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]