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Agricultural Risk Management Policy

Actively managing risk is a relatively new concept for many crop and livestock producers and policymakers. To address the need for information and analysis on agricultural risk management policy, CARD Director Bruce Babcock has initiated a core area of research at CARD.

CARD's ARMP division assesses policies affecting valuation and risk management, government price support and disaster relief programs, and agricultural insurance and alternatives.

Highlights

Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill?
Bruce A. Babcock and Nick D. Paulson
Iowa Ag Review, Winter 2007

CARD Economists Calculate Potential for Group Risk Income Protection (news brief)

Preparing for Soybean Rust
Chad E. Hart
Iowa Ag Review, Spring 2005

Recent Papers

Crop Yield Expectation Stochastic Process with Beta Distribution as Limit, A
David A. Hennessy
November 2009 [09-WP 501]

Are U.S. Corn and Soybeans Becoming More Drought Tolerant?
Tian Yu, Bruce A. Babcock
October 2009 [09-WP 500]

Recent Presentations

February 2009
The ACRE Decision (ppt) 0.69 MB
Bruce A. Babcock
Presented at the North Dakota Corn Growers Association Annual Convention. Fargo, North Dakota
November 2008
Outlook for Agriculture: Does a Downturn Loom? (ppt) 0.53 MB
Bruce A. Babcock
Presented at the Pro-Ag Meeting in Fort Dodge, Iowa, November 12