Lessons Learned in the Southern Region after the First Year of Implementation of the New Commodity Programs

Jody L. Campiche and Wesley L. Harris

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 2010, vol. 42, issue 3, 9

Abstract: The development of the commodity programs in the 2008 Farm Bill involved the origination of two complex revenue support initiatives. The two new programs, Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) and Supplemental Revenue Assurance (SURE), expanded the risk management tool kit of agricultural producers. The SURE program is a permanent disaster assistance program, whereas the ACRE program is a revenue-based commodity program offered as an alternative to the price-based Direct and Counter-Cyclical Program (DCP) created in the 2002 Farm Bill. For the 2009 signup, only 7.7% of eligible U.S. farms enrolled in the ACRE program. In the southern region, three states had no farms electing ACRE and four others had less than 50. Excluding Oklahoma, less than 1% of all farms in 13 southern states made the ACRE election.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Agricultural and Food Policy; Community/Rural/Urban Development; Farm Management; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.92587

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