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Corn Market Direction Unfolding, Magnitude Still Uncertain (5/14/2012)
The USDA's projections of U.S. and world corn and feed grain supply and demand conditions presented in the May WASDE report set the benchmark by which the corn market will judge unfolding events. Those events are continually unfolding, with some of the more important ones to be revealed this summer.  More... |
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ARC and Multi-Year Price Declines (5/9/2012)
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... |
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Impacts of Limits on Crop Insurance Risk Subsidies (5/1/2012)
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... |
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Little Change in Where Corn is Planted in the United States (4/3/2012)
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.
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Winter Precipitation and Corn Yield (4/2/2012)
Due to the very warm temperatures in the winter of 2011-12, we recently examined the relationship between average winter temperatures and average temperatures the following summer and the relationship between average winter temperatures and corn yield. More... |
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