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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
Group Risk Income Plan (GRIP) in 2012 (January 24, 2012)
GRIP premiums will increase in 2012 due to re-ratings. This may lead some farmers to re-evaluated using GRIP. More...
 
COMBO Crop Insurance Premium Changes in 2012 (January 18, 2012)
Reductions in 2012 Revenue Protection crop insurance for corn and soybean policies in Illinois are shown in this paper. More...
Trend-Adjusted APH Yield Endorsement (December 6, 2011)
Beginning with the 2012 crop year, farmers purchasing crop insurance for corn and soybeans in fourteen Midwestern states will have the option to use the Trend-Adjusted Actual Production History (TA-APH) Yield Endorsement. The TA-APH yield endorsement allows farmers to increase yields used in calculating crop insurance guarantees. More...
 
Reductions in Projected 2012 Crop Returns due to Projected Prices Reductions (November 29, 2011)
During the fall of 2011, future prices suggest that 2012 projected cash prices declined by $1.00 per bushel for corn and $2.00 per bushel for soybeans. These price declines lowered crop returns by around $145 per acre and reduce the difference in corn and soybean production. More...
 
What is in an Average Cash Rent? (November 15, 2011)
Published average cash rents mask the variability that exists in the farmland rental markets. This article develops a distribution of farm rents to average county cash rents.  Only 35 percent of farm rents are within $20 of county averages. More...
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Farm Returns, Cent. ILFertilizer Prices, ILLand Prices, IL

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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