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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…
ECO/SCO Payment Estimator
Farm Projection Tool
This program calculates per-acre budgets for different crops and a whole farm budget and includes breakevens. Projected financial statements and return sensitivities are available. The effects of farm level crop…
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The Central Crop Safety Net Issue: When Should a Loss be a Loss?
Over the last 50 years, the private market has not covered the cost to produce the nine crops for which USDA (US Department of Agriculture) computes a cost of production…
Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks– Part 1
Agri-food supply chains can be disrupted by more than production shocks. Transportation, trade, processing, labor, and demand can also affect how food moves. From 2018 to 2022, the United States…
Farmland Prices and Government Programs
Farmland prices in Illinois increased dramatically between 2020 and 2023. Since 2023, farmland prices have remained stable or declined slightly. At the same time, farmer returns have declined dramatically and…
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USDA Revises Beef Export Data, Lowers Sales by 90%
Reuter’s Tom Polansek reported that, “the U.S. Department of Agriculture dramatically lowered its reported beef export sales on Thursday, sparking fresh concerns about the quality of the agency’s data after…
FTC Settlement Secures Right to Repair for Farmers
The New York Times’ Emmett Lindner reported that, “for decades, American farmers dealing with malfunctioning John Deere equipment were left with few options for repairs. The company allowed only authorized…
NCGA Study Finds Input Costs Higher for US Farmers Than Brazilian Counterparts
AgWeb’s Margy Eckelkamp and Tyne Morgan reported that, “for years, U.S. farmers have argued they face higher production costs than competitors such as Brazil while selling into the same global…
China Resumes Soybean Purchases as Trade Thaw Continues
Mississippi Today’s Cassandra Stephenson reported that, “crops are in the ground, the weather is cooperating, soybean prices are up slightly from 2025, and China — the biggest buyer of U.S.…
Unions Claim USDA Overhaul Will Gut Agency
Reuter’s Daniel Wiessner reported that, “a group of unions, nonprofits and U.S. municipalities has asked a federal judge to block the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s planned reorganization, including the relocation…
USDA releases June 2026 Acreage Report and Grain Stocks
Progressive Farmer reported, “U.S. farmers planted 95.3 million acres of corn and 85.4 million acres of soybeans in spring 2026, USDA said on Tuesday, unchanged from March’s estimate and within…