Collected Publications for Gary Schnitkey

Crop Insurance Loss Performance in Illinois and the Midwest

Brazil’s Corn Harvest Declines, Yet Remains Second Largest in Nation’s History

US Interest Rates and the Price of Capital

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

How the EU Deforestation Rule Will Affect Agriculture in Brazil

Revised 2024 Illinois Crop Budgets

Where Might Nitrogen Fertilizer Prices Be Headed?

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

Commodity Program Base Acre Update: Overlooked Issues

Catastrophic Floods in Southern Brazil: Implications for Agricultural Sector

US Inflation and Interest Rates

Farm Bill Proposals to Enhance Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO)

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

Spending Impacts of House Proposal for Commodity Title Changes

Reference Price Disparities & Why It Matters to Farmers

Crop Insurance Unit and Adverse Selection

Statutory Reference Prices and the Next Farm Bill

The Sprouts of Farm Bill Reauthorization: Reference Prices

Base Acre Updating in the Next Farm Bill

Fungicides Use in a Lower Price Environment

Trends in Input Costs for Corn and Soybean Production in Illinois

Solvency Trends for Illinois Grain Farms: The Distribution of Debt-to-Asset Ratios by Gross Farm Returns

Agricultural Land Shifts to the Tropics: A Strategic Challenge for US Crops

Variability in Trend Estimates for US Corn Yields

The Dilemma of Actuarial Soundness, A Legislative History

Potential for Crop Expansion in Brazil Based on Pastureland and Double-Cropping

Land, not Exports, is the US Field Crop Problem – Part 1, US vs. World

Impacts of Corn Acreage Increases on National Corn Yields

Exploring Yield Growth: US Crops in a Global 21st Century Context

The Curious Case of US Corn Yields in 2023

Assessing US Performance: Land and 21st Century Field Crop Production

Budget-Driven Crop Insurance Coverage Options for 2024

Crop Insurance Decisions for 2024

Estimated Likelihoods of PLC and ARC-CO Payments for 2024

US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

Cover Crops and Covered Cropland, 2022 US Census of Agriculture

The United States, Brazil, and China Soybean Triangle: A 20-Year Analysis

First Look at Crop Insurance Decisions for 2024

County Yield Variability and ARC-CO

US Farm Liquid Assets, Self-Insurance, and Financial Resiliency

Considering Low Prices, Yields, and Maximum ARC-CO Payments for 2024

Robust Cover Crop Systems for Soybeans

US Farm Commodity Insurance Program Trends

Comparing 2024 Effective Reference and ARC Benchmark Prices

First Look at PLC and ARC-CO for 2024

Revised 2024 Crop Budgets

Comparing Corn Production Direct Costs: United States vs. Brazil

Rising Overhead Costs Driven by Labor and Interest

Variability of World and Regional Yields in an Era of Climate Change

Brazil Cuts Its Soybean and Corn Production Projections for 2024

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