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Working Capital to Value of Farm Production – One Measure of Liquidity
This article examines working capital to value of farm production for selected producer characteristics. Working capital to Value of Farm production is one of the traditional measures of liquidity suggested by the Farm Financial Standards Council (FFSC), with others being…
Machinery Cost of Operations Estimates
Machinery Cost Estimates Summary
Field Operations
Harvest Operations
Forage Operations
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
2018 Budgets For All Regions
Historic Corn, Soybeans, Wheat and Double Crop Soybeans
2017 Budgets For All Regions
2016 Budgets For All Regions
2013 – 2016 Budgets For All Regions
Cost to Produce Corn and Soybeans in Illinois
IL Farmland Leasing and Rental Forms
Crop Share Lease Form – PDF
Livestock Share Lease Form – PDF
Fixed Cash Rent Lease Form – Short Form – PDF
Pasture Lease Form – PDF
Illinois Cash Farm Lease Form – PDF
The lease form represents a basic model for an agricultural lease. The parties to the lease or their legal counsel…
Conservation Habitat Addendum – PDF
Nutrient Management Addendum – PDF
Soil Health and Conservation Addendum – PDF
Farmland Leasing Facts Sheets and Pricing Information
Variable Cash Rent Leasing Fact Sheet
Index Numbers of Illinois Farmland Values
Finance
Financial Characteritics of Illinois Farms
Credit Reports and Consumer Credit Scoring
Whole Farm and Other Reports
Summary of Illinois Farm Business Records
Farm Income and Production Cost Summary
Farm and Family Living Income and Expenses
Cost to Produce Beef in Illinois
Cost to Produce Milk in Illinois
What are the Chance of PLC Payments for the 2019 and 2020 Pro-gram Year
Price estimates in the January report of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) add more clarity to the chance of Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments for the 2019 marketing year. For 2019, January estimates of the 2019 Market…
Concentration of Illinois Grain Farms
Agricultural census data allows tracking of acres operated by farms of different sizes. We use this data to track grain farm concentration over time. Acres operated by farms with over 2,000 acres has risen from 16.0 percent of Illinois acres…
Yield Updating Decisions under the 2018 Farm Bill
Landowners will have a one-time yield updating decision under the 2018 Farm Bill: 1) keep the current Price Loss Coverage (PLC) yield that is assigned to a crop on a Farm Service Agency (FSA) farm or 2) update based on…
Market Facilitation Program (MFP) Payments and 2020 Cash Rents
Market Facilitation Program (MFP) payments have served as a significant source of revenue on grain farms in 2018 and 2019. Without MFP payments, average farmer returns would be negative in 2019, and far below any level since consistent records began…
Working Capital to Value of Farm Production – One Measure of Liquidity
This article examines working capital to value of farm production for selected producer characteristics. Working capital to Value of Farm production is one of the traditional measures of liquidity suggested by the Farm Financial Standards Council (FFSC), with others being…
Revision of 2020 Corn and Soybean Budgets
Budgets for 2020 have been revised and are now available on farmdoc. Revised budgets use a corn price of $3.90 per bushel and soybean price of $9.10 per bushel, both of which are an increase in price expectations following what…
What are the Chance of PLC Payments for the 2019 and 2020 Pro-gram Year
Price estimates in the January report of the World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimate (WASDE) add more clarity to the chance of Price Loss Coverage (PLC) payments for the 2019 marketing year. For 2019, January estimates of the 2019 Market…
Cattle Finishing Net Return Prospects for 2020
Fed cattle prices have increased dramatically in the last several weeks. In September, fed cattle prices for steers in Kansas averaged $101.23 per cwt. At the end of 2019, fed cattle prices were $122.00. This increase in fed cattle prices…
Nutrient Movement off Frozen and Snow-Covered Soil
Snow has now fallen throughout much of Illinois, and temperatures have dropped going into the last weeks in 2019. With the recent Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy biennial report highlighting P and N levels in Illinois waterways, this is a…