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Escaping 1980 – Advice for the Next Farm Crisis
April 12, 2021
U.S. Meat Consumption Trends and COVID-19
April 5, 2021
Fertilizer Prices Soar Higher in Early 2021
March 29, 2021
Agriculture Irrigation Trends in the United States
March 22, 2021
Betting on Corn in 2021?
March 15, 2021
2021 Crop Insurance Guarantees
March 8, 2021
Hindsight Bias (Isn’t) 2020 – Direct Payments And Farm Economy Uncertainty
March 1, 2021
5 Takeaways: A Look at Early 2021 Net Farm Income Estimates
February 22, 2021
How High? Farmland Values in 2021
February 15, 2021
2021 ARC vs. PLC Decision: 6 Considerations
February 8, 2021
Global Acreage Expansions, Old and New
February 1, 2021
Sizing-Up the Uncertainties Facing Agriculture in 2021, Part 2
January 25, 2021
9 Questions Facing Agriculture In 2021
January 19, 2021
Idling Acres and the 1980s
January 11, 2021
Sizing up the Tight U.S. Grain Ending Stocks Situation
January 4, 2021
6 Christmas Tree Facts
December 21, 2020
The 2020 Agricultural Year in Review
December 14, 2020
Farm Interest Rates Tumble
December 7, 2020
The Farm Economy, Inflation, and the 1970s
November 30, 2020
Farm Income During the 1980s
November 23, 2020
Escaping 1980: How Does the Farm Economy Compare to the ’80s?
November 16, 2020
Government Program Payments, What’s to Come?
November 9, 2020
2021 Acreage Debate- Wheat Acres
November 2, 2020
Prevented Plant at Historic Highs Again in 2020
October 26, 2020
Fertilizer Prices Again Turn Lower
October 19, 2020
A Geographical Look at Net Farm Income and Direct Payment Trends
October 12, 2020
PLC and Too Few Bushels
October 5, 2020
7 Overlooked Insights from the USDA’s Farm Income Estimates
September 28, 2020
The Most Interesting Chart in 2020: U.S. Gasoline Consumption
September 21, 2020
New Marketing Year, New Optimism for Corn and Soybean Exports
September 14, 2020
Early Yield Forecast Errors
September 8, 2020
Reviewing 2020 Commodity Prices and Expectations
August 31, 2020
What’s the Deal with Cost per Bushel?
August 24, 2020
Cash Rents Steady
August 17, 2020
The Fall 2020 Ag Policy Watch List
August 10, 2020
Big Expectations for Corn and Soybean Usage
August 3, 2020
Drought Maps and Corn Yields
July 27, 2020
Farm Loan Delinquency Rates Continue Higher
July 20, 2020
Trends in Fixed Farm Expenses
July 13, 2020
The Squeeze in Agriculture
July 6, 2020
A Closer Look at the Demographics of Off-Farm Income and Debt
June 29, 2020
A Wild Ride for Exchange Rates in 2020
June 22, 2020
Trade Progress with China: Disappointing
June 15, 2020
Direct Farm Payments to Soar in 2020
June 8, 2020
The 2020 Soybean Yield Guide
June 1, 2020
The 2020 Corn Yield Guide
May 25, 2020
Off-Farm Income and the Farm Economy. Part 2, Farm Loan Delinquencies and the Great Recession
May 17, 2020
Six Years of AEI Weekly Posts – Just Getting Started
May 7, 2020
Will Off-Farm Income Weigh on Fragile Farm Economy? Part 1, Demographics
May 4, 2020
Models Should Come With a Warning Label
April 27, 2020
Commodity Price Declines Put a Damper on Spring
April 19, 2020
5 Macro-Economic Factors to Watch in 2020
April 13, 2020
2020 Fertilizer Prices Remain Low
April 6, 2020
2020 Crop Insurance Guarantees About Even for Corn & Soybeans
March 29, 2020
COVID-19 and U.S. Agriculture: 4 Key Questions
March 23, 2020
95 Million Acres of Corn in 2020?
March 15, 2020
Farm Economy: Debt to Income Signals Caution
March 8, 2020
2020 Acreage: Winter Wheat Bats First
March 2, 2020
U.S. Dairy Consumption Trends in 9 Charts
February 23, 2020
Farm Debt and Working Capital Continue to Deteriorate
February 16, 2020
2020 Net Farm Income: Early Forecasts Higher
February 9, 2020
Farm Capital Expenditures Stabilizing?
February 2, 2020
Trade and the Farm Economy: Two Charts to Watch in 2020
January 27, 2020
Is the World More Reliant on Meat Trade?
January 20, 2020
Trade and U.S. Meat
January 13, 2020
11 Questions Facing Agriculture in 2020
January 6, 2020
2010-2019: An Agricultural Decade In Review
December 29, 2019
Three U.S. Christmas Tree Production Facts
December 23, 2019
The 2019 Agricultural Year in Review
December 16, 2019
Trade War Continues to Weigh on U.S. Agriculture
December 8, 2019
Global Grain Ending Stocks Continue Lower
December 3, 2019
2019 Thanksgiving Reading List
November 25, 2019
Disaster Avoided? Reviewing the 2019 Grain Ending Stocks Situation
November 18, 2019
Farm-Level Implication of MFP Payments
November 10, 2019
Getting a Handle on Equipment Costs
November 4, 2019
A Closer Look at the U.S. Bacon Situation
October 28, 2019
Farm Debt Repayment Stretched Over More Years
October 21, 2019
Nitrogen Leads Fall 2019 Fertilizer Prices Lower
October 14, 2019
Disappointing Wheat Prices Headed into 2020
October 7, 2019
Don’t Overlook Yields in 2018 Farm Bill Decision
September 30, 2019
Working Capital & Debt Still Point to a Challenging Farm Economy
September 23, 2019
ARC-CO vs. PLC: Which Won in the 2014 Farm Bill?
September 16, 2019
Biggest Change for the 2018 Farm Bill: The Farm Economy
September 9, 2019
Digging into the Improved Net Farm Income Forecast
September 3, 2019
Cash Rents Fall, but Enough?
August 26, 2019
Indiana Farmland Values Fall for Fifth Straight Year
August 19, 2019
2019 Soybean Yield Guide- Are Low Yields Catching Up Faster?
August 12, 2019
2019 Corn Yield Guide – Are Low Yields Catching up Faster?
August 5, 2019
Farm Property Taxes, Part II: A Geographical Look
July 29, 2019
Farm Property Taxes, Part I
July 22, 2019
Haves and Have-Nots: Why MFP 2019 Will be A Disappointment for Some
July 15, 2019
Farm Loan Delinquencies Higher in 2018, Remain Historical Low
July 8, 2019
Direct Payments Set to Soar in 2019
July 1, 2019
Farm Sector Working Capital at Critical Levels
June 24, 2019
The Prevented Planting Giant Begins to Wake Up
June 17, 2019
Concentration in Agricultural Production
June 10, 2019
Reviewing the Trade War Consequences and Impacts
June 3, 2019
The Knowns and Unknowns: A Guide to MFP 2019
May 28, 2019
Late Planting Season – Thinking Through the Implications
May 20, 2019
U.S. Farmers and Ranchers Deserve Better
May 13, 2019
Soybean Ending Stocks and 2019
May 6, 2019
Corn Ending Stock and 2019
April 30, 2019
How Accurate are WASDE Price Estimates?
April 22, 2019
Thinking about Corn and Soybean Usage
April 15, 2019
More Prevented Planting in 2019?
April 8, 2019
Debt Levels vs. Interest Rates: Which is Driving Farm Interest Expense Higher?
April 1, 2019
Higher Fertilizer Prices in 2019
March 25, 2019
Sizing up a Potential $30 Billion Ag Trade Deal
March 18, 2019
Farm Income in 2019 Forecasted to Improve From 2018 Lows
March 11, 2019
Crop Insurance Guarantee 2019 – Will Lower Bean Prices Mean Fewer Acres?
March 4, 2019
What is Median Farm Income?
February 25, 2019
Is the World More Reliant on Ag Trade? Part II
February 18, 2019
A Quick Look at the Difference in State-Level Soybean Prices
February 11, 2019
The Farm Economy Slow Down: Commodity-Level Impacts
February 4, 2019
Is the World More Reliant on Ag Trade?
January 28, 2019
Where Might Soybean Acres Change?
January 22, 2019
Where the Farm Economy Slow Down Has Hit Hardest
January 14, 2019
Uncertainty Reigns Heading into 2019
January 7, 2019
The 2018 Agricultural Year in Review
December 17, 2018
A Quick Peek at 2019 Corn and Soybean Budgets
December 10, 2018
Despite Market Facilitation Program Payments, Farm Economy Still Stuck in the Ditch. Can Positive Trade News Turn it Around?
December 3, 2018
Financial Conditions Moderate for Cow-Calf Production
November 26, 2018
2018 Thanksgiving Reading List
November 19, 2018
Trends in Crop Protection Expenses
November 12, 2018
Similar Farm Bill Choices, Different Farm Economy
November 5, 2018
What About Higher Yields? A Closer Look at Changing Seed Expense
October 29, 2018
Seed Expense Turns Lower, Remains Historically High
October 22, 2018
Farm Financial Conditions Trend Weaker Again
October 15, 2018
Fall 2018 Fertilizer Prices Turn Mostly Higher
October 8, 2018
China’s Acreage Gap
October 1, 2018
The Hard (or Easy) Part About Resolving the Trade War
September 24, 2018
US Farm Debt Continues Its Upward March
September 17, 2018
Farm Capital Expenditures Turn Higher
September 10, 2018
After 2017 Rebound, Net Farm Income to Fall in 2018
September 4, 2018
The Farm Economy is Not All Bad News: 8 Positive Stories in 2018
August 27, 2018
Data Indicate Farmland Values Remain Stable
August 20, 2018
A Welcome Recovery in Wheat Prices
August 13, 2018
Tariff Aid Keeps Farm Income From Crisis Levels
August 6, 2018
Trump’s Trade Aid: The Good, The Bad, and the Unknowns
July 30, 2018
Farm Sector Working Capital At Lowest Levels in 10 Years
July 23, 2018
Changing Expectations: U.S. Soybean Exports & China’s Ending Stocks
July 16, 2018
Farm Loan Delinquencies Turn Higher, Remain Historically Low
July 9, 2018
Trade Disputes Heat Up, USDA to the Rescue?
July 2, 2018
How Much Damage Did Recent Price Movements Do to Projected Corn and Soybean Returns?
June 25, 2018
Do Abandoned Acres Impact Crop Production?
June 18, 2018
The Farm Economy: How Bad Is It?
June 11, 2018
2018 Wheat Yield Guide
June 4, 2018
Rethinking ARC and PLC
May 29, 2018
Farm Programs & Farm Income: A Broken Linkage?
May 21, 2018
2018 Soybean Yield Guide
May 14, 2018
2018 Corn Yield Guide
May 7, 2018
Global Acreage: Is the Expansion Over?
April 30, 2018
Planting Intentions and the Farm Economy: Some Good News?
April 23, 2018
Disappointing Yields Ahead?
April 16, 2018
Supply, Demand, and Tariffs
April 9, 2018
ARC-CO Revenue Guarantees and The Falling Farm Safety Net
April 2, 2018
2018 Acreage: Why A Large Uptick in Soybean Acreage Will be Difficult
March 26, 2018
USDA Corn and Soybean 2018 Cost of Production: Hope for Profits?
March 19, 2018
2018 Fertilizer Prices Turn Higher
March 12, 2018
Trade War? A Guide to U.S. Ag Exports
March 5, 2018
Crop Insurance 2018: Replay of 2017?
February 26, 2018
2018 Net Farm Income: Another Tough Year Ahead
February 12, 2018
6 Farm Management Questions for 2018
February 5, 2018
What’s Supporting Farmland Values? Part 2
January 29, 2018
How Good? A Look at Recent Corn & Soybean Yields
January 22, 2018
What’s Supporting Farmland Values? Part 1
January 15, 2018
Ready or Not, Here Comes 2018
January 8, 2018
The Best of 2017
January 2, 2018
The 2017 Agricultural Year in Review
December 18, 2017
5 Christmas Tree Facts
December 11, 2017
Despite Difficult Farm Economy, Farm Program Payments Decline Sharply
December 4, 2017
U.S. Farm Cash Receipts Slightly Higher in 2017, but Way Down from Highs
November 27, 2017
2017 Thanksgiving Reading List
November 20, 2017
Shrinking Global Grain Stocks (Finally)
November 13, 2017
U.S. Beef Herd Expansion: More to Come?
November 6, 2017
Lower Fertilizer Prices in 2018? Keep an eye on Nitrogen
October 30, 2017
Trends in Global Wheat Production
October 23, 2017
Did the Farm Boom Create a Boom in Operator Dwellings?
October 16, 2017
Large Ending Stocks for 2016/2017… But It’s All Relative
October 9, 2017
Wheat to Set the Tempo for 2018
October 2, 2017
Millions of Corn Acres with Low Yields, And That’s Common
September 25, 2017
September 18, 2017
Farm Real Estate Pricey Compared to Income?
September 11, 2017
2017 Net Farm Income Estimated Higher, Remains Low
September 5, 2017
Farmland Values in 2017: Big Adjustments Continue in the Midwest
August 28, 2017
How Big? A Look at the Size of Beef Operations in the U.S.
August 21, 2017
Repayment Capacity Declines
August 14, 2017
Farm Sector Debt Continues Higher
August 7, 2017
Corn Exports to Mexico – The Sky Isn’t Falling
July 31, 2017
Trends in Global Soybean Production
July 24, 2017
Are Farm Level Interest Rates Increasing?
July 17, 2017
A Look at Harvested Acres
July 10, 2017
After Much Resistance, Fixed Farm Expenses Turn Lower in 2016
July 3, 2017
Off-Farm Income to Save the Day?
June 26, 2017
How Has Your State Fared Under the 2014 Farm Bill?
June 19, 2017
Will Prevented Planting Acres Spring a Surprise?
June 12, 2017
Who Hasn’t Had Big Crop Yields During the Ag Slowdown?
June 5, 2017
Wheat Basis Begins Recovery
May 30, 2017
What’s Going on With Farmland Values?
May 22, 2017
Two Corn Yield Myths in 2017
May 15, 2017
What if CRP Acres Increased?
May 8, 2017
USDA Cost of Production Estimates Show Little Change from 2016
May 1, 2017
Farm Loan Delinquencies Continue Higher
April 24, 2017
Global Beef Trends: China and Brazil Grab the Spotlight
April 17, 2017
ARC-CO Revenue Guarantees Decline Throughout Much of the U.S.
April 10, 2017
ARC-CO Yield Guarantees Increase Across Much of the Country
April 3, 2017
Where the Farm Income Boom Happened (and Didn’t)
March 27, 2017
2017 Soybean Acre Madness
March 20, 2017
2017 Fertilizer Prices Turn Higher – Still Lower than 2016
March 13, 2017
Trends in World Corn Production
March 6, 2017
Trends in Corn Consumption
February 27, 2017
2017 Ag Policy Watch List: Issues Bigger than the Farm Bill
February 20, 2017
2017 Net Farm Income Forecasted Lower, But Conditions Better Than a Year Ago
February 13, 2017
Why Soybean Acres Aren’t a Clear Winner in 2017
February 6, 2017
Agriculture and Exchange Rates: It’s Complicated
January 30, 2017
Crop Budgets in Eastern Corn Belt Favor Soybeans
January 23, 2017
The 16 Questions Facing Production Agriculture in 2017
January 16, 2017
Tight Budgets Likely to Persist in 2017
January 9, 2017
9.3 Tips: Preparing for Round-Four of the Great Margin Squeeze
January 4, 2017
2016 Beef Year in Review
December 28, 2016
The 2016 Agricultural Year in Review
December 19, 2016
Ahead of the Fed — Farm Level Interest Rates
December 12, 2016
Edging Closer to the ARC-CO Payment Cliff
December 5, 2016
Credit Concerns?
November 28, 2016
Thanksgiving 2016: A Reading List
November 21, 2016
Defying Gravity or Starting to Fall? An Updated Look at Seed Expense Trends
November 14, 2016
Cash Rent Adjustment Continues
November 7, 2016
Pass the Meat: U.S. Meat Consumption Turns Higher
October 31, 2016
Farmland Cash Rental Rates in 2016: Where Cash Rents are Falling
October 24, 2016
Global Grain Inventories and China
October 17, 2016
Will Farmers Benefit from Lower Fertilizer Prices Again in 2017?
October 10, 2016
Wheat Prices: How Low is Low?
October 3, 2016
Farm Capital Expenditures Fall Significantly
September 26, 2016
Rates of Return in U.S. Agriculture
September 19, 2016
Big Adjustments: The Latest USDA Net Farm Income Estimates
September 12, 2016
Sometimes Timing is Everything… An Updated Look at U.S. Farm Sector Financial Conditions
September 6, 2016
Farm Sector Financial Conditions – Caution Ahead?
August 29, 2016
A Look at Cow-Calf Financial Conditions Post-Boom
August 22, 2016
Trends in U.S. Ag Exports
August 15, 2016
Farm Income Down, Expenses Up
August 8, 2016
Global Wheat Trends
August 1, 2016
Farm Income Set to Fall Yet Again
July 25, 2016
Tumbling U.S. Wheat Acres
July 18, 2016
Fertilizer Leads Variable Expenses Lower
July 11, 2016
Plowing into Farm Interest Rate Data
July 5, 2016
Early Signs of Farm Fixed Expenses Falling
June 27, 2016
Farmland Prices and Capitalization Rates Edge Lower
June 20, 2016
Is it time to ‘Make CRP Great Again’?
June 13, 2016
Ag Sentiment Improving?
June 6, 2016
More Farmland Cash Rent Declines Ahead? Look to the Profits
May 31, 2016
Farm Financial Conditions: Is it the 80’s All Over Again?
May 23, 2016
A Farm Debt Repayment Problem? An Update
May 16, 2016
Got Dairy? A Look at Dairy Consumption Trends
May 9, 2016
What in the World is Going On With Acres?
May 2, 2016
Waiting for Fewer Crop Acres
April 25, 2016
Does U.S. Yield Potential Vary With State Acres?
April 18, 2016
Plants per Acre: A Look at Corn Plant Population Trends
April 11, 2016
Head Scratching on 2016 Prospective Plantings
April 4, 2016
It’s Not All Bad: 7 Positive Stories for Production Agriculture in 2016
March 28, 2016
Falling Fuel Prices Provide Some Relief
March 21, 2016
Farm Machinery Slowdown
March 14, 2016
Where Did Farmland Values Soar?
March 7, 2016
Inflation: One Big Difference Between Today and the 70’s and 80’s
February 29, 2016
Trends in Corn and Soybean Exports
February 22, 2016
Shifts in Nitrogen Fertilizers
February 15, 2016
Clues From Crop Insurance Price Discovery
February 8, 2016
The U.S. Dollar and Agriculture in 2016
February 1, 2016
Will Farm Income Fall in 2016?
January 25, 2016
Beef: It’s What’s for Import
January 19, 2016
The 12 Questions Production Agriculture Will Face in 2016
January 11, 2016
9 Tips for Securing Your Farm’s Financial Footing in 2016
January 4, 2016
A Review of the 9 Questions Production Agriculture Faced in 2015
December 21, 2015
The 2015 Agricultural Year in Review
December 14, 2015
How Did Your County Do? Changes in ARC-CO Revenue Guarantees
December 7, 2015
Approaching the ARC-CO Payment Cliff?
November 30, 2015
Thanksgiving Reading List
November 23, 2015
What’s Up with those Pricey Turkeys?
November 16, 2015
A Look at Cutting Fertilizer Rates
November 9, 2015
Getting Real with Rates
November 2, 2015
What Might El Nino have in Store for Wheat?
October 26, 2015
Are Lower Fertilizer Prices in the Cards for 2016?
October 19, 2015
Farmland Values and Cash Rents: Declining Profits Point to Further Reductions
October 12, 2015
Corn or Soybean in 2016?
October 5, 2015
Farm Interest Expense: Low Rates but a Growing Expense
September 28, 2015
China’s Impact on Global Agriculture in 11 Graphs
September 21, 2015
From the Fed to the Farm: A Look at Farm Interest Rates
September 14, 2015
Government Payments to the Rescue?
September 8, 2015
2015 Net Farm Income Estimate Turn More Pessimistic
August 31, 2015
Does the Natural Hedge Work?
August 24, 2015
But What About Revenue Expectations?
August 17, 2015
Has a Cost of Production Advantage for Sorghum Emerged?
August 10, 2015
2016 USDA Cost of Production Forecasts Point To More of the Same for U.S. Farmers
August 3, 2015
Changes in Capital Investment on U.S. Farms
July 27, 2015
A Look at Corn and Soybean Seed Expense
July 20, 2015
Are Fixed Farm Expenses Coming Down Yet?
July 13, 2015
Digging into Farm Debt
July 7, 2015
Got Enough Base?
June 29, 2015
Will El Nino be a Bin-Buster?
June 22, 2015
Input Prices, Corn Prices, and Farmland Values
June 15, 2015
Is Texas Poised to Rebuild Cow Herd?
June 8, 2015
A Look at Trends in Grain Storage Capacity
June 1, 2015
Equipment Investment: How Much is Enough?
May 26, 2015
A Farm Debt Repayment Problem? Not Yet.
May 18, 2015
Changing Economic Fundamentals Put Pressure on Farmland Values
May 11, 2015
Farmland Values: Are They Really Falling?
May 4, 2015
A Geographic Look at Farmland Rental Trends
April 27, 2015
Budgets Vs. Reality: A Look at Crop Revenues
April 13, 2015
An Expanding Drought Across the Plains
April 6, 2015
The Trends of Farmland Ownership and Rental
March 30, 2015
Sorghum: Why (and Where) Additional Acres May be Planted
March 23, 2015
To Beans, or Not to Beans; Where Is the Question
March 16, 2015
A Look at Crop Insurance Products and Coverage
March 9, 2015
March Madness: Did Your County Yield Put You on the ARC-CO Bubble?
March 2, 2015
Declining Net Farm Income; The Story with Two Possible Headlines
February 23, 2015
How U.S. Soybean Acres Shifted
February 16, 2015
Fertilizer Prices and the Long Run
February 9, 2015
Aging American Farmers and Their Farmland
February 3, 2015
The Dollar: Add it to Your Watch List
January 26, 2015
The Aging American Farmer
January 20, 2015
The 9 Questions Facing Production Agriculture in 2015
January 12, 2015
Understanding the Margin Squeeze
January 5, 2015
Planning on a Big ARC-County Payment? Better Wait for the County Yields
December 29, 2014
Healthy Holidays?
December 21, 2014
The 2014 Agricultural Year In Review
December 15, 2014
Wait, What Exactly is a Market Year Average (MYA) Price?
December 8, 2014
Grain Pains on the Plains; A Look at Production
December 1, 2014
Thanksgiving 2014: A time for family, friends, and the great American shopping debate of 2014
November 23, 2014
All Eyes Turn to Crop Insurance Price Discovery Period for 2015
November 17, 2014
New Paint: A Look at Changes in Equipment Ownership Costs
November 10, 2014
The 10 Million Acre Land Rush
November 3, 2014
8 Trends Shaping the Future of Agriculture: The Census of Ag Facts Everyone Should Know
October 27, 2014
Lower Farmland Values Ahead? What Would USDA Baseline Forecasts Mean for Farmland Values?
October 20, 2014
New Paint: A Look at Combine and Tractor Ownership Trends
October 13, 2014
Where Did All the Corn Acres Come From?
October 6, 2014
Ohio Farmland Undervalued? Not So Fast!
September 29, 2014
Is the World Swimming in Corn?
September 22, 2014
Farmland Bubble Chatter
September 15, 2014
A Sorghum Story, Part II
September 8, 2014
Where is Sorghum Headed? It Depends…
September 2, 2014
A Case for Lower Corn Seed Expenses
August 25, 2014
A Look at Corn Yield Risks
August 18, 2014
The Next Threat to Farmland Values
August 11, 2014
Corn Yield Trends
August 4, 2014
USDA Baseline Vs. Futures Market Forecasts of Longer Term Prices
July 28, 2014
Long Range Corn Prices and Farmland Values, Part I
July 21, 2014
A Glut of Gluten Media and Interest
July 15, 2014
How Big Could a Monster Corn Crop Be?
July 8, 2014
How Much Might Cash Rents Change in the Coming Years?
June 11, 2014
Farm Incomes to Decline, But…..
May 8, 2014
