Collected Publications for Gary Schnitkey

The Rising Costs of Corn Production in Illinois

Concentration of US Crops in Corn and Soybeans: Importance to Increasing US Production of Grains and Oilseeds

Variability in Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices in Illinois Over the Last 15 Years

Concentration of US Principal Crop Acres in Corn and Soybeans

How Historic Were Fertilizer Prices in 2022?

Information for Setting 2024 Cash Rents

2024 Crop Budgets

Exploring Production Variability in the Southern Hemisphere: A Follow-up Analysis

Fertilizer Prices Continue Decline and May Impact Farmers’ Nitrogen Decisions

Downward Pressures on Farmland Prices in 2023

Fertilizer Prices Continue Year-Long Decline from 2022 Peak

Comparing Variability of Southern and Northern Hemisphere Production of Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

Forecasting 2024 Cash Rents: An Analysis of Farming Returns and Trends

Comparing SCO and ECO Payment Frequency in Two Illinois Counties

Frequency of SCO and ECO Payments in Illinois

Crop Insurance, Marketing, and Income Prospects on Midwest Grain Farms

Brazil Emerges as Corn-Ethanol Producer with Expansion of Second Crop Corn

Premium Support and Crop Insurance: An Analysis of the Proposed 4% Farmer-Premium Payment Cap

Cost of Production and Farm Policy: Part I

Dry Weather and Drought in the Midwest, Middle-June 2023

An Estimate of Farmland Acreage Change from Plant-Based Food

Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Stabilize at High Levels in Spring 2023

The Importance of Insurance Unit in Crop Insurance Policy Debates

Brazil Harvesting Record Second Corn Crop, As Prices Fall and Sales Stall

Perspectives on Non-decreasing National Yield Trends

Comparing Crop Insurance Net Farm Indemnities and Crop Production Profits

Back to Normal: Revised 2023 Budgets with Lower Prices

Commodity Title Choices and Payment Expectations

Margin, Price, Revenue in the Farm Bill Commodity Program Context

State Shares of US Commodity Program Payments: 2002–2021

Farmland Prices in Brazil More than Doubled in the Last Three Years

PLC and ARC-CO for Soybeans: Payments and Perspectives

ARC-CO: Background, Payments, and Perspectives for Corn

Risks for 2023 Grain Farm Returns

Are Crop Insurance Net Indemnities and Commodity Program Payments Countercyclical?

Farm Payments by Programs other than Commodity Programs and Crop Insurance: Third Pillar of the US Farm Safety Net

Update on Growth Rates of Fertilizer, Pesticide and Seed Costs Over Time

Record in Brazil, Drop in Argentina: Contrasting Soybean Harvests in South America

Inflation and Agricultural Interest Rates

2022 County Crop Yields

The Farm Bill in the CBO World: An Illustration Eliminating the Price Escalator to Address Statutory Reference Price Inequality

Will Brazil Emerge as the Number One Corn Exporting Nation?

Privately Developed Crop Insurance Products and the Next Farm Bill

Safety Nets from Crop Insurance in 2023

The Use of Climate Information in Midwest Agriculture: Results from a Farmer Survey – Part II

Fertilizer Prices and Company Profits Going into Spring 2023

RP vs. RP-HPE Insurance Decision: Premium, Cash Flow, and Forward Contracting

Crop Insurance Performance and the FAST Summary of Business Tool

2023 ARC-CO vs. PLC Program Decision Indicator

PACE for 2023

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