Iowa Ag Review Index of Articles Contents: This index covers Volume 1 Number 1 (December 1994) through Volume 15 Number 4 (Fall 2009) of the Iowa Ag Review news periodical and includes entries under titles of articles, authors of articles, and subject matter. Organization: General subject headings are in BLOCK CAPITALS. Article titles are alphabetized word by word. The first number in each reference (in bold) is the volume number, followed after a colon by the issue number, and after a second colon by the page number(s). Back Issues and Subscriptions: The Iowa Ag Review is available online at http://www.card.iastate.edu/ iowa_ag_review. Published by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Iowa State University, 578 Heady Hall, Ames, IA 50010-1070. A ACRE (AVERAGE CROP REVENUE ELECTION) ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Prospects for ACRE Payments in 2009 ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? Acreage Shifts Follow Price Signals (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Acreage Shifts under Freedom to Farm After the Ban: U.S. Beef Exports to Japan Lag Demand Agricultural Biotechnology and Trade: The Unresolved Issues Agricultural Impacts of China’s Accession to the WTO Agricultural Payments to Iowa under Alternative Programs Agricultural Policy Update: Are FAIR’s Payment Formulas Fair? Agricultural Price Swings and Iowa’s Economy (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) AGRICULTURAL SITUATION SPOTLIGHT Acreage Shifts Follow Price Signals Agricultural Price Swings and Iowa’s Economy Agricultural Trade with a Weak Dollar Agriculture on Record Pace Blending: Ethanol’s New Growth Sector Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation Do Ethanol/Livestock Synergies Presage Increased Iowa Cattle Numbers? Ethanol-Livestock Integration Ethanol: Policies, Production, and Profitability Ethanol Revisited Getting More Corn Acres from the Corn Belt How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture Land Rents: How High Will They Go and Who Gains? New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers The Outlook for Corn and Ethanol Planting Decisions: Corn versus Soybeans Preparing for Soybean Rust Shifting Corn Basis Patterns Weak Spots in the Agricultural Safety Net When Is GRIP the Right Choice for Crop Insurance? 15:2:7 15:3:7-10 15:1:1-4 15:2:7 12:3:6-7,11 7:1:4-5 13:1:10-11 9:4:8-10 3:3:9-11 4:1:1-3 6:3:1-3 10:1:6-7 12:3:6-7,11 10:1:6-7 14:2:8-9 10:4:6-7,10 13:4:8-10 11:4:4-5,9 12:2:4-5 13:1:6-7 10:2:6-7 11:3:6-7,13 12:4:6-7 10:3:6-7 13:2:6-7 14:3:6-7,10 15:3:7-10 14:1:9-10 11:1:6-7,9 11:2:6-7 13:3:8-10 9:4:6-7 12:1:4-5,9 IAR Index Agricultural Trade with a Weak Dollar (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agriculture on Record Pace (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agriculture’s Next Ten Years: 1996 Iowa Baseline And the Survey Said… Animal Identification Is Key to Restarting Beef Exports to Japan Antibiotics Restrictions: Taking Stock of Denmark’s Experience Are Cost-Increasing Production Practices in Agriculture’s Future? Are More Livestock in Iowa’s Future? Are We Underestimating Corn Production Potential? Azevedo, Christopher Willingness to Pay for Clear Lake Cleanup 2 14:2:8-9 10:4:6-7,10 2:4:6-8 9:3:11 11:1:8-9 9:3:4-5 8:4:1-3 11:4:1-3 11:4:6-7 7:3:4-5,8 B Babcock, Bruce ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? Acreage Shifts under Freedom to Farm Agricultural Policy Update: Are FAIR’s Payment Formulas Fair? Are Cost-Increasing Production Practices in Agriculture’s Future? Are More Livestock in Iowa’s Future? The Balanced Budget Amendment: How It May Impact Farm Programs Beef Packing Concentration: Limiting Branded Product Opportunities? A Billion Gallons of Biodiesel: Who Benefits? Biorenewables Policy at CARD Boom Times for Crop Insurance Booming Commodities: How Long Will It Last? Brains or Brawn? Which Economic Development Policy Is Best for Iowa? Breaking the Link between Food and Biofuels The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results Can Acreage Controls Increase Iowa’s Farm Revenue? Can South America Pick Up the Soybean Slack? Can Subsidies Hurt Iowa’s Agriculture? Charting Growth in Food Demand Cheap Food and Farm Subsidies: Policy Impacts of a Mythical Connection The Concentration of U.S. Agricultural Subsidies Conservation Tillage and Farm Programs Corn Belt Contributions to the Crop Insurance Industry Corn or Soybeans for 2009? Corn Shortfalls: Historical Patterns and Expectations Costs and Benefits of Fixing Gulf Hypoxia Costs and Benefits to Agriculture from Climate Change Policy Creation of a WTO-Friendly Farm Safety Net Crop Insurance: A Good Deal for Taxpayers? Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? Crop Outlook for 2009 Disaster Assistance and Crop Insurance: Time for a New Approach? Disaster Assistance: How Best to Pay When Nature Has Her Way Do Biofuels Mean Inexpensive Food Is a Thing of the Past? Do Ethanol/Livestock Synergies Presage Increased Iowa Cattle Numbers? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Drought Tolerance and Risk in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program 15:2:7 7:1:4-5 6:3:1-3 8:4:1-3 11:4:1-3 1:2:13-14 11:3:8-9 14:1:6-8 12:3:9 14:2:10-11 10:2:103 9:1:1-3 14:3:1-2,9 1:2:4-7 7:2:8-9 12:3:8 5:4:7-8 14:3:8 12:2:1-3 7:4:8-9 1:4:10-12 14:2:1-3,11 15:1:10-11 13:2:10-11 14:4:8-10 15:3:1-3,11 10:4:1-3 12:3:1-3,10 13:1:1-3,9 15:2:8-9 9:2:8-9 8:4:10-11 13:3:4-5,11 12:2:4-5 15:4:4-7,8 IAR Index End of a Long Run 15:4:9 Environmental Issues in the 1995 Farm Bill 1:1:12-13 Examining the Health of the U.S. Crop Insurance Industry 15:4:1-3,8 Extreme Demands—Extraordinary Products: What’s In It for Midwestern Agriculture? 7:1:1-3 Farm Policy Amid High Prices: Which Direction Will We Take? 12:4:1-3,13 A Farm Policy Objective: The Search Goes On 6:4:1-3, 7 Farm Programs, Fuel Mandates, and Agricultural Prosperity 13:3:1-3 Geographical Indications, Property Rights, and Value-Added Agriculture 9:4:1-3 Getting More Corn Acres from the Corn Belt (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:4:6-7 Guns and Butter, Crop Insurance Reform, and the Farmer Safety Net 11:1:1-3,5 High Crop Prices, Ethanol Mandates, and the Public Good: Do They Coexist? 13:2:1-3 The House and Senate Visions of a CRP Renewal: An Appraisal of the Likely Efficiency Gains 2:1:7 How Low Will Corn Prices Go? 14:4:1-3,11 How to Save Billions in Farm Spending 13:4:4-7 The Impact of Crop Insurance on the Iowa Economy 6:1:1-2, 9-10 Impact of High Corn Prices on Conservation Reserve Program Acreage 13:2:4-5,7 Income Support or Subsidized Risk Management? Two Agricultural Policy Approaches 1:4:12-14 Intricacies of Meeting the Renewable Fuels Standard 15:2:4-6 Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? 13:4:1-3,10 Judging the Performance of the 2002 Farm Bill 11:2:1-3,11 Land Rents: How High Will They Go and Who Gains? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 13:2:6-7 Living with Hogs in Rural Iowa 9:3:1-3 Loan Deficiency Payments or the Loan Program? 4:1:6-7 Local and Global Perspectives on the New U.S. Farm Policy 8:3:1-3 Measuring Unmeasurable Land-Use Changes from Biofuels 15:3:4-6,11 Meat Traceability: Its Effect on Trade 8:1:8-9 The New ACRE Program: Frequently Asked Questions 14:3:4-5,10 The Next Farm Bill: Is It Time for Conservation Payments? 7:3:1-3 Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight)15:3:7-10 Options for the Conservation Reserve Program 14:2:6-7 The Outlook for Corn Prices in the 2008 Marketing Year 14:2:4-5 Payment Limitations and U.S. Farm Policy 9:2:1-3,10 Processing or Exports: Which Path for U.S. Grain? 10:3:1-3 Prospects for ACRE Payments in 2009 15:1:1-4 Public or Private Price Protection? 8:1:10 Re-energizing Supply Chains 6:2:1-3 Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices 15:1:7-9 Risk-Free Farming? 10:1:1-3,10 Rural America and Modern Agriculture: What Kind of Future? 8:2:1-3 Safety Net Design for the New Farm Bill 11:3:1-3,12 A Second Look at Subsidies and Supply 6:1:3 Should Government Subsidize Farmers’ Risk Management? 15:2:1-3,10 Splashing and Dashing Biodiesel 14:4:6-7,11 Supporting U.S. Agriculture under World Trade Organization Rules 8:1:1-3 Trade, Wealth Creation, and American Agriculture 7:4:1-3 Unfair Trade: Culprits and Victims 12:1:1-3 U.S. Farm Policy and the WTO 7:2:1-3, 7 Water Quality Research: A Collaborative Effort 9:1:9 When Is GRIP the Right Choice for Crop Insurance? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:1:4-5,9 When Will the Bubble Burst? 14:1:1-3,8 3 IAR Index Whither Farm Policy? 5:4:1-3, 6 Who’s Using All the Ethanol? 14:4:4-5 Who Will Have Surplus Corn? 13:1:8-9 Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance for Crop and Livestock Producers 5:2:8-10 Will Freedom to Farm Harm the Environment? 2:4:10-11 Barrett, Chad Agricultural Payments to Iowa under Alternative Programs 4:1:1-3 Batres-Marquez, Patricia Mexico’s Improving Pork Sector Creates Positives for Imports 12:2:10-11 Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing 6:1:6-7 Baumel, C. Phillip Transportation Changes Increase Risks for Country Elevators 3:1&2:14-16 Beef Packing Concentration: Limiting Branded Product Opportunities? 11:3:8-9 BEEF INDUSTRY AND TRADE After the Ban: U.S. Beef Exports to Japan Lag Demand 13:1:10-11 Animal Identification Is Key to Restarting Beef Exports to Japan 11:1:8-9 Beef Packing Concentration: Limiting Branded Product Opportunities? 11:3:8-9 Beef Quality Assurance “Down Under” 8:3:4-5,12 Cattle Producers Need a Quality System Assessment for Japan 11:3:10-11 E.U.-U.S. Beef Hormone Trade Dispute 5:3:1-3 The E.U.-U.S. Hormone Dispute: The Negotiations Continue 8:2:9-10 Geographical Indications, the WTO, and Iowa-80 Beef 11:2:8-9 Integration in the North American Livestock and Meat Industries 9:3:8-9 Meat Traceability in Japan 9:4:4-5 Meat Traceability: Its Effect on Trade 8:1:8-9 NAFTA: Implications for Mexican and Midwestern Agriculture 7:1:9-12 A New World Market for U.S. Beef 11:3:4-5,13 Overcoming Information Barriers in Cattle Marketing 9:2:4-5 Steady Supplies or Stockpiles? Dried Distillers Grains and U.S. Beef Production 14:1:4-5,11 U.S. Beef Faces Challenges in Korea Before Reaching Full Potential 15:1:5-6 Beef Quality Assurance “Down Under” 8:3:4-5,12 Beghin, John Can Acreage Controls Increase Iowa’s Farm Revenue? 7:2:8-9 China’s Accession to the WTO: Effects on U.S. Pork and Poultry 7:3:9 China’s Growing Market for Dairy Products 10:3:10-11 Competitiveness and Protection of Chinese Agriculture 6:4:9-10 The Cost of Food Self-Sufficiency and Agricultural Protection in South Korea 8:1:4-5 Dairy Policies around the World: What Would We Gain from Getting Rid of Them? 6:1:7-8 E.U.-U.S. Beef Hormone Trade Dispute 5:3:1-3 FAPRI Analyzes the U.S. Proposal to the WTO 12:1:6-8 Global Prospects for Dairy in Argentina and Chile and Lessons for U.S. Dairy Industries 12:3:4-5,10 NAFTA: Implications for Mexican and Midwestern Agriculture 7:1:9-12 Policy Reforms in World Sugar Markets: What Would Happen? 10:2:4-5,11 Rethinking Agricultural Domestic Support under the World Trade Organization 11:1:4-5,11 Rich Countries, Poor Countries, and the Doha Round Trade Negotiations 8:3:10-11 U.S. Sweetener Consumption Trends and Dietary Guidelines 11:1:10-11 Beitz, Donald New Techniques to Modify Pork Fats Promote Better Health 2:1:9-10 Beran, George Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing 6:1:6-7 4 IAR Index A Billion Gallons of Biodiesel: Who Benefits? BIODIESEL A Billion Gallons of Biodiesel: Who Benefits? Breaking the Link between Food and Biofuels Crop Outlook for 2009 Measuring Unmeasurable Land-Use Changes from Biofuels Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices Splashing and Dashing Biodiesel U.S. Biodiesel Production: Recent Developments and Prospects Biorenewables Policy at CARD Blending: Ethanol’s New Growth Sector (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Boom Times for Crop Insurance Booming Commodities: How Long Will It Last? Brains or Brawn? Which Economic Development Policy Is Best for Iowa? Breaking the Link between Food and Biofuels BSE (bovine spongiform encephalopathy). See MAD COW BUDGET The Balanced Budget Amendment: How It May Impact Farm Programs Budget Cuts Continue to Pressure the Agricultural Sector Budget Cut Proposals The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results Changes in Iowa’s Capital Gains Tax Guns and Butter, Crop Insurance Reform, and the Farmer Safety Net Hard Choices ISU, IEFC Issue State Income Growth and Tax Projections The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results Bulletin on Farm Bill Compromise—The “Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995” Bulletin on Senate 1996 Farm Bill By the Numbers: County Population Trends 5 14:1:6-8 14:1:6-8 14:3:1-2,9 15:2:8-9 15:3:4-6,11 15:1:7-9 14:4:6-7,11 13:2:8-9,11 12:3:9 13:4:8-10 14:2:10-11 10:2:1-3 9:1:1-3 14:3:1-2,9 1:2:13-14 3:3:11-13 1:3:3-4 1:2:4-7 4:1:8 11:1:1-3,5 1:3:11-13 5:1:6-7 1:2:4-7 2:1:6 2:2:5 8:2:4 C CAFTA’s Projected Impact on U.S. Sugar Can Acreage Controls Increase Iowa’s Farm Revenue? Can South America Pick Up the Soybean Slack? Can Subsidies Hurt Iowa’s Agriculture? CARD (Center for Agricultural and Rural Development) And the Survey Said… Biorenewables Policy at CARD CARD 1995 Iowa Baseline Results CARD’s 50th Anniversary: Taking Stock of Our Past—and Future A Change in Assignment Continuing Development of the CARD Web Site End of a Long Run Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop Sell or Store? CARD’s Web-Based Decision Aid Is Now Available Who Reads Iowa Ag Review? CARD’s 50th Anniversary: Taking Stock of Our Past—and Future Carriquiry, Miguel 11:3:8-9 7:2:8-9 12:3:8 5:4:7-8 9:3:11 12:3:9 1:3:8-9 13:3:5-7 14:3:9 5:2:12 15:4:9 6:1:10 5:4:6 2:2:14 13:3:5-7 IAR Index Acreage Shifts under Freedom to Farm A Billion Gallons of Biodiesel: Who Benefits? Ethanol-Livestock Integration (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Splashing and Dashing Biodiesel U.S. Biodiesel Production: Recent Developments and Prospects Cattle Producers Need a Quality System Assessment for Japan CEFTA Grain Market Glut: Asia a Minor Player Chaherli, Nabil Conservation Tillage and Farm Programs A Change in Assignment Changes in Iowa’s Capital Gains Tax Charting Growth in Food Demand Cheap Food and Farm Subsidies: Policy Impacts of a Mythical Connection China’s Accession to the WTO: Effects on U.S. Pork and Poultry China’s Challenge: Conforming to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Agricultural Exports China’s Growing Market for Dairy Products Clemens, Roxanne After the Ban: U.S. Beef Exports to Japan Lag Demand Animal Identification Is Key to Restarting Beef Exports to Japan Beef Packing Concentration: Limiting Branded Product Opportunities? Cattle Producers Need a Quality System Assessment for Japan The E.U.-U.S. Hormone Dispute: The Negotiations Continue The Expanding U.S. Market for Fresh Produce Geographical Indications, the WTO, and Iowa-80 Beef Integration in the North American Livestock and Meat Industries Keeping Farmers on the Land: Agritourism in the European Union Meat Traceability in Japan Meat Traceability: Its Effect on Trade Mexico’s Improving Pork Sector Creates Positives for Imports A New World Market for U.S. Beef The Potential Market for U.S. Pork Variety Meats in China Steady Supplies or Stockpiles? Dried Distillers Grains and U.S. Beef Production Strong Export Growth in “Other” Markets for U.S. Pork Strong U.S. Pork Exports in 2004: The Story Behind the Numbers U.S. Beef Faces Challenges in Korea Before Reaching Full Potential CLIMATE CHANGE Costs and Benefits to Agriculture from Climate Change Policy Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? National Forum for Agriculture Climate Change Conference COMMODITY PRICES Acreage Shifts Follow Price Signals (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agricultural Price Swings and Iowa’s Economy (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agricultural Trade with a Weak Dollar (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agriculture on Record Pace (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Booming Commodities: How Long Will It Last? Can South America Pick Up the Soybean Slack? Cheap Food and Farm Subsidies: Policy Impacts of a Mythical Connection Corn or Soybeans for 2009? Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation Crop Outlook for 2009 6 7:1:4-5 14:1:6-8 13:1:6-7 14:4:6-7,11 13:2:8-9,11 11:3:10-11 4:1:9-10 1:4:10-12 14:3:9 4:1:8 14:3:8 12:2:1-3 7:3:9 10:2:8-10 10:3:10-11 13:1:10-11 11:1:8-9 11:3:8-9 11:3:10-11 8:2:9-10 10:1:8-9 11:2:8-9 9:3:8-9 10:3:8-9 9:4:4-5 8:1:8-9 12:2:10-11 11:3:4-5,13 3:1&2:8-10 14:1:4-5,11 12:4:8-9 10:4:8-9,10 15:1:5-6 15:3:1-3,11 6:1:10 13:4:1-3,10 5:2:6-8 12:3:6-7,11 10:1:6-7 14:2:8-9 10:4:6-7,10 10:2:1-3 12:3:8 12:2:1-3 15:1:10-11 11:4:4-5,9 15:2:8-9 IAR Index Do Biofuels Mean Inexpensive Food Is a Thing of the Past? 13:3:4-5,11 Do Ethanol/Livestock Synergies Presage Increased Iowa Cattle Numbers? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:2:4-5 Ethanol: Policies, Production, and Profitability (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 10:2:6-7 Exchange Rates and Agricultural Commodity Prices 13:4:11 Farm Programs, Fuel Mandates, and Agricultural Prosperity 13:3:1-3 Five-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture 5:2:1-3 Five-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture 6:2:8-10 How Low Will Corn Prices Go? 14:4:1-3,11 How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight 10:3:6-7 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 1:7:1-4 ISU, IEFC Issue State Income Growth and Tax Projections 5:1:6-7 The Outlook for Corn Prices in the 2008 Marketing Year 14:2:4-5 Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices 15:1:7-9 Shifting Corn Basis Patterns (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 13:3:8-10 Three-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture 5:1:2-3 U.S. Agriculture and the Value of the Dollar 9:3:10-11 When Will the Bubble Burst? 14:1:1-3,8 Comparing Grain Transportation in the United States and Argentina 6:4:6-7, 8 Comparing the House and Senate Farm Bill Proposals 2:1:4-6 Competitiveness and Protection of Chinese Agriculture 6:4:9-10 The Concentration of U.S. Agricultural Subsidies 7:4:8-9 CONSERVATION PAYMENTS. See also CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM, CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM A Farm Policy Objective: The Search Goes On 6:4:1-3,7 The Next Farm Bill: Is It Time for Conservation Payments? 7:3:1-3 Options for the Conservation Reserve Program 14:2:6-7 CONSERVATION RESERVE PROGRAM Budget Cuts Continue to Pressure the Agricultural Sector 3:3:11-13 The Conservation Reserve Program 1:1:8-9 Conservation Tillage and Farm Programs 1:4:10-12 The Costs and Benefits of Conservation Practices in Iowa 12:4:10-12 CRP Acreage on the Horizon 12:2:8-9 Economic Gains of CRP on Communities 2:2:12-14 The Future of the Conservation Reserve Program 2:3:12-14 The House and Senate Visions of a CRP Renewal: An Appraisal of the Likely Efficiency Gains 2:1:7 Impact of High Corn Prices on Conservation Reserve Program Acreage 13:2:4-5,7 Implications of Extending the Conservation Reserve Program for Iowa 1:1:9-11 The Look of the “New” Conservation Reserve Program 3:3:1-5 Options for the Conservation Reserve Program 14:2:6-7 CONSERVATION SECURITY PROGRAM The Costs and Benefits of Conservation Practices in Iowa 12:4:10-12 Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program 10:1:4-5,10 Continuing Development of the CARD Web Site 5:2:12 CORN Acreage Shifts Follow Price Signals (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:3:6-7,11 Agriculture on Record Pace (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 10:4:6-7,10 Are We Underestimating Corn Production Potential? 11:4:6-7 Booming Commodities: How Long Will It Last? 10:2:1-3 7 IAR Index Cheap Food and Farm Subsidies: Policy Impacts of a Mythical Connection Corn or Soybeans for 2009? Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation Corn Shortfalls: Historical Patterns and Expectations Crop Outlook for 2009 CRP Acreage on the Horizon Do Ethanol/Livestock Synergies Presage Increased Iowa Cattle Numbers? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol-Livestock Integration (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Feeding the Ethanol Boom: Where Will the Corn Come From? Getting More Corn Acres from the Corn Belt (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) High Yields, Low Prices, and High Government Payments How Low Will Corn Prices Go? How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight If Ethanol Demand Changes, What Happens to Farm Prices? Impact of High Corn Prices on Conservation Reserve Program Acreage Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? Modified Corn: Will Livestock Producers Buy It? Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) The Outlook for Corn and Ethanol (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) The Outlook for Corn Prices in the 2008 Marketing Year Outlook for U.S. Corn and Soybeans in 1996 Planting Decisions: Corn versus Soybeans (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Processing or Exports: Which Path for U.S. Grain? Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices A Review of the New Corn Yield Insurance Futures and Options Shifting Corn Basis Patterns (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Steady Supplies or Stockpiles? Dried Distillers Grains and U.S. Beef Production What’s Ahead For Iowa Crops? Who Will Have Surplus Corn? Corn Belt Contributions to the Crop Insurance Industry Corn or Soybeans for 2009? Corn Shortfalls: Historical Patterns and Expectations Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation Corrigan, Jay GMOs in Europe: A Genetically Modified Ordeal? The Cost of Food Self-Sufficiency and Agricultural Protection in South Korea The Costs and Benefits of Conservation Practices in Iowa Costs and Benefits of Fixing Gulf Hypoxia Costs and Benefits to Agriculture from Climate Change Policy The Costs of Foodborne Illness Creation of a WTO-Friendly Farm Safety Net CROP INSURANCE. See INSURANCE. Crop Insurance: A Good Deal for Taxpayers? Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? Crop Outlook for 2009 CRP Acreage on the Horizon Cuba: An Emerging Market for Iowa Agriculture? 8 12:2:1-3 15:1:10-11 11:4:4-5,9 13:2:10-11 15:2:8-9 12:2:8-9 12:2:4-5 13:1:6-7 12:4:4-5 12:4:6-7 12:1:10-11 14:4:1-3,11 10:3:6-7 2:1:7-9 13:2:4-5,7 13:4:1-3,10 6:2:4-5, 9 15:3:7-10 14:1:9-10 14:2:4-5 2:3:2-5 11:1:6-7,9 10:3:1-3 15:1:7-9 2:3:10-11 13:3:8-10 14:1:4-5,11 2:1:2-4 13:1:8-9 14:2:1-3,11 15:1:10-11 13:2:10-11 11:4:4-5,9 5:3:3, 7-8 8:1:4-5 12:4:10-12 14:4:8-10 15:3:1-3,11 8:3:9 10:4:1-3 12:3:1-3,10 13:1:1-3,9 15:2:8-9 12:2:8-9 9:1:4-5,8 IAR Index D Dairy Policies Around the World: What Would We Gain from Getting Rid of Them? 6:1:7-8 Do Ethanol/Livestock Synergies Presage Increased Iowa Cattle Numbers? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:2:4-5 Dickson, James S. Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing 6:1:6-7 Dietary Change in China’s Cities: Empirical Fact or Urban Legend? 13:1:4-5 DISASTER ASSISTANCE Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? 13:1:1-3,9 Disaster Assistance and Crop Insurance: Time for a New Approach? 9:2:8-9 Disaster Assistance: How Best to Pay When Nature Has Her Way 8:4:10-11 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 5:3:4-6 New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 14:3:6-7,10 Disaster Assistance and Crop Insurance: Time for a New Approach? 9:2:8-9 Disaster Assistance: How Best to Pay When Nature Has Her Way 8:4:10-11 Do Biofuels Mean Inexpensive Food Is a Thing of the Past? 13:3:4-5,11 Dong, Fengxia China’s Challenge: Conforming to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Agricultural Exports 10:2:8-10 Dietary Change in China’s Cities: Empirical Fact or Urban Legend? 13:1:4-5 Downing, John Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems 10:3:4-5 Drought Tolerance and Risk in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program 15:4:4-7,8 Duffy, Michael The Future of the Conservation Reserve Program 2:3:12-14 E E-COMMERCE Extreme Demands—Extraordinary Products: What’s In It for Midwestern Agriculture? 7:1:1-3 Re-energizing Supply Chains 6:2:1-3 Economic Impacts of CRP on Communities 2:2:12-14 Efficiency Gains 2:1:7 Egan, Kevin Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems 10:3:4-5 Water Cleanup: What’s the Economic Impact for Iowa Communities? 11:2:4-5 Elmore, Steven L. Agriculture’s Next Ten Years: 1996 Iowa Baseline 2:4:6-8 Comparing the House and Senate Farm Bill Proposals 2:1:4-6 The E.U. Export Tax: Impact on U.S. Markets 2:4:5-6 FAPRI 1996 Baseline: Projections under the FAIR Act 2:3:7-9 The FAPRI Process of Analysis 3:1&2:10-11 Farm Bill Options and Iowa Agriculture 1:4:5-6 Grains and Oilseed Cropland: A Global Perspective 3:1&2:12-14 How Iowa Stacks Up Under the 1996 Freedom to Farm Payments 2:4:14 If Ethanol Demand Changes, What Happens to Farm Prices? 2:1:7-9 The Impact of 1996 Weather on Crop Markets 2:4:1-4 The Look of the “New” Conservation Reserve Program 3:3:1-5 Outlook for U.S. Corn and Soybeans in 1996 2:3:2-5 9 IAR Index Possible Results of Freedom to Farm: A FAPRI Analysis of the Congressional Compromise on Agriculture Senate 1996 Farm Bill Highlights Stocks-to-Use Ratios and Grain Price Volatility Summary of the 1996 Farm Bill: The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 Weather Shocks, Iowa Agriculture, and Agricultural Policy What’s Ahead For Iowa Crops? Who Reads Iowa Ag Review? Elobeid, Amani Policy and Competitiveness of U.S. and Brazilian Ethanol Policy Reforms in World Sugar Markets: What Would Happen? End of a Long Run Environmental Issues in the 1995 Farm Bill ENVIRONMENTAL POLICY. See also CONSERVATION PAYMENTS Conservation Tillage and Farm Programs The Costs and Benefits of Conservation Practices in Iowa Costs and Benefits of Fixing Gulf Hypoxia Costs and Benefits to Agriculture from Climate Change Policy Measuring Unmeasurable Land-Use Changes from Biofuels Environmental Issues in the 1995 Farm Bill Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop High Crop Prices, Ethanol Mandates, and the Public Good: Do They Coexist? Incentives to Boost Conservation Tillage Adoption Iowa’s Wetlands: Who Will Pay for Preservation? Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? Living with Hogs in Rural Iowa National Forum for Agriculture Climate Change Conference The Next Farm Bill: Is It Time for Conservation Payments? Options for the Conservation Reserve Program Will Freedom to Farm Harm the Environment? Willingness to Pay for Clear Lake Cleanup ETHANOL Blending: Ethanol’s New Growth Sector (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Biorenewables Policy at CARD Breaking the Link between Food and Biofuels Crop Outlook for 2009 Do Biofuels Mean Inexpensive Food Is a Thing of the Past? Do Ethanol/Livestock Synergies Presage Increased Iowa Cattle Numbers? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol-Livestock Integration (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol: Policies, Production, and Profitability (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol Revisited (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Farm Programs, Fuel Mandates, and Agricultural Prosperity Feeding the Ethanol Boom: Where Will the Corn Come From? Getting More Corn Acres from the Corn Belt (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) High Crop Prices, Ethanol Mandates, and the Public Good: Do They Coexist? How Low Will Corn Prices Go? If Ethanol Demand Changes, What Happens To Farm Prices? Intricacies of Meeting the Renewable Fuels Standard Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? Measuring Unmeasurable Land-Use Changes from Biofuels 10 2:2:1,6-8 2:2:5 2:2:2-4 2:3:5-7 1:4:2-4 2:1:2-4 2:2:14 12:2:6-7,11 10:2:4-5,11 15:4:9 1:1:12-13 1:4:1,10-12 12:4:10-12 14:4:8-10 15:3:1-3,11 15:3:4-6,11 1:1:12-13 6:1:10 13:2:1-3 8:1:11 6:3:6-8 13:4:1-3,10 9:3:1-3 5:2:6-8 7:3:1-3 14:2:6-7 2:4:10-11 7:3:4-5,8 13:4:8-10 12:3:9 14:3:1-2,9 15:2:8-9 13:3:4-5,11 12:2:4-5 13:1:6-7 10:2:6-7 11:3:6-7,13 13:3:1-3 12:4:4-5 12:4:6-7 13:2:1-3 14:4:1-3,11 2:1:7-9 15:2:4-6 13:4:1-3,10 15:3:4-6,11 IAR Index The Outlook for Corn and Ethanol (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) The Outlook for Corn Prices in the 2008 Marketing Year Policy and Competitiveness of U.S. and Brazilian Ethanol Shifting Corn Basis Patterns (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Steady Supplies or Stockpiles? Dried Distillers Grains and U.S. Beef Production When Will the Bubble Burst? Who’s Using All the Ethanol? Who Will Have Surplus Corn? Ethanol-Livestock Integration (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol: Policies, Production, and Profitability (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol Revisited (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) EUROPEAN UNION Dairy Policies Around the World: What Would We Gain from Getting Rid of Them? European Union Agricultural Reforms: Impacts for Iowa E.U.-U.S. Beef Hormone Trade Dispute The E.U.-U.S. Hormone Dispute: The Negotiations Continue Extreme Demands—Extraordinary Products: What’s In It for Midwestern Agriculture? Geographical Indications, Property Rights, and Value-Added Agriculture Geographical Indications, the WTO, and Iowa-80 Beef GMOs in Europe: Genetically Modified Ordeal? Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Keeping Farmers on the Land: Agritourism in the European Union Policy Reforms in World Sugar Markets: What Would Happen? Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices Splashing and Dashing Biodiesel What Would Happen if Over-the-Counter Antibiotics Were Banned in Swine Rations? The E.U. Export Tax: Impact on U.S. Markets The E.U.-U.S. Beef Hormone Trade Dispute The E.U.-U.S. Hormone Dispute: The Negotiations Continue Examining the Health of the U.S. Crop Insurance Industry Exchange Rates and Agricultural Commodity Prices The Expanding U.S. Market for Fresh Produce Extreme Demands—Extraordinary Products: What’s In It for Midwestern Agriculture? 11 14:1:9-10 14:2:4-5 12:2:6-7,11 13:3:8-10 14:1:4-5,11 14:1:1-3,8 14:4:4-5 13:1:8-9 13:1:6-7 10:2:6-7 11:3:6-7,13 6:1:7-8 5:4:8-9 5:3:1-3 8:2:9-10 7:1:1-3 9:4:1-3 11:2:8-9 5:3:3,7-8 7:1:6-8 10:3:8-9 10:2:4-5,11 15:1:7-9 14:4:6-7,11 6:3:9-10 2:4:5-6 5:3:1-3 8:2:9-10 15:4:1-3,8 13:4:11 10:1:8-9 7:1:1-3 F Fabiosa, Jay China’s Accession to the WTO: Effects on U.S. Pork and Poultry Implications for U.S. Pork Trade Following Taiwan’s Export Ban Record Low Pork Prices in 1998: Transient or Permanent? What Would Happen if Over-the-Counter Antibiotics Were Banned in Swine Rations? FACTA of 1990 Agricultural Payments to Iowa under Alternative Programs FAIR ACT OF 1996. See also FARM BILL 1996, FREEDOM TO FARM Acreage Shifts under Freedom to Farm Agricultural Payments to Iowa under Alternative Programs Agricultural Policy Update: Are FAIR’s Payment Formulas Fair? Budget Cuts Continue to Pressure the Agricultural Sector The Look of the “New” Conservation Reserve Program Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 Three-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture 7:3:9 3:1&2:17 5:3:9-10 6:3:9-10 4:1:1-3 7:1:4-5 4:1:1-3 6:3:1-3 3:3:11-13 3:3:1-5 2:3:5-7 5:1:2-3 IAR Index 12 Whither Farm Policy? 5:4:1-3, 6 Fang, Cheng Competitiveness and Protection of Chinese Agriculture 6:4:9-10 FAPRI Analyzes the U.S. Proposal to the WTO 12:1:6-8 FAPRI 1997 Agricultural Projections 3:1&2:1,3,5-6 FAPRI 1996 Baseline: Projections under the FAIR Act 2:3:7-9 FAPRI 1995 Baseline Results 1:2:7-9 Impacts on Iowa 3:1&2:4 FAPRI/ISU Staff Budget Cuts Continue to Pressure the Agricultural Sector 3:3:11-13 Can Acreage Controls Increase Iowa’s Farm Revenue? 7:2:8-9 FAPRI Analyzes the U.S. Proposal to the WTO 12:1:6-8 FAPRI Baseline Meeting 5:1:3 The FAPRI Process of Analysis 3:1&2:10-11 FAPRI 1997 Agricultural Projections 3:1&2:1,3,5-6 FAPRI 1996 Baseline: Projections under the FAIR Act 2:3:7-9 FAPRI 1995 Baseline Results 1:2:7-9 Grain Market Glut: Asia a Minor Player 4:1:9-10 How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight 10:3:6-7 The Impact of EEP Removal on U.S. Wheat 3:1&2:6-8 Impacts on Iowa 3:1&2:4 Possible Results of Freedom to Farm: A FAPRI Analysis of the Congressional Compromise on Agriculture 2:2:1,6-8 Three Corners: FAPRI Examination of Farm Bill Alternatives 1:3:4-6 Three-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture 5:1:2-3 U.S. Agricultural Exports 3:1&2:5-6 USDA Honors the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute 8:3:13 World Trade Impacts of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Taiwan 3:3:5-9 FARM BILL 1996. See also FAIR ACT OF 1996; FREEDOM TO FARM; SUBSIDIES, AGRICULTURAL Acreage Shifts under Freedom to Farm 7:1:4-5 Agricultural Payments to Iowa under Alternative Programs 4:1:1-3s Agricultural Policy Update: Are FAIR’s Payment Formulas Fair? 6:3:1-3 Bulletin on Farm Bill Compromise—The “Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995” 2:1:6 Bulletin on Senate 1996 Farm Bill 2:2:5 Comparing the House and Senate Farm Bill Proposals 2:1:4-6 Environmental Issues in the 1995 Farm Bill 1:1:12-13 FAPRI 1996 Baseline: Projections under the FAIR Act 2:3:7-9 Farm Bill Options and Iowa Agriculture 1:4:5-6 The 1995 Farm Bill 1:1:14 Payment Limitations and U.S. Farm Policy 9:2:1-3,10 Summary of the 1996 Farm Bill: The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 2:3:5-7 Three Corners: FAPRI Examination of Farm Bill Alternatives 1:3:4-6 Wither Farm Policy? 5:4:1-3,6 FARM BILL 2002. See also SUBSIDIES, AGRICULTURAL A Farm Policy Objective: The Search Goes On 6:4:1-3,7 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:3:6-7,10 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 8:3:6-8 Judging the Performance of the 2002 Farm Bill 11:2:1-3,11 The Next Farm Bill: Is It Time for Conservation Payments? 7:3:1-3 Payment Limitations and U.S. Farm Policy 9:2:1-3,10 IAR Index Supporting U.S. Agriculture under World Trade Organization Rules U.S. Farm Policy and the WTO The WTO Picture After the Cotton Ruling FARM BILL 2008. See also SUBSIDIES, AGRICULTURAL ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? Farm Policy Amid High Prices: Which Direction Will We Take? Farm Programs, Fuel Mandates, and Agricultural Prosperity How to Save Billions in Farm Spending The New ACRE Program: Frequently Asked Questions New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Prospects for ACRE Payments in 2009 Farm Policy Amid High Prices: Which Direction Will We Take? A Farm Policy Objective: The Search Goes On Farm Programs, Fuel Mandates, and Agricultural Prosperity Feeding the Ethanol Boom: Where Will the Corn Come From? Feng, Hongli The Costs and Benefits of Conservation Practices in Iowa Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? Five-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture Five-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture FOOD SAFETY The Costs of Foodborne Illness China’s Challenge: Conforming to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Agricultural Exports Harnessing Information for More Effective Use of Food Safety Resources Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE Iowa’s Agricultural Situation World Trade Impacts of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Taiwan FREEDOM TO FARM. See also FAIR ACT OF 1996; FARM BILL 1996 Acreage Shifts under Freedom to Farm Farm Freedom or Freedom to Farm? How Iowa Stacks Up Under the 1996 Freedom to Farm Payments Possible Results of Freedom to Farm: A FAPRI Analysis of the Congressional Compromise on Agriculture Will Freedom to Farm Harm the Environment? Wither Farm Policy? Fuller, Frank Agricultural Impacts of China’s Accession to the WTO China’s Growing Market for Dairy Products Dairy Policies around the World: What Would We Gain from Getting Rid of Them? Dietary Change in China’s Cities: Empirical Fact or Urban Legend? Global Prospects for Dairy in Argentina and Chile and Lessons for U.S. Dairy Industries Implications for U.S. Pork Trade Following Taiwan’s Export Ban G GATT 13 8:1:1-3 7:2:1-3,7 11:2:10-11 15:2:7 13:1:1-3,9 12:4:1-3,13 13:3:1-3 13:4:4-7 14:3:4-5,10 14:3:6-7,10 15:1:1-4 12:4:1-3,13 6:4:1-3, 7 13:3:1-3 12:4:4-5 12:4:10-12 10:1:4-5,10 13:4:1-3,10 5:2:1-3 6:2:8-10 8:3:9 10:2:8-10 12:1:12-13 6:1:6-7 7:2:4-7 3:3:5-9 7:1:4-5 1:4:9 2:4:14 2:2:1,6-8 2:4:10-11 5:4:1-3,6 3:3:9-11 10:3:10-11 6:1:7-8 13:1:4-5 12:3:4-5,10 3:1&2:17 IAR Index 14 The GATT Agreement: A Layperson’s Description 1:1:6-7 Implications of the GATT Agreement for Iowa Agriculture 1:1:7-8 Gassman, Philip Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program 10:1:4-5,10 GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISMS Agricultural Biotechnology and Trade: The Unresolved Issues 9:4:8-10 Extreme Demands—Extraordinary Products: What’s In It for Midwestern Agriculture? 7:1:1-3 GMOs in Europe: A Genetically Modified Ordeal? 5:3:3, 7-8 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 5:4:4-5, 10 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:1:6-8 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 9:2:6-7,10 Modified Corn: Will Livestock Producers Buy It? 6:2:4-5, 9 Patented Agriculture 8:2:5,8 Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Products in Crops: Economic Prospects and Impacts on Agriculture 10:4:4-5,11 Who Is Afraid of the “Precautionary Principle”? 7:4:4-5 Geographical Indications, Property Rights, and Value-Added Agriculture 9:4:1-3 Geographical Indications, the WTO, and Iowa-80 Beef 11:2:8-9 Getting More Corn Acres from the Corn Belt (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:4:6-7 Global Prospects for Dairy in Argentina and Chile and Lessons for U.S. Dairy Industries 12:3:4-5,10 GMOs in Europe: A Genetically Modified Ordeal? 5:3:3, 7-8 Goldsby, Thomas J. Comparing Grain Transportation in the United States and Argentina 6:4:6-7, 8 Government Payments to Supplement Iowa Farm Income 5:1:1-2 Grain Market Glut: Asia a Minor Player 4:1:9-10 Grains and Oilseed Cropland: A Global Perspective 3:1&2:12-14 Guns and Butter, Crop Insurance Reform, and the Farmer Safety Net 11:1:1-3,5 H Harnessing Information for More Effective Use of Food Safety Resources Hart, Chad E. Acreage Shifts Follow Price Signals (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agricultural Price Swings and Iowa’s Economy (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agricultural Trade with a Weak Dollar (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agriculture on Record Pace (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Are We Underestimating Corn Production Potential? Blending: Ethanol’s New Growth Sector (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) By the Numbers: County Population Trends CAFTA’s Projected Impact on U.S. Sugar Can Subsidies Hurt Iowa’s Agriculture? A Change in Assignment Crop Insurance: A Good Deal for Taxpayers? Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation CRP Acreage on the Horizon Disaster Assistance and Crop Insurance: Time for a New Approach? Disaster Assistance: How Best to Pay When Nature Has Her Way Do Ethanol/Livestock Synergies Presage Increased Iowa Cattle Numbers? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol-Livestock Integration (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol: Policies, Production, and Profitability (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Ethanol Revisited (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:1:12-13 12:3:6-7,11 10:1:6-7 14:2:8-9 10:4:6-7,10 11:4:6-7 13:4:8-10 8:2:4 11:3:8-9 5:4:7-8 14:3:9 12:3:1-3,10 11:4:4-5,9 12:2:8-9 9:2:8-9 8:4:10-11 12:2:4-5 13:1:6-7 10:2:6-7 11:3:6-7,13 IAR Index 15 Feeding the Ethanol Boom: Where Will the Corn Come From? 12:4:4-5 Government Costs of Yield and Revenue Insurance 2:2:8-10 High Yields, Low Prices, and High Government Payments 12:1:10-11 How Revenue Assurance and Yield Insurance Stack Up: A Cost Comparison 1:4:8-9 How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight 10:3:6-7 The Impact of Crop Insurance on the Iowa Economy 6:1:1-2, 9-10 Iowa Crop Insurance: What is the Coverage Level? 2:3:11-12 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:2:4-7 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:3:6-7,10 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:4:6-7,10 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 9:1:6-7,10 The New ACRE Program: Frequently Asked Questions 14:3:4-5,10 New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 14:3:6-7,10 Options for the Conservation Reserve Program 14:2:6-7 The Outlook for Corn and Ethanol (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 14:1:9-10 Payment Limitations and U.S. Farm Policy 9:2:1-3,10 Planting Decisions: Corn versus Soybeans (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 11:1:6-7,9 Preparing for Soybean Rust (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 11:2:6-7 Rethinking Agricultural Domestic Support under the World Trade Organization 11:1:4-5,11 A Review of the New Corn Yield Insurance Futures and Options 2:3:10-11 Safety Net Design for the New Farm Bill 11:3:1-3,12 A Second Look at Subsidies and Supply 6:1:3 Shifting Corn Basis Patterns (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 13:3:8-10 U.S. Agriculture and the Value of the Dollar 9:3:10-11 U.S. Farm Policy and the WTO 7:2:1-3, 7 Weak Spots in the Agricultural Safety Net (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 9:4:6-7 When Is GRIP the Right Choice for Crop Insurance? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:1:4-5,9 Who Will Have Surplus Corn? 13:1:8-9 Would Revenue Insurance Have Paid During the 1993 Flood? 2:4:8-10 The WTO Picture After the Cotton Ruling 11:2:10-11 Hayes, Dermot J. Antibiotics Restrictions: Taking Stock of Denmark’s Experience 9:3:4-5 The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results 1:2:4-7 Changes in Iowa’s Capital Gains Tax 4:1:8 Grain Market Glut: Asia a Minor Player 4:1:9-10 Loan Deficiency Payments or the Loan Program? 4:1:6-7 Modified Corn: Will Livestock Producers Buy It? 6:2:4-5, 9 A New Brand of Agriculture? Farmer-Owned Brands Reward Innovation 8:4:4-5,8 The Potential Market for U.S. Pork Variety Meats in China 3:1&2:8-10 Risky Business: Measuring Monetary and Nonmonetary Benefits of Insurance Programs 1:3:6-7 Specialty Soybeans: New Markets for Iowa 1:3:10-11 What Would Happen if Over-the-Counter Antibiotics Were Banned in Swine Rations? 6:3:9-10 Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance for Crop and Livestock Producers 5:2:8-10 Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop 6:1:10 Heffernan, Keith New Uses for Soybean Products 5:2:11 Hennessy, David The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results 1:2:4-7 IAR Index Getting More Corn Acres from the Corn Belt (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) The House and Senate Visions of a CRP Renewal: An Appraisal of the Likely Efficiency Gains How Iowa Stacks Up Under the 1996 Freedom to Farm Payments How Revenue Assurance and Yield Insurance Stack Up: A Cost Comparison Herriges, Joseph A. Iowa’s Wetlands: Who Will Pay for Preservation? Living with Hogs in Rural Iowa Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems Water Cleanup: What’s the Economic Impact for Iowa Communities? Willingness to Pay for Clear Lake Cleanup High Crop Prices, Ethanol Mandates, and the Public Good: Do They Coexist? High Yields, Low Prices, and High Government Payments How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight How Low Will Corn Prices Go? How to Save Billions in Farm Spending Hueth, Brent Overcoming Information Barriers in Cattle Marketing 16 12:4:6-7 2:1:7 2:4:14 1:4:8-9 6:3:6-8 9:3:1-3 10:3:4-5 11:2:4-5 7:3:4-5,8 13:2:1-3 12:1:10-11 10:3:6-7 14:4:1-3,11 13:4:4-7 9:2:4-5 I If Ethanol Demand Changes, What Happens To Farm Prices? The Impact of Crop Insurance on the Iowa Economy The Impact of EEP Removal on U.S. Wheat Impact of High Corn Prices on Conservation Reserve Program Acreage The Impact of 1996 Weather on Crop Markets Impacts on Iowa of the Changing Structure of the Pork Industry Implications for U.S. Pork Trade Following Taiwan’s Export Ban Implications of Extending the Conservation Reserve Program for Iowa Implications of the GATT Agreement for Iowa Agriculture Incentives to Boost Conservation Tillage Adoption Income Support or Subsidized Risk Management? Two Agricultural Policy Approaches INSURANCE. See also REVENUE INSURANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results Boom Times for Crop Insurance Corn Belt Contributions to the Crop Insurance Industry Crop Insurance: A Good Deal for Taxpayers? Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? Disaster Assistance and Crop Insurance: Time for a New Approach? Drought Tolerance and Risk in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program Examining the Health of the U.S. Crop Insurance Industry Farm Policy Amid High Prices: Which Direction Will We Take? Government Costs of Yield and Revenue Insurance Guns and Butter, Crop Insurance Reform, and the Farmer Safety Net How Revenue Assurance and Yield Insurance Stack Up: A Cost Comparison How to Save Billions in Farm Spending The Impact of Crop Insurance on the Iowa Economy Iowa Crop Insurance: What Is the Coverage Level? 2:1:7-9 6:1:1-2, 9-10 3:1&2:6-8 13:2:4-5,7 2:4:1-4 1:2:1,9-12 3:1&2:17 1:1:9-11 1:1:7-8 8:1:11 1:4:12-14 15:2:7 1:2:4-7 14:2:10-11 14:2:1-3,11 12:3:1-3,10 13:1:1-3,9 9:2:8-9 15:4:4-7,8 15:4:1-3,8 12:4:1-3,13 2:2:8-10 11:1:1-3,5 1:4:8-9 13:4:4-7 6:1:1-2, 9-10 2:3:11-12 IAR Index New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Preparing for Soybean Rust (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Public or Private Price Protection? Review of New Revenue Insurance Products A Review of the New Corn Yield Insurance Futures and Options Risky Business: Measuring Monetary and Nonmonetary Benefits of Insurance Programs Safety Net Design for the New Farm Bill Should Government Subsidize Farmers’ Risk Management? Weak Spots in the Agricultural Safety Net (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) When Is GRIP the Right Choice for Crop Insurance? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance for Crop and Livestock Producers Would Revenue Insurance Have Paid During the 1993 Flood? The WTO Picture After the Cotton Ruling Integration in the North American Livestock and Meat Industries International Developments Intricacies of Meeting the Renewable Fuels Standard IOWA AGSTATE Changes in Iowa’s Capital Gains Tax The Iowa Baseline Iowa’s Wetlands: Who Will Pay for Preservation? Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? ISU, IEFC Issue State Income Growth and Tax Projections 17 14:3:6-7,10 11:2:6-7 8:1:10 2:2:10-12 2:3:10-11 1:3:6-7 11:3:1-3,12 15:2:1-3,10 9:4:6-7 12:1:4-5,9 5:2:8-10 2:4:8-10 11:2:10-11 9:3:8-9 1:1:5 15:2:4-6 4:1:8 1:1:5 6:3:6-8 13:4:1-3,10 5:1:6-7 J Jensen, Helen H. Antibiotics Restrictions: Taking Stock of Denmark’s Experience Do Biofuels Mean Inexpensive Food Is a Thing of the Past? China’s Challenge: Conforming to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Agricultural Exports The Costs of Foodborne Illness Harnessing Information for More Effective Use of Food Safety Resources Mexico’s Improving Pork Sector Creates Positives for Imports New Techniques to Modify Pork Fats, Promote Better Health Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing U.S. Sweetener Consumption Trends and Dietary Guidelines USDA’s Nutrition Education Program Pays Long-Term Benefits What Would Happen if Over-the-Counter Antibiotics Were Banned in Swine Rations? Judging the Performance of the 2002 Farm Bill 9:3:4-5 13:3:4-5,11 10:2:8-10 8:3:9 12:1:12-13 12:2:10-11 2:1:9-10 6:1:6-7 11:1:10-11 7:2:9-10 6:3:9-10 11:2:1-3,11 K Kaus, Phillip J. European Union Agricultural Reforms: Impacts for Iowa Five-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture Five-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture Government Payments to Supplement Iowa Farm Income Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Record Low Pork Prices in 1998: Transient or Permanent? 5:4:8-9 5:2:1-3 6:2:8-10 5:1:1-2 4:1 – 7:1 5:3:9-10 IAR Index Three-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture Keeping Farmers on the Land: Agritourism in the European Union Kling, Catherine Costs and Benefits of Fixing Gulf Hypoxia Heartland Environmental and Resource Economics Workshop Incentives to Boost Conservation Tillage Adoption Iowa’s Wetlands: Who Will Pay for Preservation? Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems Water Cleanup: What’s the Economic Impact for Iowa Communities? Willingness to Pay for Clear Lake Cleanup Kruse, John R. The Conservation Reserve Program The GATT Agreement: A Layperson’s Description Implications of Extending the Conservation Reserve Program for Iowa Implications of the GATT Agreement for Iowa Agriculture The Iowa Baseline Policy Announcements Weather and Yields Kurkalova, Lyubov Incentives to Boost Conservation Tillage Adoption Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program 18 5:1:2-3 10:3:8-9 14:4:8-10 6:1:10 8:1:11 6:3:6-8 10:1:4-5,10 10:3:4-5 11:2:4-5 7:3:4-5,8 1:1:8-9 1:1:6-7 1:1:9-11 1:1:7-8 1:1:5 1:2:2-4 1:1:2-3 8:1:11 10:1:4-5,10 L Lakshminarayan, P.G. Conservation Tillage and Farm Programs Environmental Issues in the 1995 Farm Bill The House and Senate Visions of a CRP Renewal: An Appraisal of the Likely Efficiency Gains Land Rents: How High Will They Go and Who Gains? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Lawrence, John D. Beef Quality Assurance “Down Under” Cattle Producers Need a Quality System Assessment for Japan Impacts on Iowa of the Changing Structure of the Pork Industry Iowa Farming: Evolving Risk and Risk Management Overcoming Information Barriers in Cattle Marketing Lence, Sergio A New Brand of Agriculture? Farmer-Owned Brands Reward Innovation Living with Hogs in Rural Iowa LOAN DEFICIENCY PAYMENTS Acreage Shifts under Freedom to Farm Agricultural Policy Update: Are FAIR’s Payment Formulas Fair? Can Subsidies Hurt Iowa’s Agriculture? Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation Government Payments to Supplement Iowa Farm Income Loan Deficiency Payments or the Loan Program? Local and Global Perspectives on the New U.S. Farm Policy The Look of the “New” Conservation Reserve Program M 1:4:10-12 1:1:12-13 2:1:7 13:2:6-7 8:3:4-5,12 11:3:10-11 1:2:1,9-12 2:4:12-13 9:2:4-5 8:4:4-5,8 9:3:1-3 7:1:4-5 6:3:1-3 5:4:7-8 11:4:4-5,9 5:1:1-2 4:1:6-7 8:3:1-3 3:3:1-5 IAR Index 19 MAD COW DISEASE Agricultural Price Swings and Iowa’s Economy (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 10:1:6-7 Animal Identification Is Key to Restarting Beef Exports to Japan 11:1:8-9 Integration in the North American Livestock and Meat Industries 9:3:8-9 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:1:6-8 U.S. Beef Faces Challenges in Korea Before Reaching Full Potential 15:1:5-6 MARKETING Are Cost-Increasing Production Practices in Agriculture’s Future? 8:4:1-3 Beef Quality Assurance “Down Under” 8:3:4-5,12 Extreme Demands—Extraordinary Products: What’s In It for Midwestern Agriculture? 7:1:1-3 Geographical Indications, the WTO, and Iowa-80 Beef 11:2:8-9 A New Brand of Agriculture? Farmer-Owned Brands Reward Innovation 8:4:4-5,8 New Uses for Soybean Products 5:2:11 Overcoming Information Barriers in Cattle Marketing 9:2:4-5 Specialty Soybeans: New Markets for Iowa 1:3:10-11 McPhail, Lihong Lu The Outlook for Corn Prices in the 2008 Marketing Year 14:2:4-5 Measuring Unmeasurable Land-Use Changes from Biofuels 15:3:4-6,11 Meat Traceability in Japan 9:4:4-5 Meat Traceability: Its Effect on Trade 8:1:8-9 MEET THE STAFF Adams, Mary, Communication Specialist- CARD 2:3:15 Babcock, Bruce, Director- CARD 5:1:6 Barrett, Chad, Research Assistant- FAPRI 4:1:10 Beghin, John, Head, Trade and Agricultural Policy Division-CARD and Director- FAPRI 5:2:12 Clarke, Sandra, Communications Manager- CARD 7:2:11 Clemens, Roxanne, Managing Director - MATRIC 9:1:11 Elmore, Steven, Analyst- FAPRI 2:2:15 Fang, Cheng, Assistant Scientist- FAPRI 6:3:11 Fuller, Frank, Technical Director- FAPRI 6:4:11 Garreau, Jackie, Receptionist and Secretary - CARD 8:4:9 Gassman, Phil, Assistant Scientist, Resource and Environmental Policy Division- CARD 8:2:11 Hart, Chad, U.S. Policy Specialist, CARD and FAPRI 2:4:15 Hayes, Dermot, Professor of Economics, CARD 3:1&2:18 Heffernan, Keith, Assistant Director- CARD 1:3:15 Heffernan, Keith, Assistant Director- CARD 5:3:6 Hennessy, David, Professor of Economics, CARD 8:3:12 Jensen, Helen, Head, Food and Nutrition Policy- CARD 7:3:11 Kaus, Phil, U.S./Iowa Crops and Livestock Analyst- FAPRI 5:4:10 Kling, Catherine, Head, Resource and Environmental Policy Division- CARD 6:1:11 Kovarik, Karen, Systems Support Specialist- FAPRI 2:1: 11 Kruse, John R., U.S. Crops and Livestock Analyst- FAPRI 1:1:15 Kurkalova, Lyubov, Associate Scientist, Resource and Environmental Policy Division- CARD 7:1:13 Long, Michael, Systems Analyst- CARD 7:4:11 Matthey, Holger, International Oilseeds Analyst- FAPRI 8:1:13 Meyers, William, Co-Director- FAPRI 1:2:15 Mohanty, Samarendu, Adjunct Assistant Professor and Policy Analyst- FAPRI 6:2:11 Pim, Judith, Manager, Communication and Information Division- CARD 3:3:14 Secchi, Silvia, Assistant Scientist - CARD 9:2:11 Smith, Darnell, Managing Director- FAPRI 1:4:15 Mexico’s Improving Pork Sector Creates Positives for Imports 12:2:10-11 Meyer, Seth IAR Index Impacts on Iowa of the Changing Structure of the Pork Industry Near Term Outlook for the Pork Sector The Story Behind the Hog Breeding Herd Revision: When Is a Breeding Animal Not a Breeding Animal? Meyers, William H. The Balanced Budget Amendment: How It May Impact Farm Programs Budget Cut Proposals Bulletin on Farm Bill Compromise—The “Agricultural Reconciliation Act of 1995” Comparing the House and Senate Farm Bill Proposals The E.U. Export Tax: Impact on U.S. Markets FAPRI 1996 Baseline: Projections under the FAIR Act The FAPRI Process of Analysis Hard Choices The Impact of 1996 Weather on Crop Markets Outlook for U.S. Corn and Soybeans in 1996 Possible Results of Freedom to Farm: A FAPRI Analysis of the Congressional Compromise on Agriculture Senate 1996 Farm Bill Highlights Summary of the 1996 Farm Bill: The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 Three Corners: FAPRI Examination of Farm Bill Alternatives Modified Corn: Will Livestock Producers Buy It? Mohanty, Samarendu The Impact of EEP Removal on U.S. Wheat European Union Agricultural Reforms: Impacts for Iowa Moschini, GianCarlo Agricultural Biotechnology and Trade: The Unresolved Issues GMOs in Europe: A Genetically Modified Ordeal? Patented Agriculture Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Products in Crops: Economic Prospects and Impacts on Agriculture Who Is Afraid of the “Precautionary Principle”? 20 1:2:1,9-12 1:1:3-4 1:3:1-2 1:2:13-14 1:3:3-4 2:1:6 2:1:4-6 2:4:5-6 2:3:7-9 3:1&2:10-11 1:3:11-13 2:4:1-4 2:3:2-5 2:2:1,6-8 2:2:5 2:3:5-7 1:3:1,4-6 6:2:4-5, 9 3:1&2:6-8 5:4:8-9 9:4:8-10 5:3:3, 7-8 8:2:5,8 10:4:4-5,11 7:4:4-5 N NAFTA: Implications for Mexican and Midwestern Agriculture 7:1:9-12 National Forum for Agriculture Climate Change Conference 5:2:6-8 Near Term Outlook for the Pork Sector 1:1:3-4 The New ACRE Program: Frequently Asked Questions 14:3:4-5,10 A New Brand of Agriculture? Farmer-Owned Brands Reward Innovation 8:4:4-5,8 New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 14:3:6-7,10 New Techniques to Modify Pork Fats Promote Better Health 2:1:9-10 New Uses for Soybean Products 5:2:11 A New World Market for U.S. Beef 11:3:4-5,13 The Next Farm Bill: Is It Time for Conservation Payments? 7:3:1-3 NUTRITION Charting Growth in Food Demand 14:3:8 Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs) Soon to Change 5:2:3 U.S. Sweetener Consumption Trends and Dietary Guidelines 11:1:10-11 USDA’s Nutrition Education Program Pays Long-Term Benefits 7:2:9-10 IAR Index 21 O Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Oerter, Karen International Developments Options for the Conservation Reserve Program Otto, Dan Economic Impacts of CRP on Communities Water Cleanup: What’s the Economic Impact for Iowa Communities? The Outlook for Corn and Ethanol (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) The Outlook for Corn Prices in the 2008 Marketing Year Outlook for U.S. Corn and Soybeans in 1996 Overcoming Information Barriers in Cattle Marketing 15:3:7-10 1:1:5 14:2:6-7 2:2:12-14 11:2:4-5 14:1:9-10 14:2:4-5 2:3:2-5 9:2:4-5 P Patented Agriculture Paulson, Nick D. Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? Pautsch, Greg CARD 1995 Iowa Baseline Results Farm Bill Options and Iowa Agriculture Policy Announcements Payment Limitations and U.S. Farm Policy Pharmaceuticals and Industrial Products in Crops: Economic Prospects and Impacts on Agriculture Planting Decisions: Corn versus Soybeans (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Policy and Competitiveness of U.S. and Brazilian Ethanol Policy Reforms in World Sugar Markets: What Would Happen? PORK INDUSTRY AND TRADE Antibiotics Restrictions: Taking Stock of Denmark’s Experience Agricultural Impacts of China’s Accession to the WTO Impacts on Iowa of the Changing Structure of the Pork Industry Implications for U.S. Pork Trade Following Taiwan’s Export Ban Integration in the North American Livestock and Meat Industries Near Term Outlook for the Pork Sector New Technique to Modify Pork Fats to Promote Better Health Meat Traceability in Japan Meat Traceability: Its Effect on Trade Mexico’s Improving Pork Sector Creates Positives for Imports The Potential Market for U.S. Pork Variety Meats in China Record Low Pork Prices in 1998: Transient or Permanent? The Story Behind the Hog Breeding Herd Revision: When Is a Breeding Animal Not a Breeding Animal? Strong Export Growth in “Other” Markets for U.S. Pork Strong U.S. Pork Exports in 2004: The Story Behind the Numbers What Would Happen If Over-the-Counter Antibiotics Were Banned in Swine Rations? Possible Results of Freedom to Farm: A FAPRI Analysis of the Congressional Compromise on Agriculture The Potential Market for U.S. Pork Variety Meats in China Preparing for Soybean Rust (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 8:2:5,8 13:1:1-3,9 1:3:8-9 1:4:5-6 1:2: 2-4 9:2:1-3,10 10:4:4-5,11 11:1:6-7,9 12:2:6-7,11 10:2:4-5,11 9:3:4-5 3:3:9-11 1:2:1,9-12 3:1&2:17 9:3:8-9 1:1:3-4 2:1:9-10 9:4:4-5 8:1:8-9 12:2:10-11 3:1&2:8-10 5:3:9-10 1:3:1-2 12:4:8-9 10:4:8-9,10 6:3:9-10 2:2:1,6-8 3:1&2:8-10 11:2:6-7 IAR Index Proescholdt, Terry Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing Processing or Exports: Which Path for U.S. Grain? Prospects for ACRE Payments in 2009 Public or Private Price Protection? 22 6:1:6-7 10:3:1-3 15:1:1-4 8:1:10 R Recommended Daily Allowances (RDAs) Soon to Change Record Low Pork Prices in 1998: Transient or Permanent? Re-energizing Supply Chains Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices Rethinking Agricultural Domestic Support under the World Trade Organization REVENUE INSURANCE. See also INSURANCE; RISK MANAGEMENT ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results Farm Policy Amid High Prices: Which Direction Will We Take? Government Costs of Yield and Revenue Insurance How Revenue Assurance and Yield Insurance Stack Up: A Cost Comparison Judging the Performance of the 2002 Farm Bill The New ACRE Program: Frequently Asked Questions Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Prospects for ACRE Payments in 2009 Public or Private Price Protection? Review of New Revenue Insurance Products Risk-Free Farming? Should Government Subsidize Farmers’ Risk Management? Weak Spots in the Agricultural Safety Net (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) When Is GRIP the Right Choice for Crop Insurance? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance for Crop and Livestock Producers Would Revenue Insurance Have Paid During the 1993 Flood? A Review of the New Corn Yield Insurance Futures and Options Review of New Revenue Insurance Products Resource and Environmental Policy Division Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program Rial, Tom Cuba: An Emerging Market for Iowa Agriculture? Rich Countries, Poor Countries, and the Doha Round Trade Negotiations Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing Risk-Free Farming? RISK MANAGEMENT. See also INSURANCE; REVENUE INSURANCE ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? Boom Times for Crop Insurance The Budgetary and Resource Allocation Effects of Revenue Assurance: Summary of Results Corn Belt Contributions to the Crop Insurance Industry Crop Insurance: A Good Deal for Taxpayers? 5:2:3 5:3:9-10 6:2:1-3 15:1:7-9 11:1:4-5,11 15:2:7 1:2:4-7 12:4:1-3,13 2:2:8-10 1:4:8-9 11:2:1-3,11 14:3:4-5,10 15:3:7-10 15:1:1-4 8:1:10 2:2:10-12 10:1:1-3,10 15:2:1-3,10 9:4:6-7 12:1:4-5,9 5:2:8-10 2:4:8-10 2:3:10-11 2:2:10-12 10:1:4-5,10 9:1:4-5,8 8:3:10-11 6:1:6-7 10:1:1-3,10 15:2:7 14:2:10-11 1:2:4-7 14:2:1-3,11 12:3:1-3,10 IAR Index Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? Disaster Assistance and Crop Insurance: Time for a New Approach? Disaster Assistance: How Best to Pay When Nature Has Her Way Drought Tolerance and Risk in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program Examining the Health of the U.S. Crop Insurance Industry Guns and Butter, Crop Insurance Reform, and the Farmer Safety Net How Revenue Assurance and Yield Insurance Stack Up: A Cost Comparison How to Save Billions in Farm Spending Income Support or Subsidized Risk Management? Two Agricultural Policy Approaches Iowa Farming: Evolving Risk and Risk Management The New ACRE Program: Frequently Asked Questions New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Preparing for Soybean Rust (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Prospects for ACRE Payments in 2009 Public or Private Price Protection? Risk-Free Farming? Risky Business: Measuring Monetary and Nonmonetary Benefits of Insurance Programs Safety Net Design for the New Farm Bill Should Government Subsidize Farmers’ Risk Management? Weak Spots in the Agricultural Safety Net (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) When Is GRIP the Right Choice for Crop Insurance? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Risky Business: Measuring Monetary and Nonmonetary Benefits of Insurance Programs Rubin, Ofir Is Corn Ethanol a Low-Carbon Fuel? Rude, James Grains and Oilseed Cropland: A Global Perspective Rural America and Modern Agriculture: What Kind of Future? 23 13:1:1-3,9 9:2:8-9 8:4:10-11 15:4:4-7,8 15:4:1-3,8 11:1:1-3,5 1:4:8-9 13:4:4-7 1:4:12-14 2:4:12-13 14:3:4-5,10 14:3:6-7,10 15:3:7-10 11:2:6-7 15:1:1-4 8:1:10 10:1:1-3,10 1:3:6-7 11:3:1-3,12 15:2:1-3,10 9:4:6-7 12:1:4-5,9 1:3:6-7 13:4:1-3,10 3:1&2:12-14 8:2:1-3 S Saak, Alexander Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Iowa’s Agricultural Situation Safety Net Design for the New Farm Bill Secchi, Sylvia Impact of High Corn Prices on Conservation Reserve Program Acreage Living with Hogs in Rural Iowa Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program A Second Look at Subsidies and Supply Sell or Store? CARD’s Web-Based Decision Aid Is Now Available Shifting Corn Basis Patterns (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Should Government Subsidize Farmers’ Risk Management? Smith, Darnell Agriculture’s Next Ten Years: 1996 Iowa Baseline 7:4:6-7, 10 8:1:6-7,12 8:2:6-7,10 8:3:6-8 8:4:6-7,9 9:2:6-7,10 9:3:6-7,9 11:3:1-3,12 13:2:4-5,7 9:3:1-3 10:1:4-5,10 6:1:3 5:4:6 13:3:8-10 15:2:1-3,10 2:4:6-8 IAR Index Bulletin on Senate 1996 Farm Bill Budget Cut Proposals CARD 1995 Iowa Baseline Results Comparing the House and Senate Farm Bill Proposals Economic Impacts of CRP on Communities The FAPRI Process of Analysis FAPRI 1996 Baseline: Projections under the FAIR Act FAPRI 1995 Baseline Results Farm Bill Options and Iowa Agriculture The Future of the Conservation Reserve Program Government Costs of Yield and Revenue Insurance Grains and Oilseed Cropland: A Global Perspective Hard Choices How Iowa Stacks Up Under the 1996 Freedom to Farm Payments How Revenue Assurance and Yield Insurance Stack Up: A Cost Comparison If Ethanol Demand Changes, What Happens To Farm Prices? The Impact of 1996 Weather on Crop Markets Iowa Crop Insurance: What is the Coverage Level? Iowa Farming: Evolving Risk and Risk Management Iowa’s Agricultural Situation The Look of the “New” Conservation Reserve Program The 1995 Farm Bill Outlook for U.S. Corn and Soybeans in 1996 Possible Results of Freedom to Farm: A FAPRI Analysis of the Congressional Compromise on Agriculture Review of New Revenue Insurance Products Risky Business: Measuring Monetary and Nonmonetary Benefits of Insurance Programs Specialty Soybeans: New Markets for Iowa Stocks-to-Use Ratios and Grain Price Volatility The Story Behind the Hog Breeding Herd Revision: When Is a Breeding Animal Not a Breeding Animal? Summary of the 1996 Farm Bill: The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act of 1996 Three Corners: FAPRI Examination of Farm Bill Alternatives Weather Shocks, Iowa Agriculture, and Agricultural Policy Weather Uncertainty and Financial Risk What’s Ahead For Iowa Crops? Would Revenue Insurance Have Paid During the 1993 Flood? Splashing and Dashing Biodiesel SOYBEANS Acreage Shifts Follow Price Signals (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Agriculture on Record Pace (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) A Billion Gallons of Biodiesel: Who Benefits? Booming Commodities: How Long Will It Last? Can South America Pick Up the Soybean Slack? Corn or Soybeans for 2009? Crop Outlook for 2009 CRP Acreage on the Horizon How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight New Uses for Soybean Products 24 2:2:5 1:3:3-4 1:3:8-9 2:1:4-6 2:2:12-14 3:1&2:10-11 2:3:7-9 1:2:7-9 1:4:5-6 2:3:12-14 2:2:8-10 3:1&2:12-14 1:3:11-13 2:4:14 1:4:8-9 2:1:7-9 2:4:1-4 2:3:11-12 2:4:12-13 4:1:4-5 3:3:1-5 1:1:14 2:3:2-5 2:2:1,6-8 2:2:10-12 1:3:6-7 1:3:10-11 2:2:2-4 1:3:1-2 2:3:5-7 1:3:1,4-6 1:4:2-4 1:3:13-14 2:1:2-4 2:4:8-10 14:4:6-7,11 12:6-7,11 10:4:6-7,10 14:1:6-8 10:2:1-3 12:3:8 15:1:10-11 15:2:8-9 12:2:8-9 10:3:6-7 5:2:11 IAR Index 25 Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 15:3:7-10 Outlook for U.S. Corn and Soybeans in 1996 2:3:2-5 Planting Decisions: Corn versus Soybeans (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 11:1:6-7,9 Preparing for Soybean Rust (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 11:2:6-7 Processing or Exports: Which Path for U.S. Grain? 10:3:1-3 Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices 15:1:7-9 Specialty Soybeans: New Markets for Iowa 1:3:10-11 What’s Ahead For Iowa Crops? 2:1:2-4 STARLINK CORN Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:1:6-8 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:2:4-7 Steady Supplies or Stockpiles? Dried Distillers Grains and U.S. Beef Production 14:1:4-5,11 Strong Export Growth in “Other” Markets for U.S. Pork 12:4:8-9 Strong U.S. Pork Exports in 2004: The Story Behind the Numbers 10:4:8-9,10 SUBSIDIES, AGRICULTURAL. See also FARM BILL 1996, FARM BILL 2002, FARM BILL 2008 ACRE: Price Support or Crop Insurance? 15:2:7 Agricultural Payments to Iowa under Alternative Programs 4:1:1-3 Agricultural Policy Update: Are FAIR’s Payment Formulas Fair? 6:3:1-3 Breaking the Link between Food and Biofuels 14:3:1-2,9 Can Subsidies Hurt Iowa’s Agriculture? 5:4:7-8 Cheap Food and Farm Subsidies: Policy Impacts of a Mythical Connection 12:2:1-3 The Concentration of U.S. Agricultural Subsidies 7:4:8-9 Creation of a WTO-Friendly Farm Safety Net 10:4:1-3 Crop Insurance: A Good Deal for Taxpayers? 12:3:1-3,10 Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill? 13:1:1-3,9 Farm Policy Amid High Prices: Which Direction Will We Take? 12:4:1-3,13 Farm Programs, Fuel Mandates, and Agricultural Prosperity 13:3:1-3 Government Payments to Supplement Iowa Farm Income 5:1:1-2 Guns and Butter, Crop Insurance Reform, and the Farmer Safety Net 11:1:1-3,5 High Yields, Low Prices, and High Government Payments 12:1:10-11 How Iowa Stacks Up Under the 1996 Freedom to Farm Payments 2:4:14 How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight 10:3:6-7 How to Save Billions in Farm Spending 13:4:4-7 Income Support or Subsidized Risk Management? Two Agricultural Policy Approaches 1:4:12-14 Judging the Performance of the 2002 Farm Bill 11:2:1-3,11 Local and Global Perspectives on the New U.S. Farm Policy 8:3:1-3 The New ACRE Program: Frequently Asked Questions 14:3:4-5,10 New Permanent Disaster Assistance: How It Works and When to Expect Payments (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 14:3:6-7,10 The Next Farm Bill: Is It Time for Conservation Payments? 7:3:1-3 Odds of an ACRE Payment for Corn and Soybean Farmers (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 15:3:7-10 Payment Limitations and U.S. Farm Policy 9:2:1-3,10 Policy Reforms in World Sugar Markets: What Would Happen? 10:2:4-5,11 Prospects for ACRE Payments in 2009 15:1:1-4 Public or Private Price Protection? 8:1:10 Renewable Identification Numbers and the Renewable Fuels Standard: How They Support Corn and Soybean Prices 15:1:7-9 Risk-Free Farming? 10:1:1-3,10 IAR Index Safety Net Design for the New Farm Bill A Second Look at Subsidies and Supply Should Government Subsidize Farmers’ Risk Management? The WTO Picture After the Cotton Ruling Supporting U.S. Agriculture under World Trade Organization Rules Swenson, David ISU, IEFC Issue State Income Growth and Tax Projections 26 11:3:1-3,12 6:1:3 15:2:1-3,10 11:2:10-11 8:1:1-3 5:1:6-7 T Targeting Efficiency in the Conservation Security Program 10:1:4-5,10 10 Years of the Iowa Ag Review 10:4:12 Three Corners: FAPRI Examination of Farm Bill Alternatives 1:3:4-6 Three-Year Outlook for Iowa Agriculture 5:1:2-3 Tokgoz, Simla Policy and Competitiveness of U.S. and Brazilian Ethanol 12:2:6-7,11 Trade, Wealth Creation, and American Agriculture 7:4:1-3 TRADE, COUNTRY EFFECTS ON After the Ban: U.S. Beef Exports to Japan Lag Demand 13:1:10-11 Agricultural Biotechnology and Trade: The Unresolved Issues 9:4:8-10 Agricultural Impacts of China’s Accession to the WTO 3:3:9-11 Agricultural Trade with a Weak Dollar (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 14:2:8-9 Animal Identification Is Key to Restarting Beef Exports to Japan 11:1:8-9 CAFTA’s Projected Impact on U.S. Sugar 11:3:8-9 Can South America Pick Up the Soybean Slack? 12:3:8 Cheap Food and Farm Subsidies: Policy Impacts of a Mythical Connection 12:2:1-3 China’s Accession to the WTO: Effects on U.S. Pork and Poultry 7:3:9 China’s Challenge: Conforming to Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures for Agricultural Exports 10:2:8-10 China’s Growing Market for Dairy Products 10:3:10-11 Comparing Grain Transportation in the United States and Argentina 6:4:6-7, 8 Competitiveness and Protection of Chinese Agriculture 6:4:9-10 The Cost of Food Self-Sufficiency and Agricultural Protection in South Korea 8:1:4-5 Cuba: An Emerging Market for Iowa Agriculture? 9:1:4-5,8 Dairy Policies Around the World: What Would We Gain from Getting Rid of Them? 6:1:7-8 Dietary Change in China’s Cities: Empirical Fact or Urban Legend? 13:1:4-5 The E.U. Export Tax: Impact on U.S. Markets 2:4:5-6 European Union Agricultural Reforms: Impacts for Iowa 5:4:8-9 E.U.-U.S. Beef Hormone Trade Dispute 5:3:1-3 FAPRI Analyzes the U.S. Proposal to the WTO 12:1:6-8 The GATT Agreement: A Layperson’s Description 1:1:6-7 Global Prospects for Dairy in Argentina and Chile and Lessons for U.S. Dairy Industries 12:3:4-5,10 GMOs in Europe: A Genetically Modified Ordeal? 5:3:3, 7-8 Grain Market Glut: Asia a Minor Player 4:1:9-10 Grains and Oilseed Cropland: A Global Perspective 3:1&2:12-14 How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight 10:3:6-7 Implications for U.S. Pork Trade Following Taiwan’s Export Ban 3:1&2:17 Implications of the GATT Agreement for Iowa Agriculture 1:1:7-8 Integration in the North American Livestock and Meat Industries 9:3:8-9 International Developments 1:1:5 Local and Global Perspectives on the new U.S. Farm Policy 8:3:1-3 IAR Index Mexico’s Improving Pork Sector Creates Positives for Imports NAFTA: Implications for Mexican and Midwestern Agriculture Policy and Competitiveness of U.S. and Brazilian Ethanol Policy Reforms in World Sugar Markets: What Would Happen? The Potential Market for U.S. Pork Variety Meats in China Preparing for Soybean Rust (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) Rich Countries, Poor Countries, and the Doha Round Trade Negotiations Specialty Soybeans: New Markets for Iowa Splashing and Dashing Biodiesel Strong Export Growth in “Other” Markets for U.S. Pork Strong U.S. Pork Exports in 2004: The Story Behind the Numbers Unfair Trade: Culprits and Victims U.S. Agriculture and the Value of the Dollar U.S. Beef Faces Challenges in Korea Before Reaching Full Potential World Trade Impacts of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Taiwan The WTO Picture After the Cotton Ruling TRANSPORTATION Comparing Grain Transportation in the United States and Argentina Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation Processing or Exports: Which Path for U.S. Grain Splashing and Dashing Biodiesel Transportation Changes Increase Risk for Country Elevators Who’s Using All the Ethanol? 27 12:2:10-11 7:1:9-12 12:2:6-7,11 10:2:4-5,11 3:1&2:8-10 11:2:6-7 8:3:10-11 1:3:10-11 14:4:6-7,11 12:4:8-9 10:4:8-9,10 12:1:1-3 9:3:10-11 15:1:5-6 3:3:5-9 11:2:10-11 6:4:6-7, 8 11:4:4-5,9 10:3:1-3 14:4:6-7,11 3:1&2:14-16 14:4:4-5 U Unfair Trade: Culprits and Victims Unnevehr, Laurian Risk Assessment for Food Safety: Application and Evaluation of HACCP in Hog Slaughter and Processing U.S. Agricultural Exports U.S. Agriculture and the Value of the Dollar U.S. Beef Faces Challenges in Korea Before Reaching Full Potential U.S. Biodiesel Production: Recent Developments and Prospects U.S. Farm Policy and the WTO U.S. Sweetener Consumption Trends and Dietary Guidelines USDA Honors the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute USDA’s Nutrition Education Program Pays Long-Term Benefits 12:1:1-3 6:1:6-7 3:1&2:5-6 9:3:10-11 15:1:5-6 13:2:8-9,11 7:2:1-3, 7 11:1:10-11 8:3:13 7:2:9-10 V Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems 10:3:4-5 W Water Cleanup: What’s the Economic Impact for Iowa Communities? WATER QUALITY POLICY The Costs and Benefits of Conservation Practices in Iowa Costs and Benefits of Fixing Gulf Hypoxia Environmental Issues in the 1995 Farm Bill Valuing Water Quality in Midwestern Lake Ecosystems 11:2:4-5 12:4:10-12 14:4:8-10 1:1:12-13 10:3:4-5 IAR Index 28 Water Cleanup: What’s the Economic Impact for Iowa Communities? 11:2:4-5 Water Quality Research: A Collaborative Effort 9:1:9 Will Freedom to Farm Harm the Environment? 2:4:10-11 Willingness to Pay for Clear Lake Cleanup 7:3:4-5,8 Water Quality Research: A Collaborative Effort 9:1:9 Weak Spots in the Agricultural Safety Net (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 9:4:6-7 WEATHER EFFECTS Disaster Assistance: How Best to Pay When Nature Has Her Way 8:4:10-11 Drought Tolerance and Risk in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program 15:4:4-7,8 The Impact of 1996 Weather on Crop Markets 2:4:1-4 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 6:1:4-5.8 Weather and Yields 1:1:2-3 Weather Shocks, Iowa Agriculture, and Agricultural Policy 1:4:2-4 Weather Uncertainty and Financial Risk 1:3:13-14 Weather Volatility and Farm Bill Options 1:4:6-8 Wendt, Noah Modified Corn: Will Livestock Producers Buy It? 6:2:4-5, 9 What Would Happen if Over-the-Counter Antibiotics Were Banned in Swine Rations? 6:3:9-10 What’s Ahead For Iowa Crops? 2:1:2-4 When Is GRIP the Right Choice for Crop Insurance? (Agricultural Situation Spotlight) 12:1:4-5,9 When Will the Bubble Burst? 14:1:1-3,8 Whither Farm Policy? 5:4:1-3, 6 Who Is Afraid of the “Precautionary Principle”? 7:4:4-5 Who Reads Iowa Ag Review? 2:2:14 Who’s Using All the Ethanol? 14:4:4-5 Who Will Have Surplus Corn? 13:1:8-9 Whole-Farm Revenue Insurance for Crop and Livestock Producers 5:2:8-10 Will Freedom to Farm Harm the Environment? 2:4: 10-11 Willingness to Pay for Clear Lake Cleanup 7:3:4-5,8 World Trade Impacts of Foot-and-Mouth Disease in Taiwan 3:3:5-9 WORLD TRADE ORGANIZATION Agricultural Biotechnology and Trade: The Unresolved Issues 9:4:8-10 Agricultural Impacts of China’s Accession to the WTO 3:3:9-11 China’s Accession to the WTO: Effects on U.S. Pork and Poultry 7:3:9 Competitiveness and Protection of Chinese Agriculture 6:4:9-10 Creation of a WTO-Friendly Farm Safety Net 10:4:1-3 E.U.-U.S. Beef Hormone Trade Dispute 5:3:1-3 FAPRI Analyzes the U.S. Proposal to the WTO 12:1:6-8 Geographical Indications, Property Rights, and Value-Added Agriculture 9:4:1-3 Geographical Indications, the WTO, and Iowa-80 Beef 11:2:8-9 Global Prospects for Dairy in Argentina and Chile and Lessons for U.S. Dairy Industries 12:3:4-5,10 How the Brazil-U.S. Cotton Dispute Could Affect Iowa’s Agriculture (Agricultural Situation Spotlight 10:3:6-7 Iowa’s Agricultural Situation 7:2:4-7 Local and Global Perspectives on the New U.S. Farm Policy 8:3:1-3 Policy Reforms in World Sugar Markets: What Would Happen? 10:2:4-5,11 Rethinking Agricultural Domestic Support under the World Trade Organization 11:1:4-5,11 Rich Countries, Poor Countries, and the Doha Round Trade Negotiations 8:3:10-11 Supporting U.S. Agriculture under World Trade Organization Rules 8:1:1-3 Unfair Trade: Culprits and Victims 12:1:1-3 U.S. Farm Policy and the WTO 7:2:1-3, 7 The WTO Picture After the Cotton Ruling 11:2:10-11 IAR Index Would Revenue Insurance Have Paid During the 1993 Flood? The WTO Picture After the Cotton Ruling 29 2:4:8-10 11:2:10-11 Y Yu, Tun-Hsiang (Edward) Corn Prices, Basis, and Transportation Yu, Tian Drought Tolerance and Risk in the U.S. Crop Insurance Program 11:4:4-5,9 15:4:4-7,8