Collected Publications for Gary Schnitkey

The New Base Acre Provisions in the 2025 Farm Bill

2025 Grain Farm Return Prospects at the Beginning of July with a New Commodity Title

Farm Bill in Reconciliation: ARC/PLC Payment Projections; Policy Design Lab Update

Response to the Increase in 2025 Crop ECO Premium Subsidy

Reconciliation Bill Proposals to Add Base Acres

Declining Yield Variability and 2025 US Corn and Soybean Yield Distribution

Dramatic Difference in Expected Yields between Corn, Soybeans, and Cotton for Area-Based Insurance Products

2024 County Corn and Soybean Yields from the Risk Management Agency

Crop Insurance, Premium Subsidies, and Soybean-Corn Disparity

The House Reconciliation Bill Proposal for SCO: Income Support for High-Risk Farmland

Brazil’s 2024–25 Corn Harvest Grows, But Exports Projected to Decrease

Spring Revision to 2025 Illinois Crop Budgets

Mapping Soybean Yield Risk: Regional Contrasts in the U.S. and Brazil

Trends in Fertilizer Use and Efficiency in the U.S.

Impacts of Premium Support Increase of Basic and Optional Units in House Reconciliation Bill

Reviewing the CBO Score of the House Reconciliation Bill

Spending Impacts of PLC and ARC-CO in House Agriculture Reconciliation Bill

Trade Conflicts and Long-Term Consequences: Are Soybeans Doomed to Repeat History?

Reviewing the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill

2024 NASS County Corn and Soybean Yields

Brazil and China’s Strong Ag Relationship: Opportunity or Overdependence?

Corn-to-Soybean Yield Ratios Across Midwestern States

Are US Crop Production Costs High?

2024 Corn and Soybean Yields

Comparing Breakeven Prices for Soybeans and Corn in Illinois Since 2000

US Crop Agriculture’s Government Payment Trap

Countercyclical Performance of Commodity, Insurance, and Ad Hoc Crop Programs

2025 Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Prospective Plantings in a Longer-Run Context

Ethanol Boom Drives Sharp Rise in Brazil’s Corn Consumption

Demise of the US Countercyclical Crop Safety Net

Projected Corn versus Soybean Returns in Illinois for 2025

Self-Insurance by US Farmers

Projected Farm Income for 2025: Importance of Rental Arrangements on Farm Income

US Farm Program Crops in the Planting Flexibility Era

The 2025 Emergency Commodity Assistance Program

War and Crop Production in Ukraine and Russia

Record Soybean Harvest in South America and Favorable Outlook for Exports

Additional Thoughts on 2025 Crop Insurance and Farm Program Decisions

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2025

US Corn, Soybean, and Wheat Acres in the Planting Flexibility Era

What a Farm’s 2024 Financial Performance Indicates about 2025

Are US Commodity Program Payments Impacting Planted Acres?

Brazil’s Agricultural Expansion: Where Are Soybean Yields Headed?

Should SCO Impact Your Decision to Use ARC-CO for 2025?

Impact of Drought in the States in the Colorado River Basin on US Planted Acres

Enhanced Coverage Option for 2025

Planted Acres and Private Market Profitability over the Current Crop Safety Net Period

Tariff Threats and US Fertilizer Imports

Improving Contemporary Ad Hoc Economic Assistance

The 2025 Farm Bill What-If Tool

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