The Farm Economics Facts and Opinions (FEFOs) newsletters address economic topics related to farm management. Two issues are released per month. Below are listed the latest three. See an archive of all FEFOs here
Evaluating Economic Alternatives For Late Planting(June 3, 2009)
Adverse planting decisions have again resulted in late planting across Illinois. A spreadsheet is shown that can evaluate the alternatives of planting corn, planting soybeans, or taking prevented planting payments. More...
Late Planting and Crop Insurance (June 1, 2009)
Adverse planting conditions this spring has resulted in many crop insurance questions related to replant, prevented planting, and late planting provisions in crop insurance contracts. This paper provides information on these questions. More...
Average Cash Rents per County in 2008 (May 12, 2009)
In 2008, average county rents in Illinois range from $74.50 to $224 per acre. Land productivity explains much of the variability in average cash rents across counties. More...
Search archive of all earlier Illinois Farm Economics: Facts and Opinionshere
A discussion on how to use this selected market data compiled for farm management decision making is available as a FEFO here
- Last update 4/29/2009 -
2009 Harvest Time Futures Prices
Projected 2009 Corn-Minus-Soybeans Return
Information in this section is useful in a variety of management decisions. Much of the data used in this section comes from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) Associations.
Click here for instructions on using the Illinois Farm Management Handbook.
