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
Fertilizer Prices Likely to Decline in 2009 (January 14, 2009) Wholesale fertilizer prices have declined dramatically in the last six months. This likely will lead to lower prices that farmers pay for fertilizers. Lower fertilizer prices then may lead to an increase in corn profitability relative to soybean profitability. More...
Questions and Answers About the ACRE Provision of the 2008 Farm Bill (January 9, 2009) This document describes the ACRE program, a choice farmers have for receiving Federal farm commodity payments. More...
More Red Ink Expected for Hog Producers in 2008 After Experiencing Losses in 2007 (December 29, 2008) Higher total costs mainly due to higher feed costs in 2007 resulted in Illinois hog producer profits decreased by $9.72 per hundredweight produced compared to 2006. 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 1/9/2009 -
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.
