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The 2024 mid-year survey of Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraiser members showed a decline in expected 2025 farmland cash rents for all land quality classes on professionally managed farms. https://farmdocdaily.illinois.edu/2024/09/setting-2025-cash-rents.html

An outlook for 2024 farmland leasing trends

According to a recent survey of the Illinois Society of Professional Farm Managers and Rural Appraisers (ISPFMRA) membership, the share of the different types of farmland leases are: 25% share rent9% modified share rent25% cash rent35...
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Pile of stored grain corn

Farmers, have you checked your stored grain lately?

Stored grain should be kept at or near 35°F according to the experts. But over the past month in Central Illinois, the average daily temperature has varied 44°F – from a high daily average of 52° F to a low of 8°F. Moisture in a filled grain bin moves from the warmed grain near the outside wall to...
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