Collected Publications for Agricultural Policy

Growing Season Crop Losses since 1978 on the Same Illinois and Kansas Farms

Now That It’s 2016, Let’s Compare 2014 Farm Bill Programs to the 2008 Farm Bill

Use of the SCO and STAX Insurance Programs in 2015

Vigorous Weeds and Lethargic Regulations: A Wicked Problem for Farmers

Increasing Crop Insurance Coverage Levels: An Assessment

Are National Yield Declines Associated with Revenue Declines for U.S. Crops Over the Crop Insurance Coverage Period?

Dead Zones & Drinking Water: an Update on the DMWW Lawsuit

2015 Estimated ARC-CO Payments

2016 1st Quarter RIN Update

Crop Insurance Premium Subsidy Rates: A Proposed Objective Metric Based on Systemic Risk

The Farm Safety Net: The Good and Not So Good

Why Crop Insurance Has Become an Issue

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 5: Farm Bill Conservation Policy

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 4: the Des Moines Water Works Lawsuit

Cost of the 2014 Farm Bill Commodity Programs

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 3: the Illinois Nutrient Loss Reduction Strategy

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 2: Why Tile Matters

2015 and 2016 ARC-CO Payment Estimates using the ARC-CO PLC Payment Estimator

Dead Zones & Drinking Water, Part 1: RCPP and Review

2015 ARC-CO Payment Estimates for Corn and Soybeans

Following-up on RFS Questions

Cottonseed and U.S. Oilseed Farm Program Issues

Questioning the Final RFS Rule, Part 3: Reasonableness of the Interpretation

Questioning the Final RFS Rule, Part 2: the Meaning of the Word ‘Supply’

Questioning the Final RFS Rule, Part 1: the Rule and a Review

IFES 2015: Dead Zones & Drinking Water: Farming’s Nutrient Loss Challenge

Reducing ARC-CO and Crop Insurance Overlap: A Proposal

Understanding ARC-CO as a Shallow Loss Program

Understanding ARC-CO as a Multiple Year Loss Assistance Program

FSA Yields Used in Computing ARC-CO Payments Compared to NASS Yields

Understanding ARC-CO: Transition Assistance vs. Support Assistance

Estimates of 2015 ARC-CO Payments

2014 ARC-CO Payments: Release of 2014 County Yields

FDA’s New Rule for Preventive Controls for Human Foods

ARC-CO and PLC Payment Indicators for 2015 Crop Year, October WASDE

ACRE Potential Payments in Historical Perspective

Historical Perspective on the 2014 Farm Bill’s Farm Program Choice

FDA Revises Definition of “Farm”

Sequestration and Farm Program Payments

Variation in ARC-CO Payment per Program Base Acre by County

2014 Farm Bill Commodity Program Survey

Updated Expected Price Distributions for Corn and Soybeans in 2015

Regional Dimensions to the ARC/PLC Decision: Signup by Program Crop

2014 Farm Bill and 2015 WTO Doha Round Negotiations

Estimated National 2014 ARC-CO and PLC Payments

U. S. Crop Insurance Fiscal Costs and WTO Notifications under Current Rules

U.S. Crop Insurance Since 1996

2014 Farm Bill Crop Program Election, Part II

Perspectives on Commodity Program Choices Under the 2014 Farm Bill

EPA Doubles Down on Questionable Reading of the RFS Statute

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