General Information
Farm-Sector Impacts
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Government
Payments and the Farm Sector: Who Benefits and How Much, ERS
Farm and Commodity Policy Briefing Room, updated periodically
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CCC
Net Outlays by Commodity and Function,
USDA Farm Services Agency, updated periodically
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Agricultural
Income and Finance, Situation and Outlook Report, annual
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Cropland Concentrating Faster Where Payments Are Higher,
Amber Waves, November 2007
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Effects of
Reducing the Income Cap on Eligibility for Farm Program Payments,
Economic Information Bulletin, September 2007
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The
Importance of Farm Program Payments to Farm Households, Amber
Waves, June 2007
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Structure and Finances of U.S. Farms: Family Farm Report, 2007 Edition,
Economic Information Bulletin, June 2007
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Relaxing
Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions, Special Issue
of Amber Waves, May 2007
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Commodity Backgrounders, Outlook
Special Reports, various issues 2005-07
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Growing Farm
Size and the Distribution of Farm Payments, Economic Brief,
March 2006
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Economic Analysis
of Base Acre and Payment Yield Designations Under the 2002 U.S.
Farm Act, Economic Research Report, September 2005
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Counter-Cyclical
Payments Under the 2002 Farm Act: Production Effects Likely to
be Limited, Choices, 3rd Quarter 2005
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How
Do Decoupled Payments Affect Resource Allocations Within the Farm
Sector?, Amber Waves, November 2004
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Marketing
Loan Rates and Acreage Responses, Choices,
4th Quarter 2003
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Report
of the Commission on the Application of Payment Limitations for
Agriculture, USDA Office of the Chief Economist, August
2003
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Farm
Payments: Decoupled Payments Increase Households' Well-Being, Not
Production, Amber Waves,
February 2003
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Analysis
of the U.S. Commodity Loan Program with Marketing Loan Provisions,
Agricultural Economic Report, April 2001
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ERS Farm
Typology for a Diverse Agricultural Sector, Agricultural
Information Bulletin, September 2000
Conservation
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Integrating
Conservation and Commodity Program Payments: A Look at the Tradeoffs, Amber Waves, November 2007
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Agricultural
Policy Affects Land Use and the Environment, Amber Waves,
September 2006
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Environmental
Effects of Agricultural Land-Use Change: The Role of Economics
and Policy, Economic Research Report, August 2006
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Agriculture
and the Environment, Special Issue of Amber
Waves, July 2006
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Agricultural
Resources and Environmental Indicators (AREI), Economic Information
Bulletin, July 2006
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Balancing
the Multiple Objectives of Conservation Programs, Economic
Research Report, May 2006
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Conservation
Program Design, Economic Briefs, March 2006
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Greening Income
Support and Supporting Green, Economic Bulletin, March 2006
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Conservation-Compatible
Practices and Programs: Who Participates?, Economic Research
Report, February 2006
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Managing Manure
to Improve Air and Water Quality, Economic Research Report,
September 2005
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Flexible Conservation
Measures on Working Land, Economic Research Report, June
2005
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The Conservation
Reserve Program: Economic Implications for Rural America,
Agricultural Economic Report, September 2004
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Environmental
Compliance in U.S. Agricultural Policy: Past Performance and Future
Potential, Agricultural Economic Report, June 2004
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Farmland
Protection: The Role of Public Preferences for Rural Amenities,
Agricultural Economic Report, November 2002
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Confined
Animal Production and Manure Nutrients, Agricultural Information
Bulletin, June 2001
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Development
at the Urban Fringe and Beyond: Impacts on Agriculture and Rural
Land, Agricultural Economic Report, June 2001
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Agri-Environmental
Policy at the Crossroads: Guideposts on a Changing Landscape,
Agricultural Economic Report, January 2001
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Economic Valuation
of Environmental Benefits and the Targeting of Conservation Programs:
The Case of the CRP, Agricultural Economic Report, May 1999
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Wetlands
and Agriculture: Private Interests and Public Benefits,
Agricultural Economic Report, September 1998
Trade
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World Trade Organization and Globalization Help Facilitate Growth in Agricultural Trade, Amber Waves, June 2008
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NAFTA at
13: Implementation Nears Completion, International Agriculture
and Trade Report, March 2007
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Global
Agriculture and the Doha Round—Market Access is the Key,
Amber Waves, September 2006
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The
World Bids Farewell to the Multifiber Arrangement, Amber
Waves, February 2006
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Recent Agricultural
Policy Reforms in North America, International Agriculture
and Trade Report, April 2005
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U.S. Agriculture
and the Free Trade Area of the Americas, Agricultural Economic
Report, March 2004
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Food
Safety and International Trade—Research Briefs, Agriculture Information
Bulletin, February 2004
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Regulatory
Barriers in International Horticultural Markets, International
Agriculture and Trade Report, January 2004
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U.S.-EU
Food and Agriculture Comparisons, International Agriculture
and Trade Report, January 2004
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Multilateralism
and Regionalism: Dual Strategies for Trade Reform, Amber
Waves, September 2003
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North American
Agricultural Market Integration and Its Impact on the Food and
Fiber System, Agriculture Information Bulletin, September
2003
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Commodity
Policies of the U.S., EU, and Japan, Agricultural
Outlook, December 2002
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Agricultural
Policy Reform in the WTO—The Road Ahead, Agricultural
Economic Report, June 2001
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An
Economic Analysis of a Food Security Reserve: Commodity vs.
Cash, American
Agricultural Economics Association Selected Paper, August
1999
Nutrition Programs
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Food Assistance Landscape,
Economic Information Bulletin, May 2008
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Food Stamps and Obesity: What Do We Know?,
Economic Information Bulletin, March 2008
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The Costs of Benefit Delivery in the Food Stamp Program: Lessons From a Cross-Program Analysis,
Contractor and Cooperator Report, March 2008
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Effect of State Food Stamp and TANF Policies on Food Stamp Program Participation,
Contractor and Cooperator Report, January 2008
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Informing
Food and Nutrition Assistance Policy: 10 Years of Research at ERS,
Miscellaneous Publication, December 2007
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Household
Food Security in the United States, 2006, Economic Research
Report, November 2007
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Food and Nutrition
Assistance Programs and Obesity: 1976-2002, Economic Research
Report, September 2007
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Can Food Stamps
Do More To Improve Food Choices? An Economic Perspective,
Economic Information Bulletin, September 2007
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Could Behavioral
Economics Help Improve Diet Quality for Nutrition Assistance Program
Participants?, Economic Research Report, June 2007
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Food
Assistance: How Strong Is the Safety Net?, Special Issue of Amber Waves, May 2007
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What Factors
Account for State-to-State Differences in Food Insecurity?,
Economic Information Bulletin, November 2006
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The MID-SIPP
Model: A Simulation Approach for Projecting Impacts of Changes
in the Food Stamp Program, Contractor and Cooperator Report,
October 2006
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Income
Volatility Complicates Food Assistance, Amber
Waves, September 2006
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Food Stamp
Program Costs and Error Rates, 1989-2001, Contractor and
Cooperator Report, January 2006
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Evaluation
of the USDA Elderly Nutrition Demonstrations: Volume I, Evaluation
Findings, Contractor and Cooperator Report, July 2005
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Understanding
Economic and Behavioral Influences on Fruit and Vegetable Choices,
Amber Waves, April 2005
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Effects
of Food Assistance and Nutrition Programs on Nutrition and Health:
Volume 4, Executive Summary of the Literature Review, Food
Assistance and Nutrition Research Report, December 2004
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Food Stamp
Program Access Study: Final Report, E-FAN, November 2004
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Understanding
the Food Stamp Benefit Formula: A Tool for Measuring the Component
Effects, Food Assistance and Nutrition Research Report, April
2001
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The Changing
Food Assistance Landscape: The Food Stamp Program in a Post-Welfare
Reform Environment, Agricultural Economic Report, March 1999
Rural Development
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Defining the "Rural" in Rural America, Amber Waves, June 2008
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Education's
Role in the Metro-Nonmetro Earnings Divide, Amber Waves, February 2008
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Policy
Options for a Changing Rural America, Special Issue of Amber
Waves, May 2007
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Population
Dynamics Are Changing the Profile of Rural Areas, Amber Waves,
April 2007
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The Creative
Class: A Key to Rural Growth, Amber
Waves, April 2007
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Rural
America at a Glance, Economic Information Bulletins, various
issues 2002-07
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Education
as a Rural Development Strategy, Amber
Waves, November 2005
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Rural
Areas Benefit from Recreation and Tourism Development, Amber
Waves, September 2005
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Farm
Programs, Natural Amenities, and Rural Development, Amber
Waves, February 2005
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Progress
and Partnerships in a Dynamic Rural America, Amber Waves,
February 2004
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Nonmetro
Poverty: Assessing the Effect of the 1990s, Amber Waves,
September 2003
Agricultural Research
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Economic Returns
to Public Agricultural Research, Economic Brief, September
2007
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Program
of Research on the Economics of Invasive Species Management, Fiscal
2003-06 Activities, Administrative Publication, July 2007
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Farmers
Balance Off-Farm Work and Technology Adoption, Amber Waves,
February 2007
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Knowledge
Resources and Productivity, AREI Chapter 3, July 2006
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Public
Information Creates Value, Amber
Waves, April 2006
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The First
Decade of Genetically Engineered Crops in the United States,
Economic Information Bulletin, April 2006
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The Value
of Plant Disease Early-Warning Systems: A Case Study of USDA's
Soybean Rust Coordinated Framework, Economic Research Report,
April 2006
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Government
Patenting and Technology Transfer, Economic Research Report,
March 2006
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Crop Genetic
Resources: An Economic Appraisal, Economic Information Bulletin,
May 2005
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Have
Seed Industry Changes Affected Research Effort?, Amber Waves,
February 2004
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Consumers
and the Future of Biotech Foods in the United States, Amber
Waves, November 2003
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Methyl
Bromide Phaseout Proceeds: Users Request Exemptions, Amber
Waves, April 2003
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Economic
Issues in Agricultural Biotechnology, Agricultural Information
Bulletin, March 2001
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Economic
Implications of the Methyl Bromide Phaseout, Agricultural
Information Bulletin, February 2000
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Agricultural
Research and Development: Public and Private Investments Under
Alternative Markets and Institutions, Agricultural Economic
Report, May 1996
Energy
Horticulture and
Organic Agriculture
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The U.S. Organic
Handling Sector in 2004: Baseline Findings of the Nationwide Survey
of Organic Manufacturers, Processors, and Distributors, Economic
Information Bulletin, May 2008
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Data Track the Expansion of International and U.S. Organic Farming, Amber Waves, September 2007
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Relaxing
Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions, Special Issue
of Amber Waves, May 2007
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Retail
and Consumer Aspects of the Organic Milk Market, Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook special article, May
2007
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Organic
Poultry and Eggs Capture High Price Premiums and Growing Share
of Specialty Markets, Livestock,
Dairy, and Poultry Outlook special article, December
2006
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Fruit and Vegetable
Backgrounder, Vegetables
and Melons Outlook special
article, April 2006
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EU
and U.S. Organic Markets Face Strong Demand Under Different Policies,
Amber Waves, February 2006
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Price
Premiums Hold on as U.S. Organic Produce Market Expands,
Vegetables and Melons Outlook special article, May 2005
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Understanding
Fruit and Vegetable Choices: Economic and Behavioral Influences,
Agriculture Information Bulletin, October 2004
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Organic
Produce, Price Premiums, and Eco-Labeling in U.S. Farmers' Markets,
Vegetables and Melons Outlook special article, April 2004
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U.S. Organic
Farming in 2000-2001: Adoption of Certified Systems, Agriculture
Information Bulletin, April 2003
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Recent Growth
Patterns in the U.S. Organic Foods Market, Agriculture Information
Bulletin, September 2002
Livestock Competition
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Agricultural
Contracting Update, 2005, Economic Information Bulletin, April 2008
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Technology,
Larger Farm Size Increased Productivity on U.S. Hog Farms,
Amber Waves, April 2008
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Low
Costs Drive Production to Large Dairy Farms, Amber Waves, September
2007
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U.S. Consumers Had Short-Term Response to First BSE Announcements, Amber Waves, September
2007
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Agricultural
Contracting Update: Contracts in 2003, Economic Information
Bulletin, January 2006
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U.S. Dairy at a New Crossroads in a Global Setting, Amber Waves, November 2005
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Did the Mandatory
Requirement Aid the Market? Impact of the Livestock Mandatory
Reporting Act, Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook special
article, September 2005
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Structural
Change in the Meat, Poultry, Dairy, and Grain Processing Industries,
Economic Research Report, April 2005
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Contracts,
Markets, and Prices: Organizing the Production and Use of Agricultural
Commodities, Agricultural
Economic Report, November 2004
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Food
Traceability: One Ingredient in a Safe and Efficient Food Supply,
Amber Waves, April 2004
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Country-of-Origin
Labeling: Theory and Observation, International Agriculture
and Trade Report, January 2004
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Economics
of Food Labeling, Agricultural Economic Report, January 2001
Risk Management
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Managing
Risk With Revenue Insurance, Special Issue of Amber Waves, May 2007
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Whole-Farm
Approaches to a Safety Net, Economic Information Bulletin,
June 2006
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Agricultural
Contracting: Trading Autonomy for Risk Reduction, Amber Waves,
February 2006
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Why
Hasn't Crop Insurance Eliminated Disaster Assistance?, Amber
Waves, June 2005
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Contracts,
Markets, and Prices: Organizing the Production and Use of Agricultural
Commodities, Agricultural Economic Report, November 2004
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Risk, Government
Programs, and the Environment, Technical Bulletin, March
2004
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