By: Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Hongxia Jiao
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Carl Zulauf - Nick Paulson - In this farmdoc daily article, we present revisions to the 2024 Crop Budgets for Illinois, highlighting changes from our January release for high-productivity farmland in central Illinois while discussing the more general trends across regions. We have revised corn and soybean prices down, while cost adjustments were mixed. Farmer return projections for corn are improved across regions, while soybean return expectations are improved for southern Illinois but similar or lower for other regions.