Webinars Archive (2019)

Farmland Leasing in 2020

Trade disruptions and wet planting weather likely leads to lower farm incomes in 2019, with prospects of continued lower incomes into 2020. In this environment we provide information useful in negotiation farmland rental arrangements for 2020. Given increased emphasis on the environment, new addendums to farmland leases have been developed and are now available on farmdoc. Those addendums will be presented during this webinar.

Updated Supply, Demand and Price Prospects for Corn and Soybeans

This webinar discusses the implications of the September 1 stocks reports and October Crop Production report on corn supply and demand prospects for the 2019-20 marketing year. A detailed discussion of USDA’s September 30 stocks report will provide a clearer picture of the impact on corn and soybean balance sheets. The webinar will review the USDA’s U.S. corn and soybean yield and production forecasts released on October 10. The production forecasts will be combined with projections of marketing year consumption in order to project the magnitude of year-ending stocks. The implications for marketing year average prices as well as the likely pattern of prices during the 2019-20 marketing year will be discussed.

Updates on Farm Bill ARC and PLC Programs

The decisions between ARC and PLC will be covered in a webinar this Friday, September 27 at 8:00 am. Farmers and land owners will need to make these decisions by March 15, 2020.

Presented by: Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey & Nick Paulson

Is farmdoc the Future of Agricultural Extension?

Agricultural Extension has been buffeted by a variety of forces in the last several decades, including the move towards larger farms and more diverse smaller farms, budget cuts, changing policies, and a revolution in digital technology.  The farmdoc project has been at the forefront of adopting the new digital technologies the last 20 years.  The first part of the webinar will tell the story of the development of farmdoc and then discuss whether farmdoc is the future of agricultural Extension programs.  This will be followed by Q&A with a panel of farmdoc faculty.   Webinar attendees will be able to ask questions of the panel.

ARC/PLC, 2019 Grain Farm Income, and 2020 Cash Rent Update

Farmers soon begin be able to make the commodity program choice between Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). Details and tools for the ARC/PLC decision will presented in this webinar.

Farm incomes for are coming into clearer focus. Those 2019 incomes and 2020 projections will impact 2020 cash rents. Outlook for 2019 incomes and 2020 cash rents will be presented during this webinar.

Updated Supply/Demand/Price Prospects for Corn and Soybeans

The webinar will review the USDA’s U.S. corn and soybean yield and production forecasts released on August 12. The production forecasts will be combined with projections of marketing year consumption in order to project the magnitude of year-ending stocks. The implications for marketing year average prices as well as the likely pattern of prices during the 2019-20 marketing year will be discussed.

SREs and Biofuels Demand Destruction

July 3rd, 2019 Scott Irwin Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics Scott Irwin describes the impact of the USEPA grated Small Refinery Exemptions to the Bio-based Diesel and Ethanol industries.

Updated Supply/Demand/Price Prospects for Corn and Soybeans

The webinar will review USDA’s June 28 Grain Stocks and Acreage reports and considers balance sheet and price implications for both old and new crop corn and soybeans. The USDA’s estimate of June 1 stocks of corn and soybeans will provide a clearer picture of total 2018-19 marketing year consumption, ending stocks, and price prospects. The magnitude of planting acreage will clarify prospects for the size of the 2019 corn and soybean crops with implications for the 2019-20 balance sheets and price prospects.

Prevent Plant / Late Planting Decisions

This webinar presented by the Farmdoc Team of Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Todd Hubbs from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics (ACE) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois discusses: Price Environment - detail on latest crop progress and price outlook, Policy Update - detail on MFP and Disaster Assistance, and Farmer Decisions - detail on late planting, prevent plant, and government policy decisions.

Prevent Plant / Late Planting Decisions

This webinar presented by the Farmdoc Team of Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, and Todds Hubbs from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics (ACE) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois discusses: Price Environment – detail on latest crop progress and price outlook, Policy Update - detail on MFP and Disaster Assistance, and Farmer Decisions - detail on late planting, prevent plant, and government policy decisions.

Prevent Plant / Late Planting Decisions

This webinar from Farmdoc from the Department of Agricultural and Consumer Economics (ACE) in the College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences (ACES) at the University of Illinois covered: Price Environment - detail on latest crop progress and price outlook, Policy Update - detail on MFP and Disaster Assistance, and Farmer Decisions - detail on late planting, prevent plant, and government policy decisions.

Food and Agriculture in the 21st Century

Most predictions suggest that the population of the earth will likely increase by about 2 billion people by 2050 and prompts the question, “Will there be enough food?” This typically leads to a discussion of the need to grow more plant-based foods. Although clearly necessary that in itself will be insufficient if current trends continue. A significant portion of the increase is driven by increasing global demand for animal protein and the need grow animal feed stuffs. Missing is discussion…