Collected Publications for Gardner Policy Series

Returning to Troubled Waters, Part 3: A Detour Back to Congress

US Price Inflation – Indexing and Summary

Considering Congress, Part 5: An Initial Critique of the Design

US Price Inflation – Focus on Farm Prices

How Us Consumers Say They’re Coping With Rising Food Prices: Results From the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey

US Price Inflation – Focus on Producer Prices

Considering Congress, Part 4: The Double Majority

US Price Inflation – Focus on Labor’s Role

Considering Congress, Part 3: A “Republican Remedy” to the Mortal Disease

‘Tis the Season for Omnibus: A Brief Review of the Agricultural Provisions

China and the World’s Increasing Need for Cropland

Mulling over Margin, Part 5: An Inherent Problem with Margin Protection Programs

US Crop Safety Net Policy since 1975 as a Margin Safety Net

Inflation and the 2022 Midterms: Results from the Gardner Agricultural and Food Policy Survey

Inflation on Holiday Menus: How US Consumers Are Responding to Rising Food Prices This Holiday Season, Gardner Survey Panel 3, Part 2

Rising Food Prices Stress US Consumers, but Views of Food System Hold Steady: Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey, Third Quarter Results

US Feed Grain, Oilseed, and Food Grain Land since 1980

Returning to Troubled Waters, Part 2: The Supreme Court’s Path Begins

The World’s Increasing Need for Cropped Land

Considering Congress, Part 2: The Mortal Disease of Self-Government

In Memoriam: Douglas D. Sims (1946-2022)

Mulling over Margin, Part 4: Lessons from Canada’s Whole-farm Margin Protection Program

Considering Congress, Part 1: Introduction

The Supreme Court Returns to Troubled Waters, Part 1: A Congressional Perspective

Update on US Interest Rates and Inflation

Mulling Over Margin, Part 3: Chasing the Cost of Production Across Regions

Climate Change and the Farm Bill: A Brief History

2014 Farm Bill Voluntary Base Acre Reallocation: Cost Assessment

Mulling Over Margin, Part 2: the “Elusive” Cost of Production

The Case for a New Crop Insurance Product: Yield Protection with Harvest Price Option

Mulling Over Margin, Part 1: Introduction and Historical Background

Decomposing Crop Revenue Insurance Indemnities into Type of Loss Covered

Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey: 2nd Quarter, How to Encourage Sustainable Food Production

Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey: 2nd Quarter, Views on Inflation

Allowing New Base Acres for Current Program Commodities: An Assessment

Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey: 2nd Quarter, Impact of Inflation

Planting Flexibility and Current US Crop Acres

Reviewing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, Part 3: The Bigger Picture

Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey: 2nd Quarter, Initial Results

Reviewing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; Part 2

Reviewing the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022; Part 1

Corn and Soybean Prevent Plant and the Dakotas

Major Questions: The Supreme Court and the Decline of Textualism

How Americans Acquired Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic: 2020-2022

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

Effective Reference Price – Past and Future

Public Perception of USDA Spending: Gardner Survey Results, Part 4

Public Perception of Government Support for Farmers: Gardner Survey Results, Part 3

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

Climate Change & the Food System: Gardner Survey Results, Part 2

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