Agricultural Policy Archive

• Do You Have An Agricultural Program Targeted By The White House For Cutting?
• USDA Proposes To Close 259 Offices, Including 31 Cornbelt FSA Offices
• Will Food Production Keep Up With Demand?
• The Development of GT Bluegrass Is Not A Benefit to Agriculture
• Farming The Overlap Of ACRE, SURE, And Crop Insurance
• Buckle Your Seat Belt For A Jolt Of Farm Policy This Week
• Farm Bill Proposals:  Compare The Pluses And Minuses
• A Novel Plan to Help Agriculture, Reduce The Deficit, And Boost The Economy
• Agricultural Exports:  Helping The US Economy And Reducing Unemployment
• Would You Like To See A Return To The Farmer-Owned Reserve?
• Farm Bill Proposals:  How Do They Compare?
• Farm Program Proposals:  Which One Will You Endorse?
• If The Safety Net Survives Budget Cuts, How Should ACRE Be Revised?
• The White House Proposes $13.3 Billion In Cuts To The Farm Safety Net
• ACRE Version 2.0:  What Changes Will Have To Be Included?
• Agriculture Spending And The Debt Ceiling Negotiations
• Boost Ag Research Funding Or Else (Its Not Pretty)
• What Is Driving The Price Of Commodities And the Price Of Food?
• The Latest Ethanol Compromise:  Who won?  Who lost?
• Direct Payments:  What Happens If They Disappear?
• Senate Votes Down Ethanol: Is It The End Of The Line?
• Where Do You Stand On The Issue Of Climate Change?
• When Will USDA Begin Helping Flooded Missouri Farmers In Earnest?
• Farmland Versus The River And The Rest Of The World
• Ethanol Subsidies:  To What Extent Do They Influence Corn Prices And Food Prices?
• Farm Bill 2012:  What Will The Safety Net Look Like?
• 2012 Farm Bill:  Are You Ready To Loosen Your Grip On Direct Payments?
• The USDA Budget:  What Does It Propose And Not Propose?
• How Would You Re-prioritize The USDA Budget?  Would Taxpayers Agree?
• Farm bill dynamics the next time around
• Impact of federal energy policy on agriculture
• If A Cellulosic Ethanol Plant Were Built Nearby, What Would It Bid For Your Cornstalks?
• Pork Prices? Corn Prices? Where Is The Equilibrium?
• Trends Facing Small Commercial Farms
• ACRE:  What Spurred The Decision To Sign Up Or Not?
• What Is The Rationale For Seed Prices?
• Will 2011 Be Profitable For Your Farm Operation?
• Cattle Prices:  Forward, Reverse, or Neutral?
• August 1 Crop Report:  The Numbers Are Higher
• August 1 Crop Estimates Will Be Released Thursday Morning
• Family Farms:  Using Production Contracts To Manage Risk
• Have You Thought About A New Farm Safety Net?
• Land Values and Cash Rents:  Going Up, While Other Costs Decline
• If Voters Want To Control Livestock Production, Are They Willing To Pay The Freight?
• Is There a Nasty Surprise in Your Soybeans?
• The Family Farm:  Alive, Profitable, and Dominating Agriculture.
• How Is Your Soybean Yield Being Estimated?
• With Higher Ethanol Blends, What Happens To Corn Acreage And Exports?
• What Federal Support, If Any, Will Ethanol Get Next Year?
• Cap And Trade:  A Difference Of Opinion About Benefits To Agriculture.
• Tracking Livestock:  How Much Of A Discount Or Penaltry Would Void Your Opposition?
• If The Ethanol Blend Rate Is Raised, What Does That Do to Feed Supplies And Corn Exports?
• Roundup Ready Alfalfa:  No Longer A Banned Biotech Product
• What Would Ethanol Policy Look Like If It Were Actually Planned To Be Economically Beneficial?
• What If The Roles Were Reversed On The 1972 Russian Wheat Deal?
• Will Federal Policies Be Required For Ethanol Viability?
• How Will CRP Fare In A Period Of Higher Cash Rent And Higher Commodity Prices?
• Buckle Your Seat Belt:  New Farm Program Proposals Are Getting Aired.
• If EPA Does Not Increase The Ethanol Blending Rate, Can The Industry Survive?
• Ethanol:  A New Study Indicates Its Environmental Score Is Better
• Hear Ye, Hear Ye.  Judging Biotechnology
• Will Corn Prices Follow Energy Policies Or Commodity Policies?
• Cap And Trade:  Controversy With Potential Revenue
• Which Is More Beneficial To You:  Farm Policy Or Ethanol Policy?
• Is There An “Oooops” In US Ethanol Policy?
• If We Have A Short Corn Crop, What Happens To Consumption And Biofuels Policies?
• USDA’s New Budget Proposal:  What Is Increased And What Is Decreased?
• What Comes Around, Goes Around?
• ACRE:  We Know Why You Did Not Sign Up!
• Ethanol’s Blend Wall:  An Initiative With Many Issues
• Will You Benefit From Climate Change Legislation?
• What Is The Health Of The Crop Insurance Industry?
• Cap And Trade:  How Likely Will You Get Compensated For Sequestering Carbon?
• Small Farms?  Who Said They Were Going Out Of Business?
• Perspectives On The Future Of Ethanol.
• What Does The Brazilian Rain Forest Have To Do With US Ethanol Policy?
• How Should Congress Respond To The Cost-Price Squeeze In Agriculture?
• Crop Insurance and CRP.  Distant Cousins That Have An Intriguing Relationship.
• US Farmers Are Feeding The World, But Why Does Hunger Remain?
• How Will You Be Impacted If A Carbon Tax Is Imposed To Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions?
• Climate Change:  Profit Or Problem?
• Climate Change And Carbon Credits:  Sorting Out The Confusion.
• If Federal Ethanol Policy Is Threatened, How Serious Would It Be?
• USDA Wrong? Never! (Pause) Oh, Really!
• The Latest Challenge To Biofuels Would Seem To Be Easily Overcome, But It May Not Be!
• Does The Public Get Its Money’s Worth From Crop Insurance Subsidies?
• Farm Program Payments, Payment Limits, And Crop Insurance Subsidies?  Will They Drop?
• ACRE May Be A Farm Program, But It Is Also An Ag Policy Experiment.
• What Should US Obligations Be Toward Global Agriculture?
• Increased Biofuel Production Will Come With Extra Baggage
• Can The Ethanol Industry Be Sustained At Current Corn And Oil Prices?
• Where Does Agriculture Stand In The Economic Stimulus Package?
• Will The Brazilian Ethanol Machine Challenge US Renewable Fuels Policies?
• What Is Your Comfort Level With Regulation Of Agricultural Markets?
• Ethanol:  Will It Always Be In Demand Or Will It Ever Be A Surplus Commodity?
• What Is The Value Of All Those State Ethanol Mandates And Tax Incentives?
• Food Prices: What, Why, and Where
• You Need To Watch USDA’s Rulemaking Process For The ACRE Program.
• Conservation Programs Will Be Changing, And New Rules Are Coming.
• Agriculture Needs To Look Far Enough To See Tomorrow.

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