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Adjusting NASS County Yields to Estimate 2019 ARC-CO Payments
Last week, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released county yield estimates which we are now using to estimate 2019 ARC-CO payments for corn and soybeans. Recognizing that NASS yield data will not be the primary source of information used…
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Illinois Crop Budgets and Historic Returns
2020 Budgets For All Regions
This publication presents crop budgets for three regions in Illinois: northern, central, and southern Illinois. Central Illinois is further divided…
2019 Budgets For All Regions
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Historic Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Double Crop Soybeans
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Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois
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Cost to Produce Beef in Illinois
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Adjusting NASS County Yields to Estimate 2019 ARC-CO Payments
Last week, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released county yield estimates which we are now using to estimate 2019 ARC-CO payments for corn and soybeans. Recognizing that NASS yield data will not be the primary source of information used…
Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information
Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual Level (ARC-IC) will make payments in 2019 for farms that are entirely prevented plant or farms with low yields. ARC-IC combines all Farm Service Agency (FSA) farms within a state for one individual payment…
Strategies for Using ARC-IC
Strategies for evaluating Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual level (ARC-IC) are discussed in this article given that 2019 farm yields are known and can aid in making decisions. We suggest estimating 2019 ARC-IC payments for each FSA farm and…
Yields Below Which ARC-CO Will Make Payments
This article shows break-even county yields below which Agricultural Risk Coverage at the County Level (ARC-CO) will make payments in 2019. Break-even yields are calculated at USDA’s January estimates of Market Year Average (MYA) prices: $3.85 per bushel for corn,…
Expected Payments on ARC-CO and PLC: Update of Gardner Payment ARC/PLC Payment Calculator
After the release of the January WASDE report, the Gardner ARC/PLC Payment Calculator was updated to reflect revised price information for the 2019 and 2020 years. Herein updated estimates of Agricultural Risk Coverage at the County Level (ARC-CO) and Price…
Adjusting NASS County Yields to Estimate 2019 ARC-CO Payments
Last week, USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released county yield estimates which we are now using to estimate 2019 ARC-CO payments for corn and soybeans. Recognizing that NASS yield data will not be the primary source of information used…
Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information
Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual Level (ARC-IC) will make payments in 2019 for farms that are entirely prevented plant or farms with low yields. ARC-IC combines all Farm Service Agency (FSA) farms within a state for one individual payment…
Phytophthora in Illinois Soybean Production
The oomycete Phytophthora sojae, is a soil borne organism which is the predominant cause of Phytophthora root rot in soybeans. Believe it or not, P. sojae is fairly prevalent in Illinois, and under the correct conditions, this disease can result…
Strategies for Using ARC-IC
Strategies for evaluating Agricultural Risk Coverage at the Individual level (ARC-IC) are discussed in this article given that 2019 farm yields are known and can aid in making decisions. We suggest estimating 2019 ARC-IC payments for each FSA farm and…
Prospects for Swine Feed Costs in 2020
Principal crops planted in the United States declined from 319.3 million acres in 2018 to 302.6 million acres in 2019, a decline of 16.7 million acres. Assuming that we return to a more normal prevent plant year, planted acreage will…