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Structural impacts of farm program payment limitation
(University of Missouri-Columbia, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1982)
Update: A Farm-level Economic Analysis of Wildlife Habitat Buffers in Missouri
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2008-05)
This is an update to the FAPRI-MU Report #23-07. It incorporates updated commodity prices and changes in program payments.
Can the family farm survive? : report of Seminar on Agricultural Marketing and Policy, jointly sponsored by University of Missouri-Columbia and M.G. and Johnnye D. Perry Foundation of Robstown, Texas, held November 9-10, 1978, Columbia, Missouri.
(Agricultural Experiment Station University of Missouri--Colombia, 1978)
Policy Options for Addressing Childhood Obesity in Missouri
(University of Missouri - Columbia Institute of Public Policy, 2008)
The prevalence of overweight children has increased threefold nationwide, from 5.7% to 18% between 1980 and 2004.1 The current percentage of overweight children in Missouri is greater than the national average. These trends are alarming because...
Are Farmers of the Middle Distinctively “Good Stewards?” Evidence from the Missouri Farm Poll, 2006
(2010-11)
This paper considers the question of whether middle-scale farmers, which are defined as producers generating between $100,000 and $250,000 in sales annually, are better agricultural stewards than small and large-scale producers. The study...
On the Distinctiveness of Farmers of the Middle: A Preliminary Report on the Missouri Farm Poll, 2006
(University of Missouri Extension, 2007)
Most U.S. farms are family farms, which the USDA defines as "proprietorships, partnerships, or family corporations that do not have hired managers." There is a perception and even expectation that "farmers of the middle" are different in ways...
Why Are US and EU Policies Toward GMOs So Different?
(AgBioForum, 2003)
A global computable general equilibrium model is used to examine how adoption of genetically modified (GM) biotechnology affects the welfare of interest groups within the United States and the European Union in the absence of policy responses...
Impacts of the Commodity Provisions of the Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007 (FARM 21)
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-07)
This report examines the impacts of the commodity provisions of the legislation introduced by U.S. Representative Ron Kind entitled the “Food and Agriculture Risk Management for the 21st Century Act of 2007.”
Addresses presented at Sixth Annual Farm Forum.
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954)
House and Senate Farm Bills: a Comparative Study
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2002-03)
. The analysis focuses on the commodity market, government cost, and farm income effects of the first two titles of each bill, the titles dealing with commodity and conservation programs....
Sharing earnings and management to hold workers on farms
(University of Missouri, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1943)
Adoption of organic farming systems in Missouri
(University of Missouri--Columbia, 2009)
and perceptions regarding organic conversion. The main objective of this research is to compare organic farmers' perceptions and motives by the type of agricultural products produced on their farms. Using a multiple case study methodology, this study compares...
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....
United States farm policy in a world dimension : report of Seminar on Agricultural Marketing and Policy, College of Agriculture and Extension Division, University of Missouri--Columbia, held November 10-11, 1983, Columbia, Missouri.
(Agricultural Experiment Station, University of Missouri, 1983 or 19)
Acquiring farm ownership by payments in kind : a plan to permit tenants to buy farms through annual product payments
(University of Missouri, College of Agriculture, Agricultural Experiment Station, 1937)
New Latino Farmers in the Midwest: The Case of Southwest Michigan
(Cambio Center, 2007)
of our USDA-funded study on the how Tejano farmworkers and Mexican immigrants from Chicago are becoming small farmers in southwestern Michigan. The study is based on a qualitative survey conducted in Van Buren County with 30 out of 32 Latino farmers...
Farm policy, the emerging agenda : report of Seminar on Agricultural Marketing and Policy, November 14-15, 1985, Columbia, Missouri
(Agricultural Experiment Station University of Missouri--Colombia, 1985)
In search of a U.S. food policy : report of Seminar on Agricultural Marketing and Policy, December 4-5, 1975, Columbia, Missouri.
(Agricultural Experiment Station University of Missouri--Colombia, 1976)
Five phases of management transition during family farm succession
(University of Missouri--Columbia. Extension Division, 2022)
"This publication outlines a five-phase process for transitioning farm management responsibilities: Phase 1. Successor seeks experience and education away from the farm. Phase 2. Successor works for a trial period on the farm Phase 3. Successor...
FAPRI Analysis of Stricter Payment Limitations: Testimony to the Commission on the Application of Payment Limitations
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-06)
At the request of Senator Grassley, this note presents additional information about the impact of stricter payment limits.