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  • The US No Loss Crop Sector Safety Net
    Consistent with “Crop Loss” headlines dating to 2023, combined loss at harvest totaled $28.1 billion for producing the US 2025 cost of production crops (barley, corn, oats, peanuts, rice, seed cotton, sorghum, soybeans, wheat). However, all but $3.7 billion of this loss was covered by the US crop safety net. Moreover, the nine crops collectively […]
  • Conservation Policy: The Baseline Shuffle and Tradeoffs in the Bardo
    October marks the beginning of the federal fiscal year, which is payment season for farm policy (USDA, October 7, 2026; Farm Policy News, October 19, 2026). Payments are made in…
  • Mixing Politics and Perceptions of AI and Data Centers: Results from the Gardner Food & Agricultural Policy Survey
    With an eye towards the rapidly approaching 2026 midterm elections, this article further reviews survey results from the Gardner Food and Agricultural Policy Survey, but through the lens of political affiliation. Specifically, we examine how perceptions of the benefits and challenges associated with AI and data center development vary among self-identified Democrats, Republicans, and Independents/Others. […]