Readings
Related Amber Waves Articles
Background and
Issues
Sector Analyses
Program Analyses
Trade Issues and
Agreements
Program Provisions and Farm Policy History
For links to additional publications, see the Farm and Commodity Policy Analysis 
chapter in the 1996-2007
version of this briefing room (page 80 of PDF).
Background and Issues
Framing the Issues
- 2008 Farm Act: Where Will the Money Go?,
Amber Waves, November 2008
-
Market Failures: When the Invisible Hand Gets
Shaky, Amber Waves, November 2008
- Cropland Concentrating Faster Where Payments Are
Higher, Amber Waves, November 2007
- Commodity
Payments, Farm Business Survival, and Farm Size Growth,
Economic Research Report, November 2007
- The Importance of Farm Program Payments to Farm
Households, Amber Waves, June 2007
- The
20th Century Transformation of U.S. Agriculture and Farm
Policy, Economic Information Bulletin, June 2005
- Milestones in U.S. Farming and
Farm Policy, Amber Waves data feature, June 2005
Understanding the Sector
- An Illustrated
Guide to Research Findings from USDA's Economic Research
Service, Economic Information Bulletin, April
2009
- Exploring
Alternative Farm Definitions: Implications for Agricultural
Statistics and Program Eligibility, Economic Information
Bulletin, March 2009
- Million-Dollar
Farms in the New Century, Economic Information
Bulletin, December 2008
- The Importance of Farm Program Payments to Farm
Households, Amber Waves, June 2007
- Structure and
Finances of U.S. Farms: Family Farm Report 2007 Edition,
Economic Information Bulletin, June 2007, and companion
brochure, which summarizes the report's findings
- Growing Farm Size and the Distribution of Farm
Payments, Economic Brief, March 2006
- The World Bids Farewell to the Multifiber
Arrangement, Amber Waves, February 2006
- Growing Farm Size and the Distribution of
Commodity Program Payments, Amber Waves data feature,
February 2005
Sector Analyses
Aggregate Program
Analyses
- Alternatives to a State-Based ACRE Program:
Expected Payments Under a National, Crop District, or County
Base, Economic Research Report, September 2011
- Grassland to Cropland Conversion in the
Northern Plains: The Role of Crop Insurance, Commodity, and
Disaster Programs, Economic Research Report, June
2011
- Policy Reform in
the Tobacco Industry: Producers Adapt to a Changing Market,
Economic Information Bulletin, May 2011
- Fruit and
Vegetable Planting Restrictions: Analyzing the Processing Cucumber
Market, Special Outlook Report, February 2011
- Factors
Influencing ACRE Program Enrollment, Economic Research
Report, December 2009
- The 2002 Farm Act:
Provisions and Implications for Commodity Markets,
Agricultural Information Bulletin, November 2002
- Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting
Restrictions, Amber Waves, February 2007
- Eliminating Fruit and Vegetable Planting
Restrictions: How Would Markets be Affected?, Economic
Research Report, November 2006
- Economic Analysis of Base Acre and Payment Yield
Designations Under the 2002 U.S. Farm Act, Economic
Research Report, September 2005
- Cropland Concentrating Faster Where Payments Are
Higher, Amber Waves, November 2007
- Commodity
Payments, Farm Business Survival, and Farm Size Growth,
Economic Research Report, November 2007
- Integrating Conservation and Commodity Program
Payments: A Look at the Tradeoffs, Amber Waves,
November 2007
- Integrating Commodity and Conservation Programs:
Design Options and Outcomes,
Economic Research Report, October 2007
- Greening Income Support and Supporting Green,
Economic Information Bulletin, March 2006
- Decoupled Payments: Household Income Transfers in
Contemporary U.S. Agriculture, Agricultural Economic
Report, February 2003
- Decoupled Payments in a Changing Policy
Setting, Agricultural Economic
Report, October 2004
-
Country-of-Origin Labeling: Theory and
Observation, Special Outlook Report, January 2004
Program Effects on Acreage
and Price Response
- Factors
Influencing ACRE Program Enrollment, Economic Research
Report, December 2009
- Economic
Aspects of Revenue-Based Commodity Support, Economic
Research Report, April 2009
- New Market Realities Affect Crop Program
Choices, Amber Waves, November 2008
- Effects of
Marketing Loans on U.S. Dry Peas and Lentils: Supply Response and
World Trade, Economic Research Report, May 2008
- Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting
Restrictions, Amber Waves, February 2007
- Eliminating Fruit and Vegetable Planting
Restrictions: How Would Markets be Affected? Economic
Research Report, November 2006
- Michigan: A State at the Intersection of the Debate Over Full
Planting Flexibility, Contractor and Cooperator Report,
February 2007
- Ethanol
Expansion in the United States: How Will the Agricultural Sector
Adjust?, Special Outlook Report, May 2007
- U.S.
Ethanol Expansion Driving Changes Throughout the Agricultural
Sector, Amber Waves, September 2007, see related narrated slideshow for
an overview
- Economic Analysis of Base Acre and Payment Yield
Designations Under the 2002 U.S. Farm Act, Economic
Research Report, September 2005
- Farm Program
Atlas, data mapping tool, updated annually
- Integrating Conservation and Commodity Program
Payments: A Look at the Tradeoffs, Amber Waves,
November 2007
- Integrating
Commodity and Conservation Programs: Design Options and
Outcomes, Economic Research Report, November 2007
- "Supply Response under Risk: Implications for Counter-Cyclical
Payments' Production Impact," Review of Agricultural
Economics, Vol. 29, No. 1, Spring 2007
- Valuing
Counter-Cyclical Payments: Implications for Producer Risk
Management and Program Administration, Economic Research
Report, February 2007
- Counter-Cyclical Payments Under the 2002 Farm Act:
Production Effects Likely to be Limited, Choices, 3rd
quarter 2005
- Marketing Loan Rates and Acreage Responses,
Choices, 4th quarter 2003
- Forecasting the Counter-Cyclical Payment Rate for
U.S. Corn: An Application of the Futures Price Forecasting
Model, Special Outlook Report, January 2005
- U.S. Cotton Supply Response Under the 2002 Farm
Act, Agricultural Outlook Forum presentation, February
2003
- Supply Response Under the 1996 Farm Act and
Implications for the US Field Crops Sector, Technical
Bulletin, October 2000
- Price Determination for Corn and Wheat: The Role
of Market Factors and Government Programs, Technical
Bulletin, August 1999
Program Analyses
Commodity Loan
Programs
Crop Yield and Revenue
Insurance
- Alternatives to
a State-Based ACRE Program: Expected Payments Under a National,
Crop District, or County Base, Economic Research
Report, September 2011
- Factors
Influencing ACRE Program Enrollment, Economic Research
Report, December 2009
- New Market Realities Affect Crop Program
Choices, Amber Waves, November 2008
-
Managing Risk With Revenue Insurance,
Amber Waves, May 2007
-
Why Hasn't Crop Insurance Eliminated Disaster
Assistance?, Amber Waves, June 2005
- Whole-Farm Approaches to a Safety Net,
Economic Information Bulletin, June 2006
- Production and Price Impacts of U.S. Crop
Insurance Programs, American Journal of
Agricultural Economics, Vol. 83, No. 5, 2001, pp.
1196-1203.
- Risk, Government Programs, and the
Environment, Technical Bulletin, March 2004
Tax Policy
Dairy
Peanuts
- Removal of Government Controls Opens Peanut and
Tobacco Sectors to Market Forces, Amber Waves,
December 2009
- The Post-Buyout
Experience: Peanut and Tobacco Sectors Adapt to Policy Reform,
Economic Information Bulletin, November 2009
- Peanut Backgrounder, Special Outlook
Report, October 2005
- U.S. Peanut Sector Adapts to Major Policy
Changes, Amber Waves, November 2004
- Peanut Policy Change and Adjustment Under the 2002
Farm Act, Special Outlook Report, July 2004
Specialty
Crops
Sugar
Tobacco
Trade Issues and Agreements
- World Trade Organization and Globalization Help
Facilitate Growth in Agricultural Trade, June 2008
- Global Agriculture and the Doha Round: Market
Access Is the Key, Amber Waves, September 2006
- Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting
Restrictions, Amber Waves, February 2007
- Eliminating Fruit and Vegetable Planting
Restrictions: How Would Markets be Affected? Economic
Research Report, November 2006
- Michigan: A State at the Intersection of the Debate Over Full
Planting Flexibility, Contractor and Cooperator Report,
February 2007
- The World Bids Farewell to the Multifiber
Arrangement, Amber Waves, February 2006
- NAFTA at 13: Implementation Nears Completion,
Special Outlook Report, March 2007
- Fifty Years of U.S. Food Aid and Its Role in
Reducing World Hunger, Amber Waves, November 2004
- Recent Agricultural Policy Reforms in North
America, Special Outlook Report, April 2005
- U.S.-EU Food and Agriculture Comparisons,
Special Outlook Report, January 2004
- Commodity Policies of the U.S., EU, and Japan,
Agricultural Outlook, December
2002
- Agricultural Policy Reform in the WTO-The Road
Ahead, Agricultural Economics Report, June 2001
Program Provisions
and Farm Policy History
Historical
Overviews
- The 20th Century Transformation of U.S.
Agriculture and Farm Policy,
Economic Information Bulletin, June 2005
- Milestones in U.S. Farming and Farm Policy,
Amber Waves data feature, June 2005
- U.S. Farm Policy: The First 200
Years, Agricultural
Outlook, March 2000
- Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the
New Century, Miscellaneous USDA report, September 2001
- A Short History of U.S. Agricultural Trade
Negotiations, Staff Report, August
1989
- Program Provisions for Program Crops: A Database
for 1961-90, Staff Report, March
1990
- Program Provisions for Rye, Dry Edible Beans, Oil
Crops, Tobacco, Sugar, Honey, Wool, Mohair, Gum Naval Stores, and
Dairy Products: A Database for 1961-90,
Staff Report, June 1991
- History of Agricultural Price-Support and
Adjustment Programs, 1933-84: Background for 1985 Farm
Legislation, Agriculture Information
Bulletin, December 1984
- Possible Economic Consequences of Reverting to
Permanent Legislation or Eliminating Price and Income
Supports, Agricultural Economics
Report, January 1985
- The Effects of Failure to Enact a New Farm Bill:
Permanent Law Support For Commodities and Lapse of Other USDA
Programs, Miscellaneous USDA report, March 2008
- An Initial Assessment of the Payment-in-Kind
Program, Miscellaneous USDA report,
April 1983
2008 Farm
Act
- Commodity Backgrounders, Special Outlook
Reports, 2005-07
-
2002 Farm
Act
1996 Farm
Act
1990 Farm
Act
1985 Farm
Act
1981 Farm
Act
1977 Farm
Act
Links
U.S.
House of Representatives Committee on Agriculture. Farm
legislation and legislative proposals.
U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition,
and Forestry. Farm legislation and legislative proposals.
University of Arkansas, National
Agricultural Law Center.
- Farm Bills. Full text and resources for all
U.S. farm bills from 1933 to the present.