Here you will find links to the presentations made during the March 4, 2025 All Day Ag Outlook held at the Beef House in Covington, Indiana. It included members of the University of Illinois farmdoc team, on air analysts with WILLAg.org, and others.
click to hear the presentations from the March 4, 2025 conference
…
The first week of March and climatological spring was decidedly spring-like. Average temperatures ranged from the mid-30s in northern Illinois to the high 40s in southern Illinois, between 3 and 8 degrees above normal. High temperatures reached into the 60s and 70s early in the week before crashing back to the 30s and 40s. February ended 2 to 4 degrees below normal statewide, wrapping up a climatological winter season that was within 1 degree of normal statewide.…
University of Illinois Agricultural Economist Joe Janzen spoke at WILLAg.org’s 35th annual All Day Ag Outlook at the Beef House in Covington, Indiana Tuesday, March 4, 2025. The farmdoc team member outlined the fundamentals of the current corn and soybean markets. You will find more presentations from the ADAO next week on the WILLAg.org website.…
Navigating 2025 Crop Insurance Choices
WEBINAR REGISTRATION March 3, 2025 | 11:00 AM – Noon Central
– Gary Schnitkey and Nick Paulson will provide comprehensive analysis of 2025 crop insurance alternatives for Illinois grain producers. The session will examine coverage levels, product types, and supplemental options including SCO (Supplemental Coverage Option). Special attention will be given to the interaction between crop insurance choices and farm program decisions, particularly how PLC enrollment affects SCO eligibility.…
The Illinois Corn Growers Association and the Illinois Department of Agriculture received a special allocation of EQIP funding. This allocation was not tied to the Inflation Reduction Act and is not impacted by any freezes, but the catch is farmers need to work with their local NRCS office by FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 28th.
The two were able to bring $15M into Illinois to address the Dust Storms and Nutrient Loss Reduction efforts. Ranking for these funds will be elevated if your farm is in either the defined Dust Storm Region or a priority nitrogen or phosphorus watershed.…
REGISTER TODAY $40/person
Tuesday March 4, 2025
Doors Open at 7:30am central, 8:30am eastern
Coffee and Beef House Cinnamon Rolls
Wrap up by 3:00pm central, 4:00pm eastern
Beef House Restaurant
16501 North State Road 63
Covington, IN 47932
If you have questions contact Todd Gleason.
tgleason@illinois.edu or 217-333-9697
Morning Session
– Grain Market Fundamentals with Joe Janzen, U of Illinois
– South America Production Update with Joana Colussi,…
Finally, the coldest week of the year by far has come to an end. Average temperatures this week ranged from the single digits in northwest Illinois to the high 20s in southern Illinois, between 10 and 20 degrees below normal. Nighttime low temperatures regularly dipped into the single digits to well below zero, including -15 in McHenry and -12 in Freeport. Even Carbondale briefly dipped below zero this week. Maybe more impressive was the fact that several places did not get above freezing the entire week.…
Average temperatures this week were a bit closer to normal than in the first week of the month, ranging from the low 20s in northern Illinois to the high 30s in southern Illinois. February to date has been 4 to 10 degrees above normal, following the 35th coldest January on record statewide. Temperatures did flip later in the week, with nighttime lows dipping into the single digits to below zero across the state early Friday morning. …
We got a little break from winter this week, as average temperatures ranged from the low 30s in northern Illinosi to the mid-40s in southern Illinois, between 5 and 12 degrees above average. Monday brought spring-like temperatures across the state, and several places broke the 70-degree mark, including 76 degrees in Jerseyville and 70 in Charleston. In Jerseyville specifically, Monday was the earliest occurrence of a high temperature 75 degrees or higher on record, going back to the 1940s.…
Another very cold week in the books. Average temperatures this week ranged from the low teens in northern Illinois to the mid-20s in southern Illinois, between 5 and 10 degrees below normal. January to date has been 4 to 8 degrees below normal. Some of the more impressive nighttime low temperatures this week included -16 degrees in Stockton and -13 in Galesburg. This week, temperatures in Peoria were below freezing for 127 consecutive hours, or about 75% of the entire week.…