2006 - A Workshop Addressing Decision-Making Challenges in a Risky Environment
Volatile crop yields and commodity prices, farm income variability, and the changing legal and political environment provide significant challenges for farm operators and owners, agricultural lenders, and managers of farm related businesses.
The University of Illinois Extension and the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics conducted the fifth annual Farm Income workshops in December 2006 to address some of these challenges for the year ahead.
2006 Presentations
Outlook for Commodity Prices
Darrel Good
Department of ACE, University of Illinois
Illinois Farm Income Outlook
Dale Lattz
Department of ACE, University of Illinois
The 2007 Farm Bill: Prospects for Change
Robert Thompson
Department of ACE, University of Illinois
Biofuels: Implications for Prices and Production
Darrel Good and Scott Irwin
Department of ACE, University of Illinois
The Impacts of Tillage and Rotations on Machinery Costs
Gary Schnitkey and Dale Lattz
Department of ACE, University of Illinois
FAST Tools – Planning Beyond 2008
Paul Ellinger and Travis Farley
Department of ACE, University of Illinois
Energy and Agriculture: Legal and Tax Perspectives
Don Uchtmann, Gary Hoff and Bryan Endres
Department of ACE, University of Illinois
Crop Insurance and Risk Management in the Current Price Environment
Bruce Sherrick and Scott Irwin
Department of ACE, University of Illinois