It is in October, with the new fiscal year, that the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) is typically replenished. The CCC is the primary funding mechanism for all farm program payments and ...

It has been less than four years since OpenAI introduced ChatGPT on November 30, 2022, launching the current AI era. Since that launch, monthly spending on data centers has increased from less than $1 ...

Diesel fuel prices for agricultural use in Illinois have reached a record high. Those higher prices are estimated to raise fuel and oil costs on Central Illinois grain farms with high land ...

Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi - This article examines dispersion in producer sentiment, as measured by the Ag Economy ...

Our results reveal narrow profit margins for commercial beekeeping. For a representative migratory operation managing 8,500 ...

Over time, these changes will result in higher ARC/PLC payment rates compared to the previous Farm Bill. Price and yield ...

Grain nutrient concentrations can vary across the farm and may provide an opportunity to cut input costs this fall. Soil test values can vary due to sampling time and lab procedures; it may be ...

This article examines foreign ownership of US farmland and introduces an interactive mapping utility developed by the TIAA Center for Farmland Research that allows identification and delineation of ...

Tight margins have led to downward pressure on rental rates for farmland in Illinois. The average cash rental rate reported by the USDA for cropland in Illinois was $261 per acre for 2026, a small ...

Today’s farmdoc daily article summarizes the initial release of our Illinois Crop Budgets for 2027. Despite increases in projected production costs, particularly for fertilizers and fuel, improved ...

One primary takeaway was clear from the committee markup: the primary roadblock to moving legislation was built by the changes to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) that were ...