Collected Publications for Agricultural Policy

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

Considering Congress, Part 1: Introduction

PLC and ARC Payment: 2021 Payments and Outlook for 2022 and 2023

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

A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Economic Perspectives on Title I Commodities

Tracking Corn and Soybean Prevent Plant in 2022, Part II

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

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

Introducing the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey

Reviewing the Latest CBO Farm Bill Baseline

Wet, Cold, & Gloomy: Comparing Early Spring 2022

Tracking Corn and Soybean Prevent Plant in 2022

Prevent Plant Policy Options

Price Later Contracts and the Illinois Grain Code: An Update from the Court’s Decision in Miller v. Department of Agriculture

Administration Efforts to Incentivize Production due to Ukraine-Russia Conflict

On Agriculture & Antitrust: A Brief Summary of Legislative History

Prevent Plant and 2022 Acres: A Looming Issue

US Agriculture’s Strategic Question

Commemorating Earth Day with a Little Legislative History

Monopoly Pricing Power and Fertilizer Prices

Another Curious Case for the Supreme Court; A Test for Textualism

How Related are Crop Insurance and Commodity Program Payments?

Reviewing the President’s Budget for Agriculture, Fiscal Year 2023

Mapping the Farm Bill: Reviewing the CRP; Law, Land & History

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