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Farm Bill 2020 Decision Making Webinar

Recorded January 16, 2020 | Purdue agricultural economists, Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, and Kaitlin Myers, State Agricultural Program Specialist from USDA’s Indiana Farm Service Agency, discuss options for enrolling your farm in the 2018 Farm Bill program. Slides, the video recording, and the University of Illinois spreadsheet tool presented during the webinar are available. Updated and more detailed ARC-IC info is available here.

Making Your 2020 Farm Bill Decisions

Farm Bill webinar slidedeck presentation by Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, and Kaitlin Myers, State Agricultural Program Specialist from USDA’s Indiana Farm Service Agency. A discussion on options for enrolling your farm in the 2018 Farm Bill program by the March 15, 2020 deadline.

Making Your Farm Bill Decision in 2020

Top Farmer 2020 slidedeck presentation by Michael Langemeier and James Mintert, Professors of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University. The 2018 Farm Bill presents producers with several choices to be made by the March 15 sign-up deadline. This session discussed the alternatives and will help you choose between the ARC and PLC programs.

Our Long, Slow, Steady Expansion Should Continue

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.

Trade and trade policy outlook for 2020

By 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.

2020 Outlook: Farm Policy

By 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.

Drivers of Consolidation and Structural Change in Production Agriculture

The 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.

Crop Insurance Product Comparisons

This 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.

NAFTA Trade is Important for Meat Industry

The 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).

The Farm Safety Net: The Good and Not So Good

This 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.

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