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As cash flows from the farm operation become tighter, it is necessary to find other funds to help pay for asset purchases or delay asset purchases, and to repay debt. Unless crop price prospects improve, it would be difficult for the case farm to purchase assets, such as machinery and equipment, later this year. Working capital will be drawn down to meet term debt obligations under one of the three crop price scenarios examined, even if the farm does not purchase machinery and equipment in 2026.
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Sharing the Road – Cultivating Caution

June 10th, 2026

Agricultural equipment and rural roadways are a dangerous combination. This session covers the lighting and Slow Moving Vehicle (SMV) sign requirements that Illinois law mandates for farm equipment operated on public roads, how to properly and safely secure the scene…

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Results from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey show that issues surrounding affordability, and in particular food prices, may play an important role in the upcoming midterm elections. Results underscore that both cost of living and the economy more broadly are top issues for respondents and that the majority of respondents believe politicians can help reduce food prices. As November inches closer, we expect grocery bills to become central to the midterm election discussions.
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Tariffs have now been a topic of US debate for nearly 10 years. The debate has many compartments, but assistance for US manufacturing has been a consistent theme. This article proposes that parallels exist between the creation of a US farm safety net and the current debate, suggesting tariffs could be emerging as the cornerstone of a US manufacturing safety net.
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Average per acre returns to soybean production have exceeded those for corn production in 10 out of the 13 crop years from 2013 to 2025. The opposite was true over…
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The US has entered one of its reoccurring eras of concern over concentrated markets and what economists call monopoly pricing. Three intertwined lessons from the long history of market concentration and monopoly pricing in public policy and economic thought are discussed: (1) monopoly pricing depends on barriers to market entry not number and size of firms, (2) entry barriers come in many forms, and (3) reducing monopoly pricing can lead to higher prices and less production.
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Farm growth expectations vary among U.S. farms, and those expectations appear to be linked to how producers view their financial position, investment opportunities, and the broader outlook for agriculture.  Results…
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Conservation practices operate within dynamic biological, operational, and economic systems shaped heavily by weather variability. Previous articles in this series explored how spring planting windows and fieldwork conditions may alter risks associated with timing-sensitive conservation practices such as cover crops. This article extends that discussion by comparing those potential risks with conservation incentive payments.
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