 2024 Farm Bill?

May 29, 2024
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Spending Impacts of House Proposal for Commodity Title Changes

May 21, 2024
Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Bruce Sherrick, and Carl Zulauf

Reference Price Disparities & Why It Matters to Farmers

May 16, 2024
Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Bruce Sherrick, and Carl Zulauf

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