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May 2007 Special Issue > Features
COMMODITY PROGRAMS AND POLICY
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Managing
Risk With Revenue Insurance
by Robert Dismukes and Keith H. Coble |
Revenue
insurance may do a better job of stabilizing
farm income and may protect more farms than
other risk management tools.
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Relaxing
Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions
by Edwin Young, Demcey Johnson, Barry Krissoff,
and Gary Lucier |
A
recent WTO ruling may result in the elimination
of planting restrictions on certain crops,
a long-time feature of U.S. commodity programs.
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CONSERVATION
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Environmental
Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?
by
Marc Ribaudo, Robert Johansson, and Carol
Jones
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Environmental
credit trading is a market-based approach
to complying with environmental regulations
that could achieve pollution abatement goals
at lower costs to society. |
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Emphasis
Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy
by
Roger Claassen |
To
address the negative impacts and enhance the
positive outcomes that some farming practices
can have on natural resources, policymakers
have both increased conservation program funding
and shifted its emphasis. |
FOOD AND NUTRITION
RURAL
DEVELOPMENT AND ENERGY
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Policy
Options for a Changing Rural America
by
Leslie A. Whitener and Tim Parker |
No
longer tied closely to farm policies,
rural economies in the 21st century
will be shaped demographic change, industrial
restructuring, and national economic
trends. |
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Ethanol
Reshapes the Corn Market
by
Allen Baker and Steven Zahniser
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The
expanding U.S. ethanol sector is stimulating
demand for corn, but alternatives to corn
may dampen that demand.
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