Agronomy: 2016 Soybean Summits
If your mission is yield, you can’t miss the 2016 Soybean Summits. These free day-long sessions, which are funded in part by the Illinois [...]
MANAGEMENT MATTERS: How to Market Your Crop
Aired: January 2016 With the low commodity prices of 2015 likely to continue in 2016, many advisors recommend cutting costs. Meanwhile, growers are afraid that [...]
MANAGEMENT MATTERS: Succession Planning
While lower prices have many farmers focused on their short-term profitability, succession planning is an important key to ensuring the longevity of their operations. Farmers [...]
MANAGEMENT MATTERS: Farmland Values
Lower commodity prices have brought tight margins to farmers around the country—and last year farm income was the lowest since 2002. However, farm economics works [...]
MANAGEMENT MATTERS: Crop Insurance Opportunities
Lower commodity prices pose a unique challenge of staying profitable in a tough market. Crop insurance provides farmers with an important risk management tool, and [...]
MANAGEMENT MATTERS: 2016 Finances
Aired: November 2015 According to the USDA Economic Research Service, U.S. net farm income is set to decline by 36 percent in 2015, and commodity [...]
MANAGEMENT MATTERS: Cutting $100 per Acre in Soybeans
Aired: November 2015 2015 delivered a tough growing season for many Illinois farmers, and lower soybean prices to follow. For incomes to increase in 2016, [...]
PROFITABILITY MATTERS: Affordable Care Act Brings Changes to Small Farms
As small business owners, farmers often need to purchase health insurance for themselves and their families. In addition to this coverage, they also are responsible [...]
PROFITABILITY MATTERS: Boosting Profitability in Times of Low Prices
Aired: December 2014 Over the past few years, many producers have gotten accustomed to high commodity prices. However, with prices now on the decline and [...]
PROFITABILITY MATTERS: Succession Planning
Aired: November 2014 What will happen to your farm when you retire? Many farmers will pass the reigns to their children, but the details of [...]
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