3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (703+ words) farmdoc daily Increasing financial leverage will increase expected returns as long the marginal returns from the use of loans exceed the cost of borrowing In favorable economic times, higher leverage can improve financial performance and stimulate farm growth However, in…...

5+ day, 22+ hour ago   (569+ words) Of the six crops in Table 1, corn had the lowest net indemnity payments of $3 per acre. Soybean net indemnities were $5 per acre, wheat was $12 per acre, and cotton was $44 per acre. Peanuts had an $80 per acre net indemnity payment, and…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (673+ words) Bradley Zwilling - Last month, we looked at characteristics of higher profit farms using a twenty-year average and different regions of the state (see farmdoc daily, June 22, 2026). Using data from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) Association from 2001 through 2025, we…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (556+ words) They too recognized the financial risk and impracticability of the current patchwork of state pesticide laws: “[The Insecticide Act’s] passage will obviate the necessity of many diverse state laws and the incident expense of maintaining laboratories for the enforcement of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (483+ words) farmdoc daily The domestic US food supply chain is vital in connecting farms, businesses, and consumers across the country and beyond Events such as pandemics, trade disputes, floods, and droughts can disrupt these connections in different ways from one location…...

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2+ week, 4+ day ago   (543+ words) Corn and soybeans have widely available benchmark prices such as the CME nearby futures price. Most local markets in the US Corn Belt have bids quoted basis (relative to) these global benchmarks. The cash prices for specialty types of corn…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (594+ words) In our study, we used annual Freight Analysis Framework (FAF) data to track agri-food flows among U.S. regions. The analysis focuses on seven food-related Standard Classification of Transported Goods (SCTG) groups, listed in Table 1. We consider three types of flows: domestic…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (708+ words) Economists generally regard farmland prices as the present value of expected future returns. Higher expected returns lead to higher farmland prices, while lower expected returns put downward pressure on prices. Many factors affect expectations for future farmland returns, but two…...

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