Collected Publications for Nick Paulson

Update on Historic Use of Crop Insurance Products in Illinois

Machinery Costs on Illinois Grain Farms

The 2025 Crop Insurance Decision Tool: Lower ECO Farmer-Paid Premium

Outlook for Farmland Values in 2025

Corn Acreage in South America: Stable in Brazil, Sharp Decline in Argentina

The Arithmetic of Commodity Title Programs

Assessing Design of the FARM Ad Hoc Assistance Proposal

2024 Harvest Prices and Revenue Insurance Payments for Corn and Soybeans

Impacts of Higher Premium Support Rates on ECO Performance

Reviewing the Latest Ad Hoc Payment Proposal in Congress

Fixing Holes in the Current Crop Safety Net

2023 ARC-CO and PLC Payments for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

South America Poised to Expand Soybean Acreage, Further Pressuring Soybean Prices

Potential Federal Policy Responses to Negative Grain Farm Incomes

Revisiting the Merits of Variable Cash Leases for 2025

Shifting Dynamics in Soybean Farm Funding in Brazil

Perspectives and Strategies for Dealing with Low Farm Incomes in 2024 and Beyond

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century, Part II: Regional Perspective for Major Land Use Categories from the Census of Agriculture

Farmer Returns Under Different Lease Designs

2025 Illinois Crop Budgets

Loss of US Farmland in the 21st Century: The National Perspective from the Census of Agriculture

Implications of Non-Increasing Farmer Returns

2024 Low Returns, Prices, and the Federal Safety Net

Setting 2025 Cash Rents

Introducing the Crop Insurance Summary of Business Tool

Examining the Restriction on Using SCO Insurance for Acres in ARC

SCO and ECO Payment Prospects for 2024

ARC and PLC Payment Prospects for 2023 and 2024

Use of Supplemental Coverage Option by Crop

Revenue Insurance Payment Scenarios for Corn and Soybeans in 2024

Increasing Pessimism About 2024 and 2025 Corn and Soybean Returns

US Federal Debt, Interest Outlays, and the Farm Safety Net

Performance of SCO and ECO in the Midwest

Crop Insurance and Statutory Reference Prices

Crop Insurance Loss Performance in Illinois and the Midwest

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

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

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?

Spread of Corn Stunt Disease Lowers Production Expectations in Argentina

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

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