In today’s article, we examine agricultural lending activity, loan quality, and bank profitability in the second quarter of ...

Agricultural conservation policies include assistance for nutrient management. To the extent that this assistance is intended to encourage farmers to reduce application rates for nutrients, such as ...

Aayush Raj Dhakal and Joe Janzen - US grain storage capacity can in aggregate hold this year's carry-in stocks and expected ...

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 ...

Over the last month, it has been hard to miss the news of outbreaks and recalls. Cyclospora-contaminated iceberg lettuce sickened over 11,000 across 20 states and led to a recall in mid-July of the ...

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 ...

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 harvest ...

Over the last 20 years, rural Americans have been dying at a higher rate than urban residents – and the gap is growing. According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the rural-urban ...

In late June 2026, the Supreme Court handed down its decision in Monsanto Co. v. Durnell (No. 24–1068). The Court held that the “Uniformity” provision in the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and ...

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 ...

The University of Illinois has long been a pioneer in the science of soil fertility, with foundational research to support nutrient management recommendations dating back to the late 1800s. Arguably, ...

Artificial Intelligence (AI) has the potential to reshape our economy and workforce. Data centers serve as the physical infrastructure for AI, but they come with notable costs and unknowns. These ...