Collected Publications for Agricultural Policy

Questioning the Final RFS Rule, Part 1: the Rule and a Review

Questioning the Final RFS Rule, Part 2: the Meaning of the Word ‘Supply’

Questioning the Final RFS Rule, Part 3: Reasonableness of the Interpretation

Cottonseed and U.S. Oilseed Farm Program Issues

Following-up on RFS Questions

2015 ARC-CO Payment Estimates for Corn and Soybeans

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 1: RCPP and Review

2015 and 2016 ARC-CO Payment Estimates using the ARC-CO PLC Payment Estimator

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 2: Why Tile Matters

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 3: the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy

Cost of the 2014 Farm Bill Commodity Programs

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 4: the Des Moines Water Works Lawsuit

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 5: Farm Bill Conservation Policy

Why Crop Insurance Has Become an Issue

The Farm Safety Net: The Good and Not So Good

Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy Rates: A Proposed Objective Metric Based on Systemic Risk

2016 1st Quarter RIN Update

2015 Estimated ARC-CO Payments

Dead Zones & Drinking Water: an Update on the DMWW Lawsuit

Are National Yield Declines Associated with Revenue Declines for U.S. Crops Over the Crop Insurance Coverage Period?

Increasing Crop Insurance Coverage Levels: An Assessment

Vigorous Weeds and Lethargic Regulations: A Wicked Problem for Farmers

Use of the SCO and STAX Insurance Programs in 2015

Now That It’s 2016, Let’s Compare 2014 Farm Bill Programs to the 2008 Farm Bill

Growing Season Crop Losses since 1978 on the Same Illinois and Kansas Farms

County-Farm Loss Basis: Evidence from Illinois and Kansas Farm Management Data

Why is Revenue More Variable over the Growing Season in Kansas than Illinois?

Mapping the Farm Bill: the Traditional Farm Coalition and Current Production

2015 Estimated ARC-CO Payments

Mapping the Farm Bill: Expanding the Traditional Farm Coalition

The Evolution of Cottage Food Regulation in Illinois

Explaining ARC-CO Payments with Illustrations for the 2016 and 2017 Crops

An Agrarian Take on US Economic Malaise

Mapping the Farm Bill: Farm and Farm Operators

Comparing Revenue and Price Declines during Recent Multiple Year Declines

Dead Zones & Drinking Water: Update on Precision Conservation Management

Real Deflated Prices of Corn, Soybeans, Wheat, and Upland Cotton: Reemergence of the Historical Downward Trend?

An Update on the Farm Safety Net

What’s in a Name? FDA Working to Define “Natural” and Redefine “Healthy”

2015 ARC-CO Payments for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat

Further Discussion of the ARC-CO Program and Revenue-Based Farm Policy

Baseline for Next Farm Bill’s Crop Commodity Programs: An Early Perspective

Early Thoughts: 2016 Election Results and the Next Farm Bill

First Projections of 2016 ARC-CO Payments

ARC-CO Payment Timing and Cash Rent Bidding

NASS Surveys Have Direct Impact on Critical Farm Programs

Farm Payments by Countercyclical and Insurance Programs Since 2002

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