McLean County Farm Bureau

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• 2026 Crop Insurance Harvest Prices for Corn and Soybeans
  October settlement prices of Chicago Mercantile Exchange (CME) futures contracts are used to set harvest prices on Federal crop insurance products for corn and soybeans in the Midwest.  Harvest prices…
• Seed, Fertilizer, and Pesticide Costs: Comparing U.S. and Brazilian Soybean Farms
  Soybean farmers in both countries have little control over the prices they receive. Because individual farms sell in the same global market, their ability to compete depends largely on how much it costs them to produce a crop. This article compares what nine typical farms in the U.S. and Brazil spent on seed, fertilizer, and […]
• Convergence of Financial Performance
  A recent article examined differences in liquidity and repayment capacity for different sized crop farms (Langemeier, 2026).  This article examines trends in the operating profit margins, asset turnover ratios, and…