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• Dietary Guidelines for Americans: What They Are and What Consumers Want Them to Be
  The next edition of the Dietary Guidelines for Americans is scheduled to be released in 2025 but has been notably delayed and is now expected in early 2026. In this post, using the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey, we found that the vast majority of consumers (75% or greater) currently agree with recommendations from […]
• Circumventing the Federal Budget Process: Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies
  Over the last two years, Federal crop insurance premium subsidies have been raised far more by procedures outside the Farm Bill than inside the Farm Bill. Two USDA administrative actions raised the premium subsidy rate for ECO insurance to 80%. They conservatively are estimated to raise Federal premium subsidies by $13.2 billion over 10 FYs. […]
• Use of Funds Remains Relatively High on Illinois Farms
  Incomes on Illinois grain farms in 2024 were lower than in any other year since the early 1990s. In this article, we compare three primary uses of funds to the sum of farm and non-farm income. Two major uses of income - machinery and building purchases and family living withdrawals – have exceeded historical levels […]