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A structural shift in global grain markets that started in 2007 had major impacts on both crop and livestock prices as well as enterprise net returns. Did this structural shift result in differing rates of return for crop and livestock farms? This article uses aggregate commodity price indices for crop and livestock enterprises, and rates of return for beef, dairy, diversified, ...

The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee appears to have driven another nail in the coffin of the Farm Bill. It remains to be seen if it was the final…

USDA’s August Crop Production report, released August 12, 2026, provided the first survey-based corn yield forecast of the season, based on USDA’s Agricultural Yield Survey, in which producers report their…

Average prices of fertilizers and diesel fuel are higher as the fall harvest season approach compared with the past two years.  Higher fuel prices will increase fuel costs associated with…

This article continues the analysis of a decision guide for the annual choice between ARC-CO (Agricultural Risk Management – County) and PLC (Price Loss Coverage).  In an analysis discussed in…