Collected Publications for Agricultural Policy

IFES 2019: The Farm Bill 2018

IFES 2019: Trade, MFP, and Policy Directions

ARC-IC in 2019: Release of a 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator

The Conservation Question, Part 5: Seeds of the Soil Bank

What are the Chance of PLC Payments for the 2019 and 2020 Pro-gram Year

Expected Payments on ARC-CO and PLC: Update of Gardner Payment ARC/PLC Payment Calculator

The Conservation Question, Part 6: Development of the Soil Bank

Yields Below Which ARC-CO Will Make Payments

Historical Look at SCO (Supplemental Coverage Option) Participation

ARC-IC: Payment Examples and Revised 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator

In Memoriam: Dr. Robert G.F. Spitze and the Legacy of a Farm Policy Expert

Strategies for Using ARC-IC

An Alternative Look at the 2019-2020 Farm Program Decision

Obligatory Annual Budget Detour

Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information

The Conservation Question, Part 7: Losing the Soil Bank

2019 ARC-CO Payment Estimates for Corn and Soybeans Based on NASS County Yields

Adjusting NASS County Yields to Estimate 2019 ARC-CO Payments

The Conservation Question, Part 8: Interregnum and Acres

Case Study: Farm Program Value Over Two Years

Reviewing USDA Funding in the CARES Act

Acres & Crisis: Prospective Plantings and Perspectives from the Past

US Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat in World Perspective: Importance of the US Cropped Acre Constraint

Revised 2019 ARC and PLC Payments Due to Lower 2019 Market Year Average Prices

WHIP+: Farm Aid for Losses Due to Natural Disasters

Payments or Purchases: Questions for USDA on Priorities in a Pandemic

Farm Program Update: ARC/PLC Enrollment

2019 Commodity Title Payments – Updates for Corn and Soybeans with Lower MYA Prices

Corn and Soybeans, COVID-19, and the US Farm Safety Net

Would Commodity Title Choices Change Given COVID-19?

Climate Change & Agricultural Impacts in Illinois

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Rules Announced

Contemporaneous Perspective on US Federal Debt

Making CFAP Applications for Grain Farms

Trying to Reason with History and Policy in a Time of Crisis

CFAP Applications for Livestock and Dairy

MFP and CFAP Payments, Corn and Soybean Uses, and Future Farm Profitability

ARC-CO and PLC Payment per Base Acre – 2014 Farm Bill

Tradeoff between Short-Term and Long-Term Risk Management Tools: New Study Shows that Crop Insurance May Hinder Agricultural Innovations in Drought-Tolerant Technologies

Production Controls & Set Aside Acres, Part 1: Reviewing History

Land Retirement – Part II: US Role in World Crop Markets and Effectiveness of Retiring US Land

Soybeans and PLC: Example of the Need for Better Equity among Program Crops

World Market Conditions Suggest Set-Asides Not an Effective Farm Policy for Corn and Soybeans

The US Safety Net, Crop Profitability, and a Floor on Cost of Production

The Food-Energy-Water Nexus and Emerging Agricultural Technologies

Ad Hoc Payments: A Leading Indicator of Farm Policy Change

Production Controls & Set Aside Acreage Discussion, Part IV: Reviewing PIK Policies

Revenue Loss Coverage and Other Farm Safety Net Proposals in an Era of High Ad Hoc Payments

Reviewing USDA Revisions to the Payment Limitation and Eligibility Rules

CFAP Payments to Date and Possible Future Ad Hoc Farm Payments

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