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Specialty Corn and Soybean Market Opportunities

July 9, 2026

Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Joe Janzen

Lower commodity prices and high production costs have led to a margin squeeze for grain producers in the Corn Belt since 2023. This has led to increased interest in crop…

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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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Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks– Part 1

July 8, 2026

Rui Zhang, Arushi Arnav, and Megan Konar

Agri-food supply chains can be disrupted by more than production shocks. Transportation, trade, processing, labor, and demand can also affect how food moves. From 2018 to 2022, the United States…

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Farmland Prices and Government Programs

July 7, 2026

Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, and Juo-Han Tsay

Farmland prices in Illinois increased dramatically between 2020 and 2023. Since 2023, farmland prices have remained stable or declined slightly. At the same time, farmer returns have declined dramatically and…

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Has Ethanol Changed the Long-Term Growth in Total US Corn Use?

July 6, 2026

Carl Zulauf

Ethanol has had little-to-no impact on post-1980 growth in total US corn use. This should not surprise. Corn has alternative uses. Policy favoring one use will generate economic responses that…

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The Unfinished Farm Bill: First Reading of Proposed Senate Legislation

July 2, 2026

Jonathan Coppess

On June 23, 2026, Senator John Boozman (R-AR), chairman of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (ANF), released legislative text for the unfinished provisions of the traditional Farm…

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ECO and SCO in Illinois in 2025

July 1, 2026

Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Henrique Monaco

The Risk Management Agency (RMA) of the USDA recently released the 2025 actual county yields needed to calculate payments for area-based insurance plans including the Enhanced and Supplemental Coverage Options…

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Non-GMO Soybeans Profitability: Experience from PCM

June 30, 2026

Gary Schnitkey, Laura Gentry, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

About 10% of the soybean fields in Precision Conservation Management (PCM) raise varieties that do not contain Genetically Modified Organisms (GMOs). From 2020 to 2025, yields from non-GMO fields averaged…

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