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Safety Nets from Crop Insurance in 2023

  • March 12, 2023

Link to Original farmdocDaily Article
The Risk Management Agency (RMA) has released 2023 projected prices for crop insurance. For Illinois and most Midwest states, projected prices are $5.91 per bushel for corn and $13.76 for soybeans. Those projected prices are some of the highest in history and will provide solid safety nets. Still, many operations will face losses before crop insurance guarantees make payments.
Listen to a March 2 interview with University of Illinois ag economist Gary Schnitkey and Nick Paulson about ARC/PLC and crop insurance decisions.…

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Register for the All Day Ag Outlook

  • February 2, 2023

All Day Ag Outlook
The farmdoc Team, WILLAg.org, and University of Illinois Extension are proud to present the All Day Ag Outlook. This meeting has been an annual tradition in the month of March at the Beef House in Covington, Indiana since 1991.
This year’s program is scheduled for Tuesday, March 7, 2023. The doors open at 7:30 a.m. central / 8:30 a.m. eastern and includes both coffee and rolls in the morning and a Beef House lunch.…

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2023 Illinois Farm Economics Summit

  • January 3, 2023


Welcome to IFES 2023.  That’s right.  The Illinois Farm Economics Summit has moved to January.
The members of the farmdoc team from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics and University of Illinois Extension will be holding a series of three Illinois Farm Economics Summit meetings to help producers understand the past year and plan for the next.
Join us for a long waited return to in person IFES meetings!
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Registration is $80 online,…

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Register for the Farm Assets Conference

  • November 11, 2022


i-Hotel & Conference Center
1900 S First Street
Champaign, Illinois 61820
Monday, November 21, 2022
Register at farmassetsconference.com

This year’s University of Illinois Farm Assets Conference will be held in-person at the i-Hotel in Champaign, Illinois on Monday, November 21, 2022. Please plan to spend the day with the farmdoc Team, industry specialists, WILLAg commodity analysts, and U of I crop scientists as we explore topics that directly impact the farm.…

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A Simple to Understand Variable Cash Rent Lease

  • September 23, 2022
  • In this interview, Gary Schnitkey outlines a simple variable cash rent agreement. It sets the minimum rent $100 below the USDA average, the maximum $!00 above that average, and adds a yield factor of  32% of the corn yield income or 43% of the soybean yield income to the minimum for central and northern Illinois. Those factors differ in southern Illinois.

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Sep 6 | USDA Weekly Crop Progress State Reports

  • September 6, 2022

USDA reported on September 6, 2022 that 92% of the corn had reached the dough stage, 63% was dented, and that 15% had reached maturity. The condition of the corn crop was 54% good to excellent the same as the previous week.
94% of the soybeans have set pods, 10% are dropping leaves, and the condition of crop is 57% good to excellent the same as last week and last year.
Here are weekly crop progress updates from the states of Iowa,…

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