The Arithmetic of Commodity Title Programs

Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess, Nick Paulson, Carl Zulauf and Jim Baltz

farmdoc daily, 2025, vol. 14, issue 211

Abstract: Farm Bill negotiations are influenced by their impacts on Federal outlays. Increasing per-acre corn payments for commodity title programs will have a much more significant effect on total Federal outlays than other crops because corn has many more base acres than other crops. Seed cotton, rice, and peanuts have lower base acres; hence, spending increases tend to have much less impact on total Federal outlays. As a result, seed cotton, rice, and peanuts often have larger per-acre increases in spending than does corn. This process is illustrated with the House Proposal for the next Farm Bill.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Farm Bill; Weekly Farm Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358396

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