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Students Explore Opportunities in Ag

FFA Acquaintance Day brought more than 180 sophomores from nine local high schools to the McLean County Fairgrounds. The FFA members explored agricultural careers, gained team working experience and learned

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January 15, 2026

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  • Historical Cropping Patterns for Illinois Grain Farms
    Over the last ten years, when we look at the costs of producing corn versus soybeans, it has been more profitable economically to produce soybeans than corn, except for 2021 and 2022. This explains the general downward trend in the percentage of corn acres in crop rotations in Illinois. Over the last 30 years, we […]
  • Revisiting the Basis Risk when evaluating SCO and ECO
    Higher subsidy rates for SCO and ECO in 2026 increase the attractiveness of their usage and the potential for replacing some RP coverage with county-level coverage. However, switching from farm-level to county-based coverage introduces basis risk because farm losses do not precisely mimic county losses. In regions where the basis risk is low, such as […]
  • Trends in the Operational Efficiency of the U.S. Ethanol Industry: 2025 Update
    Recent trends in the operational efficiency of the U.S. ethanol industry are analyzed in this article. The picture that emerges from the analysis is one of tradeoffs in operational efficiency of dry mill ethanol plants, with more ethanol and corn oil production coming at the expense of less DDGS. The picture that emerges from the […]