Source: Keith Good, FARM POLICY  NEWS, UNIV. OF ILLINOIS, 6/18/18


Last week, the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Economic Research Service (ERS) released a timely report regarding farm policy titled, “Federal Risk Management Tools for Agricultural Producers: An Overview.”  Today’s post recaps highlights from the ERS report. The report, which was authored by Mesbah Motamed, Ashley Hungerford, Stephanie Rosch, Erik O’Donoghue, Matthew MacLachlan, Gregory Astill, Jerry Cessna, and Joseph Cooper, stated that, “A variety of risk management programs are available to help crop and livestock producers mitigate losses to their income due to yield and price risk.

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