Collected Publications for Joe Janzen

More Corn Acres and the Prospect of Large Stocks and Low Prices

USDA and Market Analysts Agree on Key Supply and Demand Numbers

Ad Hoc Government Payments Caused Farmers to Store More Grain

Corn and Soybean Moving in Opposite Directions

An Alternative Look at the 2022-2023 Corn and Soybean Markets: Red Flags Waving

Setting Restrained Expectations for New-Crop Corn and Soybean Prices

Drought, Low River Water Levels, and Local Soybean Markets: The Role of Physical and Economic Distance

Lower US Corn Export Prospects, but Are They Low Enough?

The Russia-Ukraine War and Changes in Ukraine Corn and Wheat Supply: Impacts on Global Agricultural Markets

Supply and Demand Balance Remains Tight, But for How Long?

Acreage Surprise Boosts Old-Crop Prices

Minimum Support Prices for Agricultural Commodities in India: Do Price Floors Really Matter?

Guacamole is Back: Seasonal Production from South America Lowered Avocado Prices

The Impact of Long-Run Declines in Gasoline Use on the US Corn Market

Mulling over Margin, Part 5: An Inherent Problem with Margin Protection Programs

Looking Outward, Inward, and Backward to Go Forward

Tempered Expectations for 2022/23 Supply and Demand for Corn and Soybeans

No News is Just No News

South American Corn and Soybeans in US Perspective

Mulling over Margin, Part 4: Lessons from Canada’s Whole-farm Margin Protection Program

Corn and Soybeans at a Turning Point

Mulling Over Margin, Part 3: Chasing the Cost of Production Across Regions

Mulling Over Margin, Part 2: the “Elusive” Cost of Production

Mulling Over Margin, Part 1: Introduction and Historical Background

Production News Rules the Day

The Export Sales Data Snafu

Yield News Now, Demand News to Come

What Happens When USDA Updates Yield Expectations?

Small Changes and Season Average Price Forecasts

A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities

Early Export Sales Commitments and New-Crop Balance Sheets for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

Agricultural Commodity Markets Reaction to the Ukraine-Russia Conflict

Revisiting Ukraine, Russia, and Agricultural Commodity Markets

IFES 2021: 2022 Market Outlook for Corn and Soybeans: Part II, Acreage

IFES 2021: 2022 Market Outlook for Corn and Soybeans: Part I, Export Sales

Pandemic Assistance to Illinois Agricultural Producers in 2020 from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) and the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP)

The (Absence of a) Weather Risk Premium in New-Crop Soybean Futures Prices

The Weather Risk Premium in New-Crop Corn Futures Prices

Covered Cropland vs. Cover Crops: Broadening the Perspective

IFES 2020: Post-Election Farm Policy Outlook After Three Years of Ad Hoc Payments

IFES 2020: 2021 Market Outlook for Corn and Soybeans

Changes in US Grain Storage Capacity

Reimagining the Cornerstone of Agricultural Research

Reviewing the Recent Government Accountability Office Report on MFP 2019

A Farm Policy Dilemma: Base Acres, Planted Acres, and Ad Hoc Payments

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, Part 2

The Distribution of CFAP Payments across Commodities and States

CFAP Payments to Date and Possible Future Ad Hoc Farm Payments

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