Collected Publications for Agricultural Policy

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

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

Farmland Prices and Government Programs

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

The Unfinished Farm Bill: First Reading of Proposed Senate Legislation

ECO and SCO in Illinois in 2025

Rural Americans are Concerned About the Impact of Data Centers

Farmer Support for Crop Farmers from Federal Programs: 2015 – 2024

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

The Evolving US Southern Crop Problem

Grocery Bills and the 2026 Midterm Elections

A US Manufacturing Safety Net and Tariffs

Concentration and Monopoly Pricing: What Economics Tells Us

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

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

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

2025 ARC/PLC Final Estimates

Conservation & Risk, Part 1: Introduction and Hypothesis

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

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

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

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

Trillionitus and the US Farm Safety Net

Forecast Performance of RMA Expected Yields

The Strait of Hormuz: Why Global Trade Dependency Turns a Localized Conflict into a Global Crisis

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

Brazil Heads for a Record Soybean Harvest as Farm Margins Approach Breakeven

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

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

From Infrastructure Investment to Expanded Market Access: China’s Belt and Road Initiative in Africa and the Implications for U.S. Trade Policy

Flipping the Pyramid: Public Perceptions of New Dietary Guidelines

New Commodity Program Base Acres

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

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

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

Has the US Crop Safety Net Become Excessive?

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

Regional Cost of Living Differences

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

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

The Dramatic Change in US Ag Land Price-Rent Ratio

Forecasting US Field Crop Sector Prosperity

Farmer Bridge Assistance Program Payment Rates

The Number and Composition of Legal Entities Engaged in Farming: Initial Evidence from FSA Payment Files

Area Add-Up Insurance Performance: Insights from Cotton STAX

Impact of Estimated Farmer Bridge Assistance on 2025 Farmer Return Projections

U.S. Corn and Soybean Exports: Diversification Drives Growth in Corn and Cushions Decline in Soybeans

Dietary Guidelines for Americans: What They Are and What Consumers Want Them to Be

Circumventing the Federal Budget Process: Crop Insurance Premium Subsidies

Monetizing Crop Risk into Crop Payments

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