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Crop Production Cost and Outlook
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-11)
This report explains how the general trend of production input price inflation will continue during the 2008 crop year. It provides price increase information on seeds, fertilizer, building materials and more.
Preliminary Assessment of Counter-cyclical Payment (CCP) Options
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000-11)
The Commission on 21st Century Production Agriculture has requested that the Food and
Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) provide an assessment of two countercyclical payment proposals. The payments are designed ...
State of the Farm Economy and the Impact of Federal Policy on Agriculture
(2005-09)
Testimony before the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management, U.S. House Committee on Agriculture, September 29, 2005....
Fertilizer and Fuel Outlook for Spring 2006
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-04)
This report compares fertilizer and fuel prices for this spring to comparative prices for the past four years for major field crops. In addition, it provides insight into the outlook for this summer and into the prices ...
CAP Reform and the WTO: Potential Impacts on EU Agriculture
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-07)
In 2003 an agreement was finalized to instigate arguably the most significant reform of the European Union's (EU) Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) since its inception. In the Luxembourg Agreement many
of the direct payments ...
Analysis of the Grain, Oilseed, and Cotton Provisions of the Agricultural Act of 2001, H.R. 2646
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-08)
The Agricultural Act of 2001, H.R. 2646, issued by the House Committee on Agriculture
proposes a number of changes to U.S. farm legislation. The Food and Agricultural Policy
Research Institute (FAPRI) has conducted an ...
Analysis of the 2003 CAP Reform Agreement
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-09)
At the request of Congressman Stenholm, FAPRI analyzed the reforms of the EU Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) that were approved in June 2003....
Causes & Implications of the Food Price Surge
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008-12)
This paper analyzes the food price surge of 2005 to 2008 in order to better understand the factors causing higher and more volatile food prices during this period, to ascertain the relative importance and possible persistence of the different...
Missouri Watershed Water Quality Initiative
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-12)
Final Report for EPA Grant CG000225. For the last decade the Missouri Watershed Water Quality Initiative project has assessed alternative programs and practices that protect the common good of natural resource use while minimizing negative economic...
Positive Approaches to Phosphorus Balancing in Southwest Missouri: Animal Manure Phosphorus Recycling Initiative
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-11)
Opportunities exist to create value added animal waste fertilizer products that can be used in crop production, reducing import demands for phosphorus, and relocating phosphorus from areas of excess supply to areas of need ...
Farm-level Economic Analysis of Wildlife Habitat Buffers in Missouri
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-08)
This study estimates the financial outcome of participation in Habitat Buffers for Upland Birds for three representative farms over a ten year period.
Predicting the Acceptance for High Beta-Carotene Maize: An Ex-Ante Estimation Method
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2006-04)
This paper postulates a household decision model that takes into account the production consumption tradeoffs between traditional and biofortified seed. The objective is to understand the effect of these differing traits ...
National Policy Efforts by Commodity and General Farm Organizations: Background Information and Comparative Statistics
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008-02)
This report provides background information for major US agricultural commodities, comparative statistics for nine US commodity and general farm organizations, as well as emerging themes related to interviews with each of the organizations related...
Economic Impacts of Not Extending Biofuels Subsidies
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-05)
This study uses a stochastic model to analyze the impact of not extending the ethanol tax credit, the ethanol import tariff, or the $1.00 per gallon biodiesel tax credit on the biofuels and agricultural commodity markets....
When Point Estimates Miss the Point: Stochastic Modeling of WTO Restrictions
(2005-11)
Point estimates of agricultural and trade policy impacts often paint an incomplete or even misleading picture. For many purposes it is important to estimate a distribution of
outcomes. Stochastic modeling can be especially ...
Analysis of the Conservation Reserve Enhancement Program in the Long Branch Lake Watershed
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-06)
CREP will reduce non-point source pollution loads to streams, but may not significantly improve water quality in the reservoir.
Estimating Water Quality, Air Quality, and Soil Carbon Benefits of the Conservation Reserve Program
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-01)
This report estimates how field and buffer practices affect the amount of soil and nutrients leaving the field.
Baseline Outlook for Missouri Representative Farms 2002-2006
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-11)
This report presents a five-year outlook for Missouri representative farms.
House and Senate Farm Bills: a Comparative Study
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-03)
In response to Congressional requests, the Food and Agricultural Policy Research
Institute (FAPRI) has conducted a comparative analysis of the farm bills approved by the House of Representatives in October 2001 and the ...
Analysis of the NAWG Policy Option
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-05)
At the request of Senators Larry Craig and Max Baucus and Representatives Mike
Simpson and Earl Pomeroy, FAPRI has analyzed a farm bill policy option developed by
the National Association of Wheat Growers (NAWG). The ...