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Showing 1 to 19 of 19 for “"Farm Bill"”.
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Assessing the Economic Viability of Arkansas Farms under the 2018 Farm Bill
… to aid in the maintenance and expansion of farming operations. Since 1933, a series of 18 farm bills have shaped agricultural policy into what is commonly known as the agricultural safety net. The 2018 farm bill was passed on December 20, 2018 and is the most recent update of the …
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Strategic Options for the Virginia Peanut Industry After the 2002 Farm Bill: a Linear Programming Model
The passage of the 2002 Farm Bill and the removal of the peanut quota system revealed underlying fundamental problems in the Virginia peanut industry. Lower yields and high costs plague producers at the farm level, acreage levels continue to decline and it is doubtful that peanut production in …
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The FAIR Act of 1996: Party, Production and Practicality in the Passage of a Farm Bill
… Orden et al. (1999) on the passage of the 1996 farm bill, the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act (FAIR). Using both quantitative and qualitative methods, I argue that Democrats and Republicans were affected differently by a number of influences. Democratic members of Congress appear …
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The role of special interest groups in agricultural policy: a case study of the 1995 Farm Bill
… interest groups that were involved in the 1995 Farm Bill process. Data was collected from testimony, newspaper articles, position papers, personal interviews, and press releases. The information was then organized to summarize the objectives of each organization and provide insight on their …
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The Effects of USDA Farm-Bill Restoration Programs on Prairie Voles (microtus ochrogaster) in the Barrens Region of Kentucky
… Reserve Enhancement Program); two popular farm bill-based conservation programs. Among the many conservation practices that these programs fund is grassland restoration. The goal of this project is to restore multiple areas using widely applicable restoration techniques and to assess the …
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Agents of fundamental policy change?: political strategies of the environmental, sustainable agriculture, and family farm groups in the 1990 farm bill
… and policy impacts of the environmental, family farm, and sustainable agriculture groups in the 1990 farm bill legislation. In spite of "genuine" interest in a fundamental policy reform, and in spite of a common agenda, the three different types of interest groups mostly opted for parochial, …
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Farmer participation in government commodity programs: A multiyear risk management analysis
… commodities affect planting decisions and farm income for many producers. Many proposals to reduce federal expenditures are being considered for reform in the 1995 Farm Bill. In order to determine the effect of these proposals on both farmers and government, the producer's planting and …
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Comparing Extraction Methods in Sample Preparation for the Quantification of Cannabinoids in Industrial Hemp
… by the Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018 (2018 Farm Bill) as Cannabis containing <0.3% total tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). The 2018 Farm Bill does not, however, specify standard methods for sample preparation or quantification of cannabinoids (including THC) in Cannabis. Extraction efficiency of …
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Quantifying Impacts of Class I Milk Price Formula Reform: A Study of FMMO Uniform Milk Price Volatility and Class I Milk Hedging
Up until the enactment of the 2018 Farm Bill (“Agricultural Improvement Act of 2018”), available CME futures contracts did not consistently converge to costs paid by manufacturers of packaged milk. Due to the lack of convergence, CME dairy futures were inadequate risk management tools for the …
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Developing a Farm Income Projection Model for Illinois farms to determine advantages of the Agricultural Act of 2014's farm safety net options
The Farm Income Projection Model is intended to model the effects of the new provisions in the Agricultural Act of 2014, particularly in the farm safety net area, on the financial statements of case farms located throughout Illinois. The Farm Income Projection Model is detailed, and can be made to …
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Shifts in livestock technology, programming, and composition: exploring the future of livestock agriculture
… the relationship between genetic selection and farm profitability. Genetic selection is measured by net merit, which is an index based on economically relevant traits that ranks U.S dairy cattle based on their expected lifetime profitability. The second essay analyzes risk management practices …
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Human Dimensions of Habitat Conservation on Western Agricultural Lands: Engaging Producers in the Conservation Conversation
… programs authorized by the United State farm bill lags behind biological research, limiting our knowledge about how to best design these programs to ensure they are effective. Given this need to better understand the human dimensions of habitat conservation on agricultural lands, we used …
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Evaluating Commodity Farm Program Selection and Economic Return Variability on Representative Farms in the Mississippi River Delta Region Using a Risk Return Framework
… payment program is likely to have an impact on farm income, as these payments were made annually and were decoupled from actual market prices. Various combinations of federal farm programs, chosen irrevocable, paired with multiple crop insurance products, that are purchased annually, will act to …
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Three essays on agricultural risk and insurance
… Chapter 2 examines welfare effects of the 2002 farm bill programs and yield insurance as well as their impacts on acreage decision of a representative Iowa farmer. Instead of measuring welfare using expected utility to capture farmers' preferences over risky alternatives, we apply recent …
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Influencers of surplus food donation at institutions of higher education
… The most recent of these policies was the 2018 Farm Bill which dedicated new funding and public positions to research and reduce the quantity of food waste. Policies come in response to a climate of both waste and hunger in the U.S. In this study, we examine the factors that influence surplus …
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An Examination of the Removal of Federal Meat and Poultry Inspection
… of Representatives has introduced an enormous bill called the Food and Energy Security Act of 2007. Nutrition, conservation, energy, producer income protection, rural development, trade, forestry, and livestock are the major provisions that are part of this massive farm bill. The purpose of …
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Social Equity in Public Administration: The Work of the Federation of Southern Cooperatives/Land Assistance Fund
… to its members primarily to save family farms for African Americans, to offer them a wide range of services in consulting to help them build critical skills to sustain rural and economic development, as well as to provide them a political voice to government policymakers. The FSC/LAF also …
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Cultivating Curriculum: How Investing in School Grounds, the Streetscape and Vacant Land as Urban Ecosystems can Address Food Security, the Community and Institutions of Public Education
… Act (Economic Research Division) (aka: The Farm Bill) was an important limelight shone on the issue of access to healthy foods, food education and the correlation between an increasingly unhealthy population and proximity to fresh, healthy food. Further legislation such as the Urban …
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"Too Poor to Eat": A Socio-Political History of Food Stamps in the United States, 1964-1996
… Johnson’s Food Stamp Act intended to deal with farmer surplus and provide a more nutritious diet for all Americans. Run by the United States Department of Agriculture, and operated as an agriculture program, food stamps remained separated from Johnson’s War on Poverty legislation. As the …