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2018 Farm Bill

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
2018 Farm Bill Program Elections for 2019/2020 and 2020/2021 Marketing Years	Reid	May 5, 2020	PDF Publication (881.26 KB)
Tradeoff Between 2019/2020 ARC and PLC This spreadsheet shows the tradeoff between ARC-CO and PLC payments at various Marketing Year Average prices and county yield levels.	Reid	February 6, 2020	Excel Spreadsheet (1.99 MB) Video (19.11 MB)
Marketing Year Average (MYA) Price Outlooks for ARC/PLC Note: These will be updated at the end of each month as NASS prices are released	Llewelyn Barnaby	January 31, 2020	K-State projections with detail All Sources
OSU-KSU 2018 Government Program and Crop Insurance Decision Tool Amy Hagerman and Eric A. DeVuyst, Dept of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University Mykel Taylor and Robin Reid, Dept. of Agricultural Economics, Kansas State University This program is intended for instructional purposes only. The user assumes all risk associated with actual decision making associated with any farm commodity programs. Consult your FSA office and crop insurance agent before enrolling in programs and crop insurance. Instructions for this program can be found at: https://agmanager.info/ag-policy/2018-farm-bill/osu-ksu-2018-farm-bill-decision-tool-instructions	Taylor Reid DeVuyst Hagerman	January 31, 2020	OSU-KSU 2018 Government Program and Crop Insurance Decision Tool
OSU-KSU 2018 Farm Bill Decision Tool Instructions The OSU-KSU 2018 Government Program and Crop Insurance Decision Tool is available at: https://agmanager.info/ag-policy/2018-farm-bill/osu-ksu-2018-government-program-and-crop-insurance-decision-tool	Reid	January 31, 2020	PDF (548.47 KB)
Historical ARC/PLC Payments by County This spreadsheet allows the user to compare payments from the ARC-CO program versus the PLC program for the 5 years of the 2014 Farm Bill in each county.	Reid	October 10, 2019	Excel Spreadsheet (7.77 MB)
Historical MYA Prices and 2019/2020 USDA Projections These tables are from USDA-Farm Service Agency showing historical and projected Marketing Year Average Prices.	USDA FSA	October 10, 2019	Historical MYA Prices and 2019/2020 Projections Benchmark Prices and MYA projections for ARC-CO PLC Payment Rate Prices
Effective Reference Price Calculations USDA-Farm Service Agency table showing Effective Reference Price calculations for 2019/2020 marketing year.	USDA FSA	October 10, 2019	ERP Calculations
Payment Yield Update This publication and Excel calculator allows a producer to see what their updated PLC payment yield will be.	Reid	September 18, 2019	Publication (482.32 KB) Excel Spreadsheet (3.06 MB)
2018 Farm Bill ARC-CO Irrigation Designations for Kansas This 2018 Farm Bill publication explains how irrigation designations for the ARC-CO program were determined and lists all counties in Kansas and what designations they have.	Reid	August 22, 2019	Publication (403.78 KB)
Frequently Asked Questions: Crop Provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill	Taylor O'Brien Llewelyn Reid	August 21, 2019	PDF (257.19 KB)
Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) Webinar Recording and Slides Robin Reid presents changes to the dairy margin program, a look at the already-known payments, and shows a tool to help producers make an enrollment decision.	Reid	July 30, 2019	PDF (590.04 KB)

2017/2018 ARC-County Projections

ARC-County Guarantees - 2017/18 Compared With 2014/15

ARC-CO Historical Payment Maps

Kansas ARC/PLC Enrollment Maps

Livestock Policy

Packers and Stockyards Act

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Packers and Stockyards Act – Basic Provisions From the "Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog" by Roger McEowen, Washburn University School of Law.	McEowen	March 25, 2019	Packers and Stockyards Act – Basic Provisions
Packers and Stockyards Act Provisions For Unpaid Cash Sellers of Livestock From the "Agricultural Law and Taxation Blog" by Roger McEowen, Washburn University School of Law.	McEowen	March 25, 2019	Packers and Stockyards Act Provisions For Unpaid Cash Sellers of Livestock

GIPSA's Proposed Rules (Release No. 0326.10)

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Impacts of GIPSA's Proposed Rules (Release No. 0326.10) on Cattle Producers	Tonsor	January 1, 2011	View (60.2 KB) WMV (31.54 MB) MP4 (28.64 MB)
Other Resources Regarding GIPSA's Proposed Rule (Release No. 0326.10)		September 1, 2010	Link
GIPSA's Proposed Rule (Release No. 0326.10)		June 22, 2010	Link

Mandatory Country of Origin Labeling

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Overview of MCOOL Impact on KSU Domestic Beef and Pork Demand Indices	Tonsor	September 30, 2019	PDF (390.16 KB)
Economic Impacts of 2009 and 2013 U.S. Country-of-Origin Labeling Rules on U.S. Beef and Pork Industries New!	Tonsor Schroeder Parcell	May 1, 2015	View
Valuing Information: The Case of Country of Origin Labeling	Lusk Tonsor Schroeder	January 1, 2014	View
Revealed Demand for Country of Origin Labeling of Meat in the United States	Taylor Tonsor	August 1, 2013	View
Consumer Indifference to Alternative Meat Origin Labels	Tonsor Schroeder Lusk	January 1, 2013	View
MCOOL: Consumer Demand Impact Summary	Tonsor Lusk Schroeder Taylor	November 1, 2012	View (147.49 KB) WMV (7.02 MB) MP4 (7.36 MB) View

Mandatory Price Reporting

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Baseline Study Of Livestock And Meat Marketing Trends And Implications For Livestock Mandatory Reporting Associated USDA blog: "Working with Livestock Industry to Provide Critical Market Intelligence".	Tonsor Schroeder Parcell	September 14, 2016	PDF (759.95 KB)
Impact of Mandatory Price Reporting on Hog Market Integration	Tonsor Franken Parcell	August 1, 2011	View (167.16 KB) View
Impact of Mandatory Price Reporting on Fed Cattle Market Integration	Pendell Schroeder	August 1, 2011	View
Livestock Mandatory Price Reporting: A Literature Review and Synthesis of Related Market Information Research	Koontz Ward	January 1, 2011	View

Pork Quality Grading System and Wholesale Pork Price Reporting

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Economic Needs Assessment: Pork Quality Grading System	Tonsor Schroeder	August 1, 2013	PDF (257.01 KB)
Wholesale Pork Price Reporting Analysis: A Study Summary K-State Fact Sheet: MF-2931	Tonsor Schroeder Parcell	April 1, 2010	PDF (139.65 KB)
Wholesale Pork Price Reporting Analysis Final Report to USDA-AMS	Tonsor Schroeder Parcell	November 1, 2009	PDF (2.72 MB)

Certification of Meat Attributes

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Proposed USDA Certification of Beef Tenderness: Economic Considerations	Tonsor	August 1, 2012	View (106.59 KB)

Horse Markets

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
The Impacts of Policy and Macroeconomic Conditions on Horse Markets	Taylor Sieverkropp	December 1, 2011	View (117.77 KB)

Hemp Resources

Water Policy

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Monitoring the Impacts of Sheridan County 6 Local Enhanced Management Area Final Report for 2013-2017	Golden	March 13, 2019	PDF (439.67 KB)
Monitoring the Impacts of Sheridan County 6 Local Enhanced Management Area: Interim Report for 2013 – 2015	Golden	November 8, 2016	(427.31 KB)
Monitoring the Impacts of Sheridan County 6 Local Enhanced Management Area: Interim Report for 2013 – 2014	Golden	November 15, 2015	PDF (464.71 KB)
KSU-Tillage.xls: A spreadsheet program to estimate the costs and returns of alternative tillage management strategies.	Smith Dhuyvetter Williams	October 12, 2011	Excel (1.09 MB)
Economic Analysis of Crop Rotation Net Returns and Water Quality in the Cheney Lake Watershed 2011 Water and Future of Kansas Conference.	Langemeier	September 30, 2011	PDF (slides) (220.08 KB)
Economic Impacts of Selected Water Conservation Policies in the Ogallala Aquifer	Amosson Almas Golden Guerroro Wheeler-Cook	June 1, 2009	Download (383.81 KB)
KSU-HomeWastewaterTreatment.xls: a spreadsheet for analyzing the economics of home wastewater treatment	Smith Williams	February 20, 2008	Excel (1.13 MB)
Potential Economic Impact of Water Use Changes in Northwest Kansas	Golden Peterson O'Brien	February 1, 2008	Download (486.19 KB)

Ag Policy Links

Farm Bill 2014

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Historical ARC/PLC Payments by County This spreadsheet allows the user to compare payments from the ARC-CO program versus the PLC program for the 5 years of the 2014 Farm Bill in each county.	Reid	October 10, 2019	Excel Spreadsheet (7.77 MB)

Commodity Program Papers

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Farm Bill Program Enrollment Decisions by Kansas Farmers	Tonsor Taylor Wilson	June 22, 2017	PDF (150.65 KB)
USDA FSA Factsheet and Information on Marketing Loans	USDA FSA	July 8, 2016	Factsheet (352.64 KB) Information (311.75 KB) FSA Website
MYA Price Estimates Updated for ARC and PLC Commodity Programs	Barnaby	June 30, 2016	View (187.95 KB)
2014 Payment Calculator and 2015 PLC/ARC-CO Tradeoff A spreadsheet for calculating the 2014 ARC-CO payment and comparing PLC and ARC-CO.	Taylor Barnaby Reid	September 29, 2015	Download (8.14 MB)
2014 Kansas ARC-CO Estimated Payments An interactive map showing 2014 estimated ARC-CO payments for crops in Kansas.	Reid	September 2, 2015	View
Comparing Agricultural Risk Coverage to Price Loss Coverage Election in Kansas and the U.S.	Barnaby	June 17, 2015	View (766.46 KB)
Why Are OSU-KSU Decision Tool Results Changing?	Barnaby	March 25, 2015	View (166.29 KB)
Milo Prices with the Farm Bill?	Barnaby	March 20, 2015	View (65.5 KB)
Are the Farm Bill Computer Models Always Right?	Barnaby	March 20, 2015	View (74.48 KB)
Farmers and Others are Asking Why Different University Farm Bill Decision Aids Give Different Results?	Barnaby	March 5, 2015	View (267.42 KB)
Reallocating Base Acres: 2014 Farm Bill	Barnaby	February 23, 2015	View (596.47 KB)
Final Ruling on Historical Irrigated Percentage for the ARC-County Program	Reid	February 23, 2015	View (330.15 KB)
Consequences of a Payment Yield Audit	Barnaby	February 20, 2015	View (331.46 KB)
What about Sunflowers? With Accompanying Spreadsheet for Comparing PLC and ARC-CO Tradeoff	Barnaby	February 11, 2015	View Paper (546.61 KB) Spreadsheet (27.51 KB)
Updating Payment Yields: 2014 Farm Bill	Barnaby	February 3, 2015	View (894.01 KB)
Estimated 2014 ARC-CO Wheat Payments Kansas and Oklahoma	Barnaby	January 21, 2015	View (203.02 KB)
ARC-CO Yields Are From The Administrative County for the Farm, Not Where the Land is Located	Barnaby	December 19, 2014	View (107.78 KB)
2014 Farm Bill Decision-Making Steps	Reid	December 2, 2014	View (548.41 KB)

Commodity Program Presentations

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
The Agricultural Act of 2014 "Farm Bill": Making the Decision Presentation Slides	Barnaby	January 14, 2015	Download (1.1 MB)
OSU-KSU Farm Bill Decision Aid Presentation Slides	Taylor	January 14, 2015	Download (1.09 MB)
Calculation of Price Loss Coverage (PLC) Payments	Barnaby	January 6, 2015	View Video (8.21 MB)
Calculation of Agricultural Risk Coverage - County Coverage (ARC-CO)	Barnaby	January 6, 2015	View Video (17.52 MB)
Calculation of Agricultural Risk Coverage - Individual Coverage (ARC-IC)	Barnaby	January 6, 2015	View Video (13.52 MB)
Worksheet for Calculation of PLC, ARC-CO and ARC-IC to Accompany Videos	Barnaby	January 6, 2015
Commodity Programs Presented at: 2014 Minnesota Ag Leadership Conference	Barnaby	August 12, 2014	View (153.48 KB)

Commodity Program Decision Tools

Commodity Program Links for Additional Information

Title	Author	Downloads
University of Illinois Farm Bill Toolbox	University of Illinois	View
Ag Risk and Farm Management Library	University of Minnesota	View
Farm Service Agency Farm Bill Website	USDA FSA	View
Farm Service Agency Factsheets	USDA FSA	View
Farm Service Agency ARC/PLC Program Information	USDA FSA	View
Oklahoma State University Farm Bill Website	Oklahoma State University	View
Oklahoma State University Farm Bill Decision Tool: SCO for Kansas Wheat	Oklahoma State University	View
Risk Management Agency- Supplemental Coverage Option	USDA RMA	View

Dairy Program Resources

Title	Author	Date	Downloads
Dairy Markets and Policy Website (DMaP)	DMaP	July 20, 2016	View
Dairy Margin Protection Program 2016 Election Decisions: Webinar	Reid	September 3, 2015	Dr. Hadley's Slide (693.09 KB) Dr. Bozic's Slides (1.91 MB)
Dairy Margin Protection Program 2016 Election Decisions: Presentation	Hadley	July 29, 2015	View (1.36 MB)
Frequently Asked Questions: MPP Dairy	Reid	July 22, 2015	View (699.11 KB)
Web-based MPP Decision Tool	DMaP	July 20, 2015	View Tool Instructions
MPP Dairy Fact Sheet	USDA FSA	June 1, 2015	View
Spreadsheet Tool for Calculating Milk Production History	DMaP	September 1, 2014	View (36.5 KB)
The Dairy Margin Protection Program-Update for 2017 Sign-up	Reid		PDF (848.76 KB)