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Timely Payments: The Case for Commodity Programs That Pay at Harvest

July 29, 2026

Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Henrique Monaco, Gary Schnitkey, and Jonathan Coppess

Since 2019, ARC-CO (Agriculture Risk Coverage – county version) and PLC (Price Loss Coverage) payments have approximately followed market returns: large when market losses are large and small when markets…

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Enhancing Farm Efficiency and Sustainability with AI

July 16th, 2026

Participants will learn how AI is currently being used to enhance efficiency, productivity, and sustainability in commercial crop production. The webinar will demystify core concepts like Machine Learning and Large Language Models (LLMs) while showcasing real-world tools such as the…

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Crop Insurance Loss Performance and Impacts on Farmer Net Support by Crop

July 28, 2026

Henrique Monaco, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Bruce Sherrick

A recent farmdoc daily article (July 21, 2026) provided an analysis of the performance of the federal crop insurance program in 2025, discussing how it was “typical” when compared to…

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Rethinking Phosphorus and Potassium, Part 2: Grain Removal Values

July 27, 2026

Luke Bergschneider, Yaniv Freiberg, and Andrew Margenot

Soil Testing Strategies As discussed in part 1 of this series (see farmdoc daily article from June 29, 2026), grain removal rates are foundational to phosphorus (P) and potassium (K)…

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Impact of Leverage on Rates of Return of Crop Farms

July 24, 2026

Michael Langemeier

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…

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Rural Health Disadvantages in the United States

July 23, 2026

Sarah Low

Over the last 20 years, rural Americans have been dying at a higher rate than urban residents – and the gap is growing. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture…

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Could this Cattle Inventory Report Signal Initiation of a New Cattle Cycle?

July 22, 2026

Jason Franken

The USDA’s mid-year cattle inventory report will be released this Friday, July 24, 2026, with many anticipating still lower inventories as drought conditions across much of cattle country could lead…

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Crop Insurance Loss Experience in 2025: More of the Same

July 21, 2026

Gary Schnitkey, Henrique Monaco, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

For the entire crop insurance program, crop insurance payments relative to total premiums for the 2025 crop year were below the average for the last ten years. Corn and soybeans…

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