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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, Amber Waves, 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
- Food and Agricultural Policy: Taking Stock for the New Century, Miscellaneous USDA Report, September 2001
Sector Analyses
Aggregate Program Analyses
- 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
- 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 Acres, 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 and Revenue Insurance
- 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
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
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