The Farm Economics Facts and Opinions (FEFOs) newsletters address economic topics related to farm management. Two issues are released per month. Below are listed the latest three. See an archive of all FEFOs here
ARC and Multi-Year Price Declines(May 9, 2012)
The Senate Agriculture Committee recently passed a version of a Farm Bill that replaces direct, counter-cyclical, and SURE payments with Agricultural Risk Coverage (ARC). Payments under ARC are evaluated for differing price scenarios . More...
Impacts of Limits on Crop Insurance Risk Subsidies(May 1, 2012)
Discussion has centered on limiting crop insurance risk subsidies. Between 2006 and 2012, acres required to reach the limit for average farms in Illinois are between 1,600 and 2,700 acres, not particularly large grain farms . More...
Little Change in Where Corn is Planted in the United States(April 3, 2012)
While planted acres have grown over time, the areas where corn is grown in the United States has not changed much. Success of corn intense rotation will impact whether large corn plantings occur in the future. More...
Projected Corn-Soybean Returns Do Not Suggest Shift to Corn in Illinois: An Application of the Planting Decision Model(March 27, 2012)
Returns projected using 2012 default budgets in the Corn-Soybeans Rotation Tool indicate that corn-soybean rotations have higher projected returns than continuous corn, given that commodity prices are at current harvest-time bids. More...
Information in this section is useful in a variety of management decisions. Much of the data used in this section comes from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) Associations.
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