Relationships between Average Cash Rents and Soil Productivity October 7, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Revised Variable Cash Lease Parameters September 30, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf
Margin Coverage Option (MCO) Historical Analysis September 23, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
A New Area-Based Crop Insurance Product: MCO (Margin Coverage Option) September 16, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Grains and Oilseeds: Part 4 – Summary and Implications September 12, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Joana Colussi
Considerations for Setting 2026 Cash Rents September 9, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Jim Baltz
Grains and Oilseeds: Part 3 – Rest-of-the-World September 3, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Joana Colussi
Machinery Cost Estimates for 2025 September 2, 2025 Dale Lattz, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Grains and Oilseeds: Part 2 – United States August 27, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Comparing Returns to Owned vs Cash Rented Farmland August 26, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Brad Zwilling
Grains and Oilseeds: Part I – China and South America August 22, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Joana Colussi
2026 Illinois Crop Budgets August 19, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Brad Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf
Fertilizer Decisions for the 2026 Crop Year August 12, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, and Carl Zulauf
U.S. Tariffs on Brazil: Potential Implications for Agricultural Trade and Consumers August 7, 2025 Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Support Price, Market Price, and the 21st Century August 6, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Jonathan Coppess
Projections of Commodity Program Payments for Illinois in 2024 and 2025 August 5, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf
Support Price, Cost of Production, and the 21st Century July 30, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
U.S. Fertilizer Industry in Global Markets: Structure and Supply Risks July 29, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Factors Influencing Nitrogen Fertilizer Application Rates and Timing in Illinois July 22, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
Impacts of the Commodity Title Changes Under the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA) for Midwestern Farms in 2025 July 15, 2025 Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Jonathan Coppess
The New Base Acre Provisions in the 2025 Farm Bill July 11, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
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
Farm Bill in Reconciliation: ARC/PLC Payment Projections; Policy Design Lab Update July 3, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
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
Brazil’s 2024–25 Corn Harvest Grows, But Exports Projected to Decrease June 9, 2025 Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Spring Revision to 2025 Illinois Crop Budgets June 3, 2025 Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Bradley Zwilling, and Carl Zulauf
Mapping Soybean Yield Risk: Regional Contrasts in the U.S. and Brazil June 2, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Trends in Fertilizer Use and Efficiency in the U.S. May 29, 2025 Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
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
Trade Conflicts and Long-Term Consequences: Are Soybeans Doomed to Repeat History? May 15, 2025 Joana Colussi, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey
Reviewing the House Agriculture Committee’s Reconciliation Bill May 14, 2025 Jonathan Coppess, Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Bruce Sherrick
Brazil and China’s Strong Ag Relationship: Opportunity or Overdependence? May 7, 2025 Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess
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
Ethanol Boom Drives Sharp Rise in Brazil’s Corn Consumption April 14, 2025 Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson
Demise of the US Countercyclical Crop Safety Net April 11, 2025 Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson