Collected Publications for Farm Program Analysis and Outlook - farmdoc daily

2024 Farm Bill Dilemma, 1981 Farm Bill, and 2018 Farm Bill Price Support Adjustments

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

Effective Reference Price – Past and Future

June 29, 2022
Carl Zulauf, Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, Nick Paulson, and Jonathan Coppess

Continuous Disaster Aid Programs in U.S. Agriculture: A Policy Discussion

June 14, 2022
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

Continued Discussion of Disaster Programs in U.S. Agriculture: Interactions with Crop Insurance

June 7, 2022
Krista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Carl Zulauf, Jonathan Coppess, and Nick Paulson

The Continuation of Disaster Programs in U.S. Agriculture: Emergency Relief Program

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

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

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

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