Articles tagged under: University of Illinois
Removing Payment Limits Could Lower COVID-19 Payments
Published April 24, 2020
It’s been one week since the USDA announced the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. Since then, lawmakers and agricultural organizations are giving feedback before a rule is submitted to the Office of Management and Budget. One request from the agriculture sector…An Ethanol Demand Decline Could Impact U.S. Corn Acres
Published March 25, 2020
Market analysts are expecting the USDA to forecast up to 96 million acres of corn and up to 86 million acres of soybeans to be planted in the U.S. this year. According to Todd Hubbs, an agricultural economist at the…The Start of a Corn Market Rally
Published May 31, 2019
University of Illinois Agricultural Economist Todd Hubbs thinks we are just at the start of a market rally. Corn acreage will be down, the only question is how much. Hubbs expects yields to be down substantially. "Based on field trials,…Weed Management Strategies: Episode Eight
Published May 8, 2019
In the eighth episode of Weed Management Strategies, University of Illinois Associate Professor Aaron Hager takes a closer look at waterhemp resistance to Group 15 herbicides. Presented by the North Dakota Soybean Council, Weed Management Strategies is a ten-part series…2018 Farm Bill Addresses Modern Challenges in Ag
Published April 19, 2019
Speaking at a recent Farm Bill Summit co-sponsored by the Ohio State University, the Purdue Center for Commercial Agriculture, the University of Kentucky and Farm Credit Mid-America, University of Illinois Professor Jonathan Coppess talked about the concerns in the new…