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By Larry DoBoer | That’s a lot of good news. Yet 2019 had its concerns. Real output growth fell back to a disappointing 2 percent, its average during this expansion, after near 3 percent growth in 2018. Recession signals flashed warnings. Manufacturing employment declined. Financial markets were unsettled. The yield curve inverted.
Read MoreBy Russell Hillberry | A review on trade as well as a discussion on the President’s efforts to depart from the rules-based international trading system that has come to serve U.S. agriculture so well.
Read MoreBy Roman Keeney | Farm policy was once again dominated by ongoing trade disputes. Beginning in 2018, increased tariffs and reduced demand for export agriculture have exacerbated financial conditions in the sector and prompted a series of ad hoc transfers to farm operations based on expected damage from the trade war.
Read MoreThe production agricultural sector has historically been much more fragmented than other stages of the food and agricultural industry, but it has been transitioning for decades from modest size, independent businesses to increasingly larger scale businesses that are more tightly aligned across the value chain. This article examines the key drivers that are likely to influence further consolidation and structural change in the next few years, and discusses the implications of the key drivers on agribusinesses.
Read MoreThis article examines the relative attractiveness of the various crop insurance products for a case farm in west central Indiana. The discussion below focuses on individual products rather than area products.
Read MoreThe 2016 election cycle created a lot of confusion about the importance and benefits of trade in general. In particular, a good bit of the election year rhetoric focused on trade within the NAFTA trade bloc (U.S., Canada and Mexico).
Read MoreThis article examined earnings per acre projections for a case farm in west central Indiana. ARC-CO payments were significantly higher under a low price scenario than under a high price scenario.
Read MoreThis paper uses measures of regulation from the Mercatus Center at George Mason University and the Weidenbaum Center at Washington University at St. Louis to examine the impact of regulation by these agencies on state-level agricultural productivity.
Read MoreCrop insurance can be an effective tool to mitigate downside risk on crop farms. As with last year’s crops, in 2015 there are several crop insurance products to choose from in Indiana. The two major categories of policies insure against production losses and revenue losses, respectively.
Read MoreRecorded February 16, 2015 | Analysis of key decisions farmers and landowners need to make regarding their participation in programs available under the 2014 Farm Bill.
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