McLean County Farm Bureau

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• The Characteristics of Higher Profit Farms in Illinois, 2006 – 2025 Average
  Data from the Illinois Farm Business Farm Management (FBFM) Association for 2006 through 2025 was used to analyze selected differences between the highest profit grain farms (high one-third) and the…
• The Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (45Z), Part 2: Carbon Intensity
  The Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit matters to corn and soybean growers because the value of the tax credit depends on the carbon intensity of the final biofuel product. This article addresses three questions. First, what does it actually mean for a corn or soybean crop to have a carbon intensity score? Second, which farm […]
• The Evolving US Southern Crop Problem
  Over the last 100 years, harvested crop acres have declined more in the US South than rest of the US. Cotton accounted for most the decline in the first 50 years. Over the last 50 years, however, harvested acres have declined much more for crops other than the commodity program crops associated with the US […]