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Prevent Plant Policy Options

May 13, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

US Agriculture’s Strategic Question

May 2, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Jonathan Coppess

Monopoly Pricing Power and Fertilizer Prices

April 13, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

How Related are Crop Insurance and Commodity Program Payments?

April 6, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

ARC vs. PLC: Their Different Policy Objectives and the Design of Commodity Programs

March 16, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

2022 Commodity Program Decision: ARC-CO – PLC Decision Indicator

February 24, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

Conservation Reserve Program’s Evolving Mission

February 17, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Krista Swanson, and Gary Schnitkey

Policy Budget for Cover Crops and the Lesson of Crop Insurance

January 27, 2022
Carl Zulauf and Gary Schnitkey

How Well Have Farmers Done in Choosing Between ARC-CO and PLC

January 26, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

2020 Commodity Program Payment Dashboard

January 13, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

US Labor Market and Labor Wage Inflation

January 6, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson, and Krista Swanson

US Interest Rates

December 23, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

US Federal Debt

December 20, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

Does December Cash Price Help Predict If ARC-CO or PLC Pays More Next Year?

December 9, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

New and Beginning Farmers

November 3, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

2021 CRP (Conservation Reserve Program) Sign Up Dashboard

October 25, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

2021 Commodity Program Enrollment Dashboard

September 30, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

An Evolving Path to Declining US Crop Acres

September 8, 2021
Carl Zulauf

US Animal and Product Production, 2018-2021

August 30, 2021
Carl Zulauf and Ben Brown

Stock-to-Use Ratios of US Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Since 1960

June 14, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson

The Evolving US Cotton Safety Net

May 13, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, and Nick Paulson

Supplemental Area Insurance and Basis Risk Measures: Part II

May 6, 2021
Juo-Han Tsay, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Supplemental Area Insurance and Basis Risk Measures: Part I

May 5, 2021
Juo-Han Tsay, Nick Paulson, and Gary Schnitkey

Case for Ad Hoc Assistance in the Presence of Commodity Programs: MFP 2018

April 29, 2021
Carl Zulauf, Nick Paulson, Gary Schnitkey, and Krista Swanson

A Farm Policy Experiment: A Differentiated Rice Commodity Program

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