McLean County Farm Bureau

FarmDoc Daily

• Landowner’s Adjusted Net-Share Rent as a Percent of Crop Returns
  Over time, more farmland leases in Illinois have been shifting from traditional crop share leases to cash leases.  In addition, there has been some increase in flexible or variable rent…
• Reviewing Public Support for Payments to Farmers
  The Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey has been tracking public support for a variety of agricultural payment types for nearly three years. Results from the GFAPS show that the public is most supportive of payments following natural disasters and least supportive of payments in response to low crop prices. Interestingly, support for payments for […]
• Revisiting the RIN Cliff
  The U.S. biomass-based diesel (BBD) industry went over a RIN cliff in May 2023. It is clear in hindsight that the boom in BBD capacity and production in the U.S., largely associated with renewable diesel, was simply too much too soon relative to the demand ceiling implied by the RFS mandates. The good news is […]