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Preparing the Future Food and Agricultural Workforce: Trends in Agricultural-Related Degree and Certification Completions from U.S. Post-secondary Institutions

Addressing the agricultural sector’s workforce needs remains a persistent challenge.  Slower migration within the U.S. agricultural workforce, combined with declining immigration, has limited the supply of farm laborers (Hertz and…

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The Debt Ceiling: Reviewing Federal Budget Data

If there is any single topic that threatens to swallow all federal policymaking in the near future (and possibly much, much more), it is the current partisan stand-off over the…

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A Solid Year for Ethanol Production Profits in 2022

The U.S. ethanol industry entered 2022 on a high, with weekly profits just missing a new all-time high in November 2021.  Like all other facets of the commodity business, the…

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2022 County Crop Yields

The National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) recently released 2022 county yields for corn and soybeans. Overall, U.S. average yields were below trends for corn and soybeans. Drought reduced yields in…

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

The farm bill debate has entered a world in which the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) baseline plays a key role (farmdoc daily, March 2, 2023).  Unless Congress adds new money,…

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Increasing Agricultural Debt and Impact on Illinois Grain Farms

Agricultural debt on a nominal basis in Illinois has been increasing since 1991. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) are shown…

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“A Flurry of Chinese Purchases of U.S. Corn,” as Brazil Seeks Further Ag Trade Opening with China

Reuters writer Mark Weinraub reported on Friday that, “Falling prices have sparked a flurry of Chinese purchases of U.S. corn, as the world’s top buyer of the grain scrambles to…

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Lower Fertilizer Prices Persist

DTN writer Russ Quinn reported last week that, “Retail fertilizer prices tracked by DTN for the second full week of March 2023 continue to show lower levels. This trend has…

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Spring Planting Underway in Ukraine, as Soybean Prices Lower (Again)

Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported today that, “Most Ukrainian regions have started 2023 spring sowing, seeding a total of 293,000 hectares of various crops, the agriculture ministry said on Friday.”

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Ukraine Grain Output Could Fall by a Fifth Compared to Last Year

Bloomberg writers Megan Durisin, Kateryna Choursina and Aine Quinn reported yesterday that, “Oleksandr Klepach’s fields in southern Ukraine would normally be teeming with shoots of wheat and rapeseed in spring.…

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ERS: “U.S. Export Competitiveness in Select Crop Markets,” Focus on Corn, Soybeans and Wheat

In a report yesterday from the USDA’s Economic Research Service (ERS), “U.S. Export Competitiveness in Select Crop Markets,” Samantha Padilla, Danielle J. Ufer, Stephen Morgan, and Noah Link stated that,…

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Ukraine Anticipates Lower 2023 Grain Harvest, Kansas Wheat Conditions Improve

Reuters writer Pavel Polityuk reported yesterday that, “Ukraine’s 2023 grain harvest is likely to fall to 44.3 million tonnes from 53.1 million in 2022 as less acreage is sown due…

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