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Purdue’s first 2027 crop budgets provide a starting point for evaluating crop costs and returns. Learn how to use the estimates and customize the accompanying spreadsheet for your farm.
Read More about 2027 Crop Budgets: What Will Your Crops Need to Return?Corn prices can have a substantial impact on swine finishing feed costs. Michael Langemeier explains what different corn and soybean meal price scenarios could mean for hog feed costs and margins in 2027.
Read More about How Much Could Corn Prices Raise Hog Feed Costs in 2027?Farmer sentiment fell in September, but the latest Ag Economy Barometer results point to more than a simple decline in confidence. Michael Langemeier and Joana Colussi discuss what’s driving the change and what farmers’ responses reveal about farm margins, input costs, farmland values and the outlook for agriculture.
Read More about Why Are Farmers Less Confident Despite Higher Crop Prices?Farmer sentiment fell in September as concerns about input costs increased. This AgBrief provides a quick look at the latest Purdue University-CME Group Ag Economy Barometer results.
Read More about Farmer Sentiment Falls as Input Costs Squeeze Farm MarginsHarvest is putting pressure on corn and soybean basis across the Eastern Corn Belt, but the regional picture is far from uniform. This AgBrief looks at what production, harvest timing and local demand are telling us about where basis could go next.
Read More about Corn Basis May Have Further to Fall: What Harvest Means for Grain PricesDoes newer planter technology automatically translate into higher corn yields? A Purdue trial compared a 30-year-old planter with a modern planter to see what the technology difference actually meant for yield and farm economics.
Read More about Is Planting Technology Actually Valuable?Indiana farmland values and cash rents remained relatively stable statewide in 2026, but results varied across land quality classes and regions. Todd Kuethe highlights the key numbers from Purdue’s latest Farmland Values and Cash Rent Survey.
Read More about 2026 Farmland Values & Cash Rents: The Numbers You Need to KnowCash rents have softened in some parts of Indiana in 2026, but overall, rents remain relatively stable. So why aren’t they falling more, even after several years of weaker returns to land? Michael Langemeier and Todd Kuethe examine the latest cash rent results from the 2026 Purdue Farmland Values and Cash Rents Survey and look at what the numbers could mean for 2027.
Read More about 2026 Cash Rents: Why Aren’t Rents Falling More?Indiana farmland values remained relatively stable in 2026, but regional differences and changing market forces are creating a mixed outlook. Purdue agricultural economists Todd Kuethe and Michael Langemeier examine what is driving farmland values and what the market could look like in 2027.
Read More about Indiana Farmland Values: Stable in 2026, but What Happens Next?