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A Farm Policy Experiment: A Differentiated Rice Commodity Program

April 8, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

Final Thoughts on the 2021 ARC/PLC Decision

March 8, 2021
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Krista Swanson

2019 Covered Commodity Dashboard and Implications for the Crop Safety Net

February 18, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Using farmdoc Tools to Make the ARC-CO and PLC Decisions

February 16, 2021
Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf, and Krista Swanson

Covered Cropland vs. Cover Crops: Broadening the Perspective

January 13, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Joe Janzen

IFES 2020: Post-Election Farm Policy Outlook After Three Years of Ad Hoc Payments

January 7, 2021
Joe Janzen and Nick Paulson

IFES 2020: Farm Program and Crop Insurance Decisions for 2021

January 6, 2021
Nick Paulson and Gary Schnitkey

Historical Analysis of the Frequency of Triggering Enhanced Coverage Option (ECO) Payments

December 10, 2020
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf

Review of ARC-IC Farm Program Decision

November 23, 2020
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, and Nick Paulson

2019 ARC-CO Payments for Corn and Soybeans in the United States

October 22, 2020
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf

Understanding FSA Yields Used to Calculate 2019 ARC-CO Payments

October 20, 2020
Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jonathan Coppess

2019 ARC-CO Payments for Corn and Soybeans in Illinois

October 14, 2020
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf

A Farm Policy Dilemma: Base Acres, Planted Acres, and Ad Hoc Payments

September 23, 2020
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Joe Janzen, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, Part 2

September 21, 2020
Jonathan Coppess, Joe Janzen, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Carl Zulauf

The Distribution of CFAP Payments across Commodities and States

September 17, 2020
Joe Janzen, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Trade and COVID-19 Ad Hoc Payments by Commodity

September 16, 2020
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

CFAP Payments to Date and Possible Future Ad Hoc Farm Payments

September 3, 2020
Joe Janzen, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

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

August 19, 2020
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

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

July 22, 2020
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, and Michael Langemeier

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

July 10, 2020
Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, and Carl Zulauf

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

July 8, 2020
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

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

July 1, 2020
Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, and Krista Swanson

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

June 17, 2020
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

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

June 10, 2020
Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, and Carl Zulauf

Contemporaneous Perspective on US Federal Debt

May 27, 2020
Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson