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Chad E. Hart
Newsletter Articles
- The early view for 2023 -- November 2023
- Exports remain a drag -- October 2023
- Early harvest adjustments -- September 2023
- Supply and use shrinkage -- August 2023
- Market shocks and egg prices -- August 2023
- Summer 2023: the roller coaster -- July 2023
- Poorer crop conditions and weaker export sales -- June 2023
- A reversal of fortunes -- May 2023
- The focus shifts to planting-- April 2023
- Global supplies and export challenges -- February 2023
- The 2022 crop year in review -- January 2023
- The struggles in international trade -- December 2022
- The early view for 2023 -- November 2022
- Export concerns -- October 2022
- This year’s drought had some bite -- September 2022
- Mixed messages -- August 2022
- The acreage debate is still not settled -- July 2022
- Strength in international sales -- June 2022
- Early adjustments -- May 2022
- Global adjustments in agriculture -- April 2022
- Ukraine, Russia, and crops -- March 2022
- Drought elsewhere helps -- February 2022
- Summarizing the 2021 crop year -- January 2022
- Biofuel developments -- December 2021
- Projections for 2022 -- November 2021
- Gaining an understanding of carbon market programs -- November 2021
- Pro-Ag Outlook and Management Webinar Series set for November -- October 2021
- Big projected crops tend to get bigger -- October 2021
- Sometimes expectations are met -- September 2021
- The price balancing act -- August 2021
- Lower acreage and more usage -- July 2021
- Rain, grain and prices -- June 2021
- The rally charges on -- May 2021
- The projections are shifting fast -- April 2021
- An early glimpse at the 2021 marketing year -- March 2021
- Volatility continues to be a main feature of the markets -- February 2021
- Factors driving prices -- January 2021
- A trade-driven market -- December 2020
- Fully incorporating the derecho -- October 2020
- Starting to frame up the damage -- September 2020
- Between a rock and a hard place -- August 2020
- Some positive news for a change -- July 2020
- Searching for a price boost -- June 2020
- Another year, another crisis -- May 2020
- The opportunities and challenges with industrial hemp -- April 2020
- Slippage in the markets -- February 2020
- Thinking about the U.S.-China trade deal -- January 2020
- What can Iowa farmers expect from ARC/PLC and the Trade Assistance Package in 2018? -- September 2018
- Key agricultural products in U.S.-China trade disputes: the proportional, the significant, and the substitutable -- April 2018
- See a farm’s complete financial picture with farm financial planning program -- October 2017
- Are agricultural professionals’ farmland value and crop price forecasts consistent? -- October 2017
- Mediation provides assistance to farmers facing financial difficulties -- March 2017
- ISU Extension and Outreach offers one-on-one farm financial planning support -- November 2016
- Crude oil prices and U.S. crop exports: exploring the secondary links between the energy and ag markets -- September 2016
- ARC/PLC payments in 2016 and 2017 -- March 2016
- Review crop marketing fundamentals in new video series -- June 2015
- ISU Extension offers farm financial planning support -- March 2015
- Cooperative grain margins and implications of crop price movements and market inverses -- December 2014
- ISU Extension presenting an overview of the 2014 Farm Bill -- November 2014
- Farm Bill update -- September 2013
- Additional disaster payments for 2009 Iowa soybeans -- November 2010
- Shifting corn basis patterns -- September 2007
- Agricultural spotlight: acreage shifts follow price signals -- September 2006
Information Files
- Crop Planning Prices -- A1-10
- To Grow or not to Grow: A Tool for Comparing Returns to Switchgrass for Bioenergy with Annual Crops and CRP -- A1-27
- Estimated Cost of Establishment and Production of Miscanthus in Iowa -- A1-28
- Trade Assistance Package in 2018 -- A1-37
- Pricing Forage in the Field -- A1-65
- Season Average Price Calculator -- A2-15
- Estimated Cost of Establishment and Production of “Liberty” Switchgrass -- A1-29
- Iowa Corn Price Basis -- A2-41
- Iowa Soybean Basis -- A2-42
- July Corn Basis -- A2-43
- July Soybean Basis -- A2-44
- Estimating Corn Use by Iowa Livestock and Poultry -- B2-55
Decision Tools (xlsx)
- To Grow or not to Grow: A Tool for Comparing Returns to Switchgrass for Bioenergy with Annual Crops and CRP -- A1-27
- Estimated Cost of Establishment and Production of "Liberty" Switchgrass -- A1-29
- Farm Bill Calculator -- A1-36
- Season Average Price Calculator -- A2-15
- Iowa Livestock and Poultry Corn Use Calculator -- B2-55