Joe Janzen
@jjanzen.bsky.social
Agricultural economist at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. 🇨🇦/🇺🇸. Farmdoc contributor, AJAE associate editor, NCCC-134 co-chair.
Interested in research on agricultural commodity markets/trading/pricing? We are just 9 weeks away from the latest iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
February 16, 2026 at 4:15 PM
Interested in research on agricultural commodity markets/trading/pricing? We are just 9 weeks away from the latest iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
My latest for @farmdocdaily: US grain storage capacity growth has stopped after decades of storage growth matching crop production growth. Capacity utilization is up, especially for on-farm storage, with implications for supply chains and future investments. farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2026/02/us-g...
US Grain Storage Capacity Growth Has Stopped - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen - US grain storage capacity grew parallel to production from 2000-2019 but has stagnated since 2020. Combined with rising production, this led to record 80% on-farm capacity utilization in…
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu
February 12, 2026 at 3:22 PM
My latest for @farmdocdaily: US grain storage capacity growth has stopped after decades of storage growth matching crop production growth. Capacity utilization is up, especially for on-farm storage, with implications for supply chains and future investments. farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2026/02/us-g...
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/the-...
The Number and Composition of Legal Entities Engaged in Farming: Initial Evidence from FSA Payment Files - farmdoc daily
J.R. Glenn and Joe Janzen - Farm payments are intended to aid farmers by supporting incomes, reducing risk, and achieving conservation goals. However, payments may change farmer behavior in ways that…
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January 1, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/the-...
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/can-...
Can China Reduce Soybean Import Demand? Evaluating Soybean Meal Reduction Efforts - farmdoc daily
Jilang Qing and Joe Janzen - China is the world’s largest soybean importer, relying heavily on foreign supplies—primarily from the United States and Brazil—to meet rapidly growing animal feed demand.…
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December 31, 2025 at 1:05 PM
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/can-...
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/vola...
December 29, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily: farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/12/vola...
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily
Winter Oilseeds as a Response to Biofuels Feedstock Demand - farmdoc daily
Jacob Lionberger and Joe Janzen - Winter oilseeds like CoverCress and winter canola can supplement biofuels feedstock supply in the central Corn Belt by utilizing idle land between crop seasons. With…
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu
December 23, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Each year, students in my graduate class at the University of Illinois write-up their research on agricultural markets and prices for a non-academic audience. Then we share it with the world over the holidays on farmdoc Daily
Shared my (uncontroversial?) take that US farmers would not benefit from tariffs on Canadian fertilizer. I had fewer thoughts when interviewed on the recently announced ad hoc farm payments.
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U.S. eyes high tariffs on Canadian fertilizer, subsidies for farmers
Agriculture industry has been battered by months of trade war turmoil
www.theglobeandmail.com
December 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Shared my (uncontroversial?) take that US farmers would not benefit from tariffs on Canadian fertilizer. I had fewer thoughts when interviewed on the recently announced ad hoc farm payments.
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
www.theglobeandmail.com/world/us-pol...
This semester, I had the pleasure of advising a student team from the Department of Ag and Consumer Economics in the CME University Trading Challenge: www.cmegroup.com/events/unive.... Yesterday, we engaged with CME staff and industry experts during the CME Group Day of Market Education in Chicago.
December 9, 2025 at 3:30 PM
This semester, I had the pleasure of advising a student team from the Department of Ag and Consumer Economics in the CME University Trading Challenge: www.cmegroup.com/events/unive.... Yesterday, we engaged with CME staff and industry experts during the CME Group Day of Market Education in Chicago.
Very cool to see our farmdoc Daily article on farmers' use of futures markets (farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2024/12/risk...) cited by Joe Vaclavik this morning: youtu.be/WY0B3UD9Zhk?.... Data show the majority of grain farms, even large ones, don't have a brokerage account and aren't using futures.
November 18, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Very cool to see our farmdoc Daily article on farmers' use of futures markets (farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2024/12/risk...) cited by Joe Vaclavik this morning: youtu.be/WY0B3UD9Zhk?.... Data show the majority of grain farms, even large ones, don't have a brokerage account and aren't using futures.
After a successful 2025 edition, the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis will be back in Chicago, April 20-21, 2026. I'm co-organizing. The deadline to submit presentation proposals is Nov 21: farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/subm... Submit papers now and join us in April!
November 6, 2025 at 5:54 PM
After a successful 2025 edition, the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis will be back in Chicago, April 20-21, 2026. I'm co-organizing. The deadline to submit presentation proposals is Nov 21: farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/subm... Submit papers now and join us in April!
The farmdoc team at University of Illinois is fortunate to have great partners like FBFM who keep our analysis grounded in real-world data on farm finances and the agricultural economy.
October 6, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The farmdoc team at University of Illinois is fortunate to have great partners like FBFM who keep our analysis grounded in real-world data on farm finances and the agricultural economy.
I had the pleasure of speaking to an extraordinary group of state and provincial legislators at the International Legislators Forum in Deadwood, SD: agree.org/2025-interna... I talked about ongoing tariff shock and impacts on agricultural commodity trade. Hard to understate how big a change this is.
September 12, 2025 at 8:14 PM
I had the pleasure of speaking to an extraordinary group of state and provincial legislators at the International Legislators Forum in Deadwood, SD: agree.org/2025-interna... I talked about ongoing tariff shock and impacts on agricultural commodity trade. Hard to understate how big a change this is.
My latest for Farmdoc Daily: Are there really 97.3 million corn acres in the US this year? Jason Franken and I use acreage enrolled in Farm Service Agency farm programs to say yes. If anything, the 97.3 million acre guess released last week by USDA is a conservative one.
Yes, There Are a Lot of Corn Acres: Evidence from FSA Acreage Data - farmdoc daily
Jason Franken and Joe Janzen - USDA NASS recently increased 2025 corn planted acreage estimate to 97.3 million acres. Analysis of acreage enrolled in USDA FSA farm programs suggests this may be…
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August 18, 2025 at 9:00 PM
My latest for Farmdoc Daily: Are there really 97.3 million corn acres in the US this year? Jason Franken and I use acreage enrolled in Farm Service Agency farm programs to say yes. If anything, the 97.3 million acre guess released last week by USDA is a conservative one.
My latest for @farmdocdaily: How big is the 2025 US corn crop? Or at least, how much of a yield increase is the market currently pricing in to new-crop futures prices? It might not be six bushels more than current USDA estimates, but it's close. farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/07/the-...
The Corn Market Works to Explain Itself - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen - Despite USDA projections showing low corn ending stocks for 2025/26, new-crop December corn futures remain historically low. Markets are pricing in higher yields than USDA's 181…
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu
July 25, 2025 at 3:40 PM
My latest for @farmdocdaily: How big is the 2025 US corn crop? Or at least, how much of a yield increase is the market currently pricing in to new-crop futures prices? It might not be six bushels more than current USDA estimates, but it's close. farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/07/the-...
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I'm here to tell you it's possible to grow bananas in New England in your home.
I'm also here to tell you that purely in terms of time/labor it's the dumbest thing I've ever done, and that people who think indoor farming will ever make a major contribution to the global food system are nuts.
I'm also here to tell you that purely in terms of time/labor it's the dumbest thing I've ever done, and that people who think indoor farming will ever make a major contribution to the global food system are nuts.
July 25, 2025 at 3:17 PM
I'm here to tell you it's possible to grow bananas in New England in your home.
I'm also here to tell you that purely in terms of time/labor it's the dumbest thing I've ever done, and that people who think indoor farming will ever make a major contribution to the global food system are nuts.
I'm also here to tell you that purely in terms of time/labor it's the dumbest thing I've ever done, and that people who think indoor farming will ever make a major contribution to the global food system are nuts.
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"To give a sense of the scale of the inefficiency, analysis we did in the Biden administration gave an example of Walmart’s blockchain usage that was up to 50 million times (not a typo) less efficient, in terms of compute, than a traditional database configuration."
Crytpo: There's just no legit use case for it. But, man, are these bros lobbied up.
Our looonnnggg take on why private digital currencies and the blockchain are an accident going out to happen.
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June 9, 2025 at 3:12 PM
"To give a sense of the scale of the inefficiency, analysis we did in the Biden administration gave an example of Walmart’s blockchain usage that was up to 50 million times (not a typo) less efficient, in terms of compute, than a traditional database configuration."
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US Amb to Canada, last week: annexation saga is “over”—“Move on. If the Canadians want to keep talking about it—that's their business. I'm not talking about it; Donald Trump is not talking about it. We've got too much on our plate"
Trump, today: “They are considering the offer!”
Trump, today: “They are considering the offer!”
May 27, 2025 at 11:05 PM
US Amb to Canada, last week: annexation saga is “over”—“Move on. If the Canadians want to keep talking about it—that's their business. I'm not talking about it; Donald Trump is not talking about it. We've got too much on our plate"
Trump, today: “They are considering the offer!”
Trump, today: “They are considering the offer!”
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Doing that sports fan thing where I occasionally remember last night's Game 7 and then have to stop what I'm doing to shake my head and go "holy crap, that actually happened".
May 5, 2025 at 1:57 PM
Doing that sports fan thing where I occasionally remember last night's Game 7 and then have to stop what I'm doing to shake my head and go "holy crap, that actually happened".
The 2025 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis (farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/attend) met this week at the Illini Center in downtown Chicago. We had 54 researchers attending and 25 presentations on new research in commodity markets.
April 18, 2025 at 9:29 AM
The 2025 NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis (farmdoc.illinois.edu/nccc134/attend) met this week at the Illini Center in downtown Chicago. We had 54 researchers attending and 25 presentations on new research in commodity markets.
Get ready for today's USDA WASDE report release. Read my recent article for farmdocDaily and remember that the April report tends not to move markets, and that's okay.
Quiet Signals: Why Boring Crop Reports Matter - farmdoc daily
Joe Janzen - Joe Janzen - The USDA's monthly WASDE reports sometimes appear uneventful, but they systematically track agricultural commodity supply and demand changes. Despite some seemingly quiet…
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April 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Get ready for today's USDA WASDE report release. Read my recent article for farmdocDaily and remember that the April report tends not to move markets, and that's okay.
Last chance to register for the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis. This academic conference on agricultural commodity markets meets April 14-15 at the Illini Center in Chicago. Program, venue and hotel info, and registration here: buff.ly/3Qx6Qg3
April 8, 2025 at 9:29 AM
Last chance to register for the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis. This academic conference on agricultural commodity markets meets April 14-15 at the Illini Center in Chicago. Program, venue and hotel info, and registration here: buff.ly/3Qx6Qg3
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Arise, centrist dads!
First time I can remember making a protest sign since - when - college? See you in front of Frederick City Hall and then at Baker Park.
April 5, 2025 at 8:48 PM
Arise, centrist dads!
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President Trump's ‘reciprocal’ tariffs make no sense.
How is it in America’s national interest to let other countries decide what duties we pay?
by Doug Irwin
www.wsj.com/opinion/reci...
How is it in America’s national interest to let other countries decide what duties we pay?
by Doug Irwin
www.wsj.com/opinion/reci...
Opinion | ‘Reciprocal’ Tariffs Make No Sense
How is it in America’s national interest to let other countries decide what duties we pay?
www.wsj.com
February 13, 2025 at 10:00 PM
President Trump's ‘reciprocal’ tariffs make no sense.
How is it in America’s national interest to let other countries decide what duties we pay?
by Doug Irwin
www.wsj.com/opinion/reci...
How is it in America’s national interest to let other countries decide what duties we pay?
by Doug Irwin
www.wsj.com/opinion/reci...
Interested in research on commodity markets/trading/pricing? We are just 8 weeks away from the latest iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
February 25, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Interested in research on commodity markets/trading/pricing? We are just 8 weeks away from the latest iteration of the NCCC-134 Conference on Applied Commodity Price Analysis, Forecasting, and Market Risk Management.
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Elon hired Clarence Beeks of Lyndhurst Security to deliver the crop estimates on time with no deviations.
February 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
Elon hired Clarence Beeks of Lyndhurst Security to deliver the crop estimates on time with no deviations.