KSU’s Art Barnaby goes into the weeds on the farm bill

Ag economist Art Barnaby of Kansas State University created a 13-page summary of the crop subsidy and federally subsidized crop insurance provisions of the 2014 farm law. It provides examples of how new programs would work and there are tables of price variability over the years. Barnaby discusses factors for a farmer’s decision whether to enroll in… » Read More

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