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  • Diesel Fuel Price Impact on Fuel & Oil and Per-Acre Machinery Costs
    Diesel fuel prices for agricultural use in Illinois have reached a record high. Those higher prices are estimated to raise fuel and oil costs on Central Illinois grain farms with…
  • Differences in Sentiment Among Corn and Soybean Producers
    This article examines dispersion in producer sentiment, as measured by the Ag Economy Barometer (AEB) index, among survey respondents over time, and illustrated differences in sentiment and survey answers among corn and soybean producers using results from the September 2026 AEB survey. Dispersion of survey responses varies substantially over time but is in general negatively […]
  • Illinois Farm Financial Trends in 2025: Summary and Analysis
    Farm incomes in 2025 were higher than in 2024, resulting in slightly stronger average financial positions for Illinois farms. However, after three years of lower incomes on grain farms before 2025, working cash has decreased almost 40% from 2022 on the average farm to 2020 levels. With projected continued lower incomes for the rest of […]