Collected Publications for Agricultural Policy

Reviewing the Recent Government Accountability Office Report on MFP 2019

Introducing the Cover Crop Decision Support Tool

The Rule of Law vs. the Rule of Power: a Reflection

A Farm Policy Dilemma: Base Acres, Planted Acres, and Ad Hoc Payments

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program, Part 2

The Distribution of CFAP Payments across Commodities and States

Trade and COVID-19 Ad Hoc Payments by Commodity

Food Waste and Covid-19: Impacts along the Supply Chain

CFAP Payments to Date and Possible Future Ad Hoc Farm Payments

Reviewing USDA Revisions to the Payment Limitation and Eligibility Rules

Revenue Loss Coverage and Other Farm Safety Net Proposals in an Era of High Ad Hoc Payments

Production Controls & Set Aside Acreage Discussion, Part IV: Reviewing PIK Policies

Ad Hoc Payments: A Leading Indicator of Farm Policy Change

The Food-Energy-Water Nexus and Emerging Agricultural Technologies

The US Safety Net, Crop Profitability, and a Floor on Cost of Production

World Market Conditions Suggest Set-Asides Not an Effective Farm Policy for Corn and Soybeans

Soybeans and PLC: Example of the Need for Better Equity among Program Crops

Land Retirement – Part II: US Role in World Crop Markets and Effectiveness of Retiring US Land

Production Controls & Set Aside Acres, Part 1: Reviewing History

Tradeoff between Short-Term and Long-Term Risk Management Tools: New Study Shows that Crop Insurance May Hinder Agricultural Innovations in Drought-Tolerant Technologies

ARC-CO and PLC Payment per Base Acre – 2014 Farm Bill

MFP and CFAP Payments, Corn and Soybean Uses, and Future Farm Profitability

CFAP Applications for Livestock and Dairy

Trying to Reason with History and Policy in a Time of Crisis

Making CFAP Applications for Grain Farms

Contemporaneous Perspective on US Federal Debt

Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) Rules Announced

Climate Change & Agricultural Impacts in Illinois

Would Commodity Title Choices Change Given COVID-19?

Corn and Soybeans, COVID-19, and the US Farm Safety Net

2019 Commodity Title Payments – Updates for Corn and Soybeans with Lower MYA Prices

Farm Program Update: ARC/PLC Enrollment

Payments or Purchases: Questions for USDA on Priorities in a Pandemic

WHIP+: Farm Aid for Losses Due to Natural Disasters

Revised 2019 ARC and PLC Payments Due to Lower 2019 Market Year Average Prices

US Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat in World Perspective: Importance of the US Cropped Acre Constraint

Acres & Crisis: Prospective Plantings and Perspectives from the Past

Reviewing USDA Funding in the CARES Act

Case Study: Farm Program Value Over Two Years

The Conservation Question, Part 8: Interregnum and Acres

Adjusting NASS County Yields to Estimate 2019 ARC-CO Payments

2019 ARC-CO Payment Estimates for Corn and Soybeans Based on NASS County Yields

The Conservation Question, Part 7: Losing the Soil Bank

Multi-farm ARC-IC Tool and Other ARC-IC Information

Obligatory Annual Budget Detour

An Alternative Look at the 2019-2020 Farm Program Decision

Strategies for Using ARC-IC

In Memoriam: Dr. Robert G.F. Spitze and the Legacy of a Farm Policy Expert

ARC-IC: Payment Examples and Revised 2019 ARC-IC Payment Calculator

Historical Look at SCO (Supplemental Coverage Option) Participation

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