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Fertilizer and Fuel Prices and Cost of Production
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-09)
The near term outlook for fertilizer and diesel prices would tend to support modest increases in costs from last year in addition to the potential for added volatility in the market. Analyzing these potential impacts on ...
Financial Impact of Proposed CAFO Regulations on Representative Broiler Farms
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-07)
This report summarizes FAPRI's preliminary analysis of the farm level impacts of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposed Concentrated Animal Feeding Operation (CAFO) regulations on the broiler industry. ...
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 ...
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....
FAPRI 2004 Outlook for Missouri Agriculture
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-03)
This report presents a summary of ten-year baseline projections for Missouri agricultural markets....
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 ...
FAPRI 2005 Outlook for Missouri Agriculture
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005-02)
This report presents a five-year outlook for the set of 40 Missouri representative farms using the FAPRI 2005 U.S. Baseline.
Testimony on the Value of the Mississippi River for U.S. Agriculture: Presented to the Mississippi River Caucus Washington D.C.
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-07)
The Mississippi River is the most critical artery of the inland waterway system,
supporting between 50 and 60 percent of total U.S. corn exports and 30 to 45 percent of
total U.S. soybean exports. In calendar year 2002, ...
Reforming the CAP: A Partial Equilibrium Analysis of the MTR Proposals
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-09)
equilibrium model of the EU agricultural sector is used to estimate the potential impacts of the MTR proposals on EU and world agricultural markets over the period 2004-2009. Effects of the MTR proposals are evaluated by comparing estimated outcomes under...
Exploring Options for a New Farm Bill
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2001-01)
Agriculture Committee, to analyze the merits of alternative farm programs that would transfer $1, $2, or $3 billion per year (over and above the 1996 farm bill) to program crop producers (FAPRI-UMC Report 07-00). The farm program tools of interest were: a...
Briefing Paper on the “Worst Case” Implications of Low Missouri River Flows For Power Plants
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-05)
In April 2004, FAPRI evaluated two water control plans considered by the Corps of
Engineers for the Missouri River in terms of their impact on power plants. The Corps
called these plans the Preferred Alternative and the ...
Issues Surrounding a B5 State Mandate in Missouri
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-02)
This report presents a background of diesel consumption and soy-diesel production in Missouri. Two possible profitability scenarios are presented which assume alternative combinations of bio-diesel and soybean oil prices ...
Impacts of Changes in Direct Payment Rates, Target Prices and Loan Rates
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-06)
This report examines several proposals that would maintain the current structure of farm programs, but adjust direct payment rates, target prices and loan rates.
Implications of the 2002 U.S. Farm Act for World Agriculture
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2003-04)
This paper discusses the implications of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 for U.S. agriculture and its subsequent impact on world agricultural prices and world trade....
Interpretation of Long-term Trade Projections: China's Role in Forecast Discrepancies and its Impact on Expectations for World Agricultural Trade
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005-06)
This report looks at the impact of China's grain projections on a global commodity baseline through a discussion of the 1998 FAPRI China corn outlook.
Challenges of incorporating EU enlargement and CAP reform in the GOLD model framework
(European Association of Agricultural Economists, 2005-02)
There cannot have been many circumstances that have challenged the modeller of agricultural markets to the extent that the developments in the EU in recent years have. The enlargement of the EU involving a large number of countries, with important...
Impacts of Selected Title I Provisions of the Senate Committee Farm Bill
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2007-11)
This report examines selected provisions of Title I of the “Food and Energy Security Act of 2007,” as approved by the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry....
FAPRI Short-term Livestock Outlook
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2000-09)
FAPRI-Missouri Livestock Update includes short-term supply and utilization outlook for U.S. beef, pork and poultry. Quarterly outlook remains positive for cattle; hog production to expand in 2001.
Briefing Paper on the Demand for U.S. Commodity Exports and the Mississippi River: Past and Future
(Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) at the University of Missouri-Columbia, 2004-06)
As part of the decision in evaluating the lock and dam upgrade on the Mississippi River, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) has contracted with various agricultural forecasting companies (most recently Sparks Companies, Inc.) to produce long...
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 ...