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Farm Bill What-If Tool
This program calculates Agricultural Risk Coverage for County Coverage (ARC-CO), Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments, and ARC at the Individual Level (ARC-IC). County yields and market year average (MYA) prices…
Crop Insurance Decision Tool
This program calculates premiums, evaluates insurance payments, and provides historical data useful when making crop insurance decisions for multiple crops. Estimates are for crops in midwest and southeast states. Learn…
Planting Decision Model
With this program, the user can: 1) estimate the costs of planting corn and soybeans by planting date, 2) estimate the net returns from replanting, 3) prevented planting payments, and…
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The 2026 ARC/PLC Decision: Who Should Consider ARC-IC?
The December 11th deadline for the 2026 crop year ARC/PLC enrollment is approaching. Because the deadline is later than usual, most farmers have harvested their crops. Knowing individual farm yields…
Farm Absorption Capacity and Producer Sentiment
Agility and absorption capacity represent two distinct strategies through which a farm builds resilience (Lippsmeyer and Langemeier, 2023). Agility is a farm’s ability to spot and exploit market changes in…
Trying to Reason with A Midterm Election Earthquake
Well, the American electorate certainly sent a message in the midterm elections on Tuesday. As of this writing, Democrats have won a substantial majority in the House of Representatives, 252…