The Next Farm Bill Needs to Address Economic Realities

FarmDoc Continues to Sow Regional Discord

Surviving the Farm Economy Downturn: 2026 Update

The Expanding Access to Risk Protection (EARP) Rule Reduces Farmer Flexibility in Production Risk Management by Eliminating Prevented Planting Buy-up Coverage

Crop and Livestock Income Protection (CLIP) Basics for Spring Crop Producers

The Ag Technology Treadmill is About as Fun as the One at the Gym

Expanding Domestic Demand for Agriculture

2026 LRP Participation Given the Expectation of Sustained Cattle Prices

The Future of Food Aid

Prospects for Farm Bill 2.0 or the Skinny Farm Bill

Where is All the Tariff Money Going and Is it Being Used to Help Farmers?

Bringing Unassigned Base Back into Program Eligibility for Cotton Producers

Is More Bridge Assistance Really Needed?

It Takes a Village

Producer Decisions for 2026 – STAX or SCO in light of OBBBA Changes

Administration Providing Economic Assistance Payments to Struggling Farmers

Disaster Assistance for 2025: Is it Coming or Not? 

A Reminder That All Three Parts of the Producer Safety Net Matter

If Crop Returns are so Bad, Why Do Farmers Keep Planting?

Feral Swine Eradication and Control Pilot Program and Crop Insurance Indemnities

Threat Looms and Urgency Grows as New World Screwworm Inches Closer to the Texas-Mexico Border

Measuring the Revenue Risk Reduction of Supplemental Crop Insurance Policies

Why So Much Concern in the Countryside?

Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement Investment in Diversification of Southern Agriculture

Addressing Questions about Additional Base Acres in the One Big Beautiful Bill

Supplemental Disaster Relief Program Sign-up Announced

Sign-up for Natural Disaster Relief Beginning Soon

Dealing With Uncertainty in Agriculture

Just How Bipartisan are Farm Bills?

Much Needed Producer Assistance in the House Reconciliation Bill

STAX and PLC: A Tale of Price Risk Protection in Two Markets

Does it Have to Be All or Nothing in Farm Policy?

STAX and PLC: Should Cotton Producers Have to Choose?

Signup for Economic Assistance Announced… Producers Turn Their Focus to Physical Disaster Assistance

Is Now the Time for Tax-Deferred Farm Savings Accounts?

With Sales Closing Dates Looming, Supplemental Crop Insurance Decisions Are Upon Us

Why Haven’t Land Values Reacted to Reduced Farm Profits?

Why the Current Economic Downturn is So Troublesome

ARC and PLC Enrollment Starts Next Tuesday

Good News for U.S. Producers… Now What?

Congress Poised to Deliver Vital Aid to the Countryside?

It’s Time for the Panic Button

What a Difference an Election Can Make

Election Impacts on Current Ag Committee Members

Economic Assistance for the 2024 Crop Year Starting to Take Shape

USDA Farm Income Projections… Misused and Abused

The Losses are Mounting…and are Projected to get Worse

Staying Positive While We Wait for a Farm Bill

Timeline of the ARC and PLC Programs: Why Are Payments Received a Year Later?

If It’s Not Time to Hit the Panic Button… We Are Getting Close

Will We See a New Farm Bill This Year?

Trade Policy Also Important in Next Farm Bill

Government Incentives for Agricultural Generational Transfer? 

Examining Farm Bill Base Acre Proposals

Battlelines Are Being Drawn: Comparing Current Farm Policy Proposals

If You are Following the Conversation about Reference Prices… Here are a Few Facts 

Paved with Good Intentions: Unintended Impacts of Farm Bill Payment Limitations

Texas Farmers Sue USDA for Alleged Discrimination

Leveling the Playing Field for U.S. Agricultural Producers

Higher Reference Prices Are Critical… But So Is Increasing Payment Limits

ARC and PLC Deadline TOMORROW!

Demand for Raising Reference Prices Not Hidden Very Well

Farm Bill Fault Lines: Why is the Farm Bill Debate Stuck in Neutral?

Proposed Safety Net Choice Could Add Risk to Farmers

Making the ARC/PLC Election for 2024

Shouldn’t the Farm Safety Net Target Those Feeding the Country?

Bracing for Change: Stacking Risk Management Tools for 2024

What’s all the Fuss about the Inflation Reduction Act?

Forecasting Discretionary Spending by the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC)

Evaluation of the Recent Government Accountability Office Sugar Program Report 

Implications of Reverting to Dairy Policy in the 1948 Farm Bill

What Would Our Clean-Slate Safety Net Look Like?

Do Crop Insurance Payments Help with Economic Impacts of Drought Beyond the Farm Gate? 

Reference Prices: Setting the Record Straight

What Does a Government Shutdown Mean for Farmers?

EWG Takes the Spotlight in the Silly Season

Crop Insurance Rating: the Curious Case of STAX

Pecan Risk Management

Final Planting Dates and the Impact on Prevented Planting Acres

Have Payment Yields Kept Up with Actual Crop Yields?

Time Running Out on a New Farm Bill This Year

How will Proposition 12 Ruling Impact the Farm Bill?

Southern Economic Impacts of Premium-to-Liability Ratio Limits in U.S. Crop Insurance

Our Most Read Articles for 2022-2023

Adjusting Reference Prices Based on Changes in Cost of Production

The Silly Season Has Begun…Must Be Farm Bill Time

Analyzing the Relative Riskiness of Rice Yields

Revisiting Planted Versus Base Acres

Regional Equity in Crop Insurance

Congressional Representation from the South

What’s in the Farm Bill for Livestock Producers?

ARC/PLC Sign-up Deadline Just Days Away

CBO’s February 2023 Baseline Update

What Do Producers Want/Need in a Safety Net?

Support for Rice Producers in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus

What If We Don’t Get a Farm Bill in 2023?

Where are Commodity Prices Headed in the Next CBO Baseline?

What is the Expected Impact of High Commodity Prices on Effective Reference Prices for Covered Commodities

Correspondence of Rice Planted Acres to Safety Net Prices

An Early Look at the Farm Safety Net for Cotton in 2023

Does the May 2022 CBO Baseline Provide Any Information About the Ability to Increase Commodity Reference Prices?

The Securities and Exchange Commission Proposed Climate-Related Disclosures and Unintended Consequences?

Drought Related Livestock Sales and Tax Reporting Options

Agricultural Provisions in the Reduction Act of 2022

Crop Insurance Loss Ratio Trends Over Time

Debt Relief for Certain Farmers & Ranchers

An Initial Look at Forced Base Update on the South

The Trillion Dollar “Farm” Bill

Broadband Adoption and Impacts on COVID-19 Unemployment Recovery in the South

While Still Largely Profitable…Crop Producers Putting Historic Amount of Capital at Risk in 2022

USDA Launches New Disaster Program for 2020 and 2021 Crop Years

Crop Insurance the Key to Avoiding Another Farm Economy Downturn

Fed Cattle Pricing: Will Well-Intentioned Proposals Actually Reduce Cattle Prices?

The U.S. Ethanol Industry and Unintended Consequences

President’s Budget: Does it Matter?

A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: The Role of USDA Programs in Addressing Climate Change

What is a Marketing Year Average Price?

Should I Buy STAX?

The ARC-CO/PLC Decision Isn’t as Easy as You Think

ARC-IC Considerations for 2022 Farm Program Elections

2022 Farm Safety Net Decisions

Build Back Better?

Enrolled Base Acres Share of the ARC-CO and PLC Program by Crop

Southern States Share of Major Crop Bases

CFAP 2.0 Payments Across the South