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

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 ...

A recent farmdoc daily article (Sherrick and Tsay, 2026) used the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) data to examine foreign ownership of U.S.

Nancy Ouedraogo and Mark White - Survey results in this article show that although many rural households now have access to broadband service, the existing infrastructure often falls short of meeting ...

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 ...

Today’s article revisits a simple design for a variable cash lease for farmland in Illinois. A rent factor is applied to direct crop revenues to determine the variable rent level. The variable lease ...

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 ...

The latest Consumer Price Index (CPI) report shows that overall prices increased 0.4% in August and 3.4% over the past year. Energy was an important contributor to the August increase. Gasoline prices ...

Lower farmland values have long been considered a competitive advantage for Brazilian agriculture relative to U.S. agriculture (Colussi and Langemeier, 2026). However, strong farm profits, supported ...