Collected Publications for Gardner Policy Series

A View of the Farm Bill Through Policy Design, Part 1: EQIP

Are Crop Insurance Net Indemnities and Commodity Program Payments Countercyclical?

Perspectives, Preferences, & Priorities for Farm Payments: Results from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey

Farm Payments by Programs other than Commodity Programs and Crop Insurance: Third Pillar of the US Farm Safety Net

Perspectives on Farmers and Farming from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey

Is Loss Ratio a Sufficient Measure of Crop Insurance Performance?

The Debt Ceiling: Reviewing Federal Budget Data

The Farm Bill in the CBO World: An Illustration Eliminating the Price Escalator to Address Statutory Reference Price Inequality

Promoting Sustainable Agricultural Production in the Next Farm Bill: Is There Any Common Ground?

One Year of Perspectives from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey

A Deeper Dive into the February 2023 CBO Baseline: Title I Commodities Programs

A View of the 2023 Farm Bill from the CBO Baseline

2023 ARC-CO vs. PLC Program Decision Indicator

A View of the 2023 Farm Bill at the Starting Line in the House

A View of the 2023 Farm Bill at the Starting Line in the Senate

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

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