Collected Publications for Environmental Policy

Agricultural Land Shifts to the Tropics: A Strategic Challenge for US Crops

Land, not Exports, is the US Field Crop Problem – Part 1, US vs. World

Cover Crops and Covered Cropland, 2022 US Census of Agriculture

Variability of World and Regional Yields in an Era of Climate Change

World and Regional Trend Crop Yields in an Era of Climate Change

Conservation Reserve Program’s Evolving Mission

Net Change in CRP Acres, 2020-2021 Program Year

2021 CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) Sign Up Dashboard

An Evolving Path to Declining US Crop Acres

Covered Cropland vs. Cover Crops: Broadening the Perspective

Law and Taxation: A Retrospective of 20 Years

Use of Tile, 2017 US Census of Agriculture

Tillage Practices, 2017 US Census of Agriculture

Cover Crops, 2017 US Census of Agriculture

U.S. Hay Market over the Last 100 Years

The Federal Food Safety Agency: A Proposal to Move FDA Food Safety Responsibilities to the USDA

Limited Impact of Biomass Crop Assistance Program (BCAP) Under Current Funding Levels

Dead Zones & Drinking Water: Dismissal of the DMWW Lawsuit

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

Dead Zones & Drinking Water: Update on Precision Conservation Management

The Evolution of Cottage Food Regulation in Illinois

Vigorous Weeds and Lethargic Regulations: A Wicked Problem for Farmers

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

2016 1st Quarter RIN Update

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

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

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

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

Following-up on RFS Questions

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

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

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

IFES 2015: Dead Zones & Drinking Water: Farming’s Nutrient Loss Challenge

EPA Doubles Down on Questionable Reading of the RFS Statute

New Approaches to Weed Management: Public-Private Partnerships

Mid-Year RIN Update

RIN Stocks Part II – ‘Healthy’ Levels

RIN Stocks Part I – Valuation

RIN Stock Update

The EPA Add-Up RFS and the Biodiesel Blenders Tax Credit

RIN Update: 2014 Carry In and EPA’s Proposed Rulemaking

The Bioenergy Farm Lease, Part 4: Incorporation of Evolving Standards

Legal Uncertainties Plague Carbon Foot Printing of Biomass Energy

The Renewable Fuel Standard and Invasive Species: EPA’s Initial Approach

The Bioenergy Farm Lease Part 3: Rhizome Reclamation

The Bioenergy Farm Lease Part 2: Invasion Concerns

The Bioenergy Farm Lease Part 1: Long-Term Leasing Provisions

USDA Opts for Environmental Impact Statements on Two New Soybean Gene Technologies

Supreme Court Decision in Monsanto Case

Supreme Court Hears Oral Argument in Ag Biotech Patent Case

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