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This personal feed belongs to University of Illinois Extension Farm Broadcaster Todd E. Gleason. I report on global agricultural commodities, weather, science, policy, and trends related primarily to corn and soybean production. More at willag.org.
August 1, 2025 at 7:13 PM
July 31, 2025 at 10:14 PM
July 31, 2025 at 12:05 AM
The One Big Beautiful Act includes a farm bill.

- increases Basic and Optional Unit subsidies
- increases SCO subsidy
- provision to add Base Acres

The last one favors the south. It also makes rural America more dependent on the government.

READ MORE farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/07/reco...
July 2, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Listen to Joe Janzen's full recap of the June 30 USDA Acreage and Grain Stocks report using this link...

LISTEN share.transistor.fm/s/627cf2fa#t...
June 30, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Researchers surveyed Americans to see how they view the Trump Administration's Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) initiative. One of the interesting results shows support among both conservatives and liberals.

@farmodocdaily article
- farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/06/food...
June 30, 2025 at 3:08 PM
USDA RMA recently released county yields for the 2024 crop year. Nick Paulson has more on where these yields might trigger some ECO or SCO crop insurance supplemental policy payments.

link to farmdoc Daily article
farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2025/06/2024...
June 27, 2025 at 12:28 PM
University of Illinois Extension Field Crops Entomologist Nick Seiter says there are a couple of insects to watch for still this season. You may learn more from University of Illinois Extension crop scientists, ag economists and livestock specialist at willag.org.
June 27, 2025 at 12:25 PM