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RMA periodically contracts for outside studies on a variety of issues. Single copies of the following contracted studies are available to domestic addresses on a limited basis. To obtain a copy, please email teresa.ballard@rma.usda.gov. Include your name, address, and title of the study in your email.

• Review of County Yield Trending Procedures and Related Topics. Keith H. Coble, Ardian Harri, John D. Anderson, Alan P. Ker and Barry J. Goodwin. Feb 2008.

Crop Insurance

• An Independent Actuarial Review of Quality Adjustment.
• Actuarial Documentation of Multiple Peril Crop Insurance Ratemaking Procedures. PDF. ©2000 Milliman & Robertson, Inc./Distributed with permission.
• 2000 Revenue Crop Insurance Plans.

Education/Training

• Train-the-Trainer Handbook. HTML.

Irrigation/Water Issues

• Irrigation and Prevented Planting.

Marketing

• Optimal Grain Marketing: Balancing Risks and Revenue. National Grain & Feed Association.

Program Integrity/Compliance

• Risk Management Agency Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: January-December 2004. Dec 2007.
• Risk Management Agency Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: January-December 2003. Jan 2006.
• Risk Management Agency: Preventing Fraud. Protecting Farms. Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: January-December 2002. Nov 2004.
• Risk Management Agency Program Compliance and Integrity Annual Report to Congress: June 2000-December 2001. Sep 2002.
• 4-RM FSA RMA Handbook: FCIC Program Integrity. HTML index.

Risk Management

• Building a Risk Management Plan: Risk Reducing Ideas That Work. Aug 1998. MP-36. PDF version.
• Introduction to Risk Management.
Dec 1997. MP-35. PDF version.
• Introducción al Manejo de Riesgos (Introduction to Risk Management). Jun 1999.
• Risk Management and the Crop Insurance Program. Apr 2004.
• Crop Producer Risk Management Survey: A Preliminary Summary of Selected Data. Mississippi State University.

Specialty Crops

• Report on Specialty Crop Insurance. May 2004.
• 2002 Report to Congress: New and Specialty Crops.
  Dec 2002.
• 2001 Report to Congress: New and Specialty Crops. Mar 2002. Executive Summary.
• 1999 Report to Congress: New and Specialty Crops. Jan 2000. Executive Summary. | Tables | Charts.

• Crop Insurance for Nurseries.
• Crop Insurance Options for Vegetable Growers.
• Crop Insurance Works for Organic Producers.
• Getting Acreage Reporting Right.
• Good Farming Practices Protect Your Investment in Crop Insurance.
• How to File a Crop Insurance Claim.
• Risk Management Checklist.
• Risk Management Glossary.
• Strengths, Weaknesses, Oppportunities, and Threats Analysis.
• What to Expect from Your Crop Insurance Agent.

For more information, contact Shirley Pugh.