Land Retirement Program Design in the Presence of Crop Insurance Subsidies

Land Retirement Program Design in the Presence of Crop Insurance Subsidies

Author: David A. Hennessy

Publisher:

Published: 2009

Total Pages: 22

ISBN-13:

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The U.S. federal government implements environmental, biofuels and crop insurance programs that influence land use. They are not well integrated in that cost savings from crop insurance subsidies are not acknowledged when screening land for retirement or when calculating the cost of land retirement programs. We identify and evaluate an optimal benefit index for enrollment in a land retirement program that includes a sub-index to rank land according to insurance subsidy savings. All else equal, land ranked higher in the Lorenz stochastic order should be retired first.


Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the United States

Evaluation of Agricultural Policy Reforms in the United States

Author: OECD

Publisher: OECD Publishing

Published: 2011-02-14

Total Pages: 215

ISBN-13: 9264096728

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This study analyses and evaluates US agricultural policies, focusing on the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008, in the context of developments in agricultural policy that have taken place in the United States since 1985.