Collected Publications for Gardner Policy Series

Forecasting US Field Crop Sector Prosperity

The Dramatic Change in US Ag Land Price-Rent Ratio

Off Base, Part 1: Reviewing Issues and Problems with Base Acre Policy

Off Base, Part 2: The View from the CBO Baseline

Off-Base, Part 3: Picking Winners & Losers with Policy

Has the US Crop Safety Net Become Excessive?

Off-Base, Part 4: A Fundamental Flaw in the Policy

Off-Base, Part 5: Farm Policy Has Been Here Before; Lessons Reinforced by History

Now Would Seem Like a Good Time to Think Seriously About the CRP

Flipping the Pyramid: Public Perceptions of New Dietary Guidelines

Insurance Impacts in the Presence of High Subsidy – High Coverage Products: A Case Study of STAX

Flashback, 1979: What the Previous Cliff Might Tell Us About the Potential One Ahead

Another Round of Crop Insurance; Update from the Policy Design Lab

Forecast Performance of RMA Expected Yields

Trillionitus and the US Farm Safety Net

Fats in the MAHA Era: Consumer Perceptions of Common Cooking Fats

Forecast Performance of RMA Expected Yields: Comparison of Yield Projection Methods

Once Again Through the Payments Lens; Another Update from the Policy Design Lab

Chemical Collision: The Pesticide Provisions that Nearly Derailed the House Bill

Conservation & Risk, Part 1: Introduction and Hypothesis

Conservation & Risk, Part 2: Examining the Spring Planting Window in Illinois

The Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (45Z); Introductory Discussion

Conservation & Risk, Part 3: Exploring the Risk-Payment Gap

Concentration and Monopoly Pricing: What Economics Tells Us

A US Manufacturing Safety Net and Tariffs

Grocery Bills and the 2026 Midterm Elections

The Evolving US Southern Crop Problem

The Clean Fuel Production Tax Credit (45Z), Part 2: Carbon Intensity

Rural Americans are Concerned About the Impact of Data Centers

The Unfinished Farm Bill: First Reading of Proposed Senate Legislation

Has Ethanol Changed the Long-Term Growth in Total US Corn Use?

Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks– Part 1

The Central Crop Safety Net Issue: When Should a Loss be a Loss?

Tracking U.S. Food Supply Chains Through Recent Shocks – Part 2

Pesticide Problems, Part I: Legislative History

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