Delide Joseph

Graduate student, K-State Department of Agricultural Economics, Manhattan, KS. 

Documents & Presentations by Delide Joseph
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Estimated Net Returns to Supplemental Coverage Option Participation Before and After OBBBA changes

Link to SCO Expected Net Indemnity Payments Map  : https://agmanager.info/crop-insurance/crop-insurance-papers-and-informat...

September 4, 2025
SCO Expected Net Indemnity Payments Map

Link to article: https://www.agmanager.info/crop-insurance/crop-insurance-papers-and-info...

This study estimates how the Supplemental Coverage Option (SCO) performs with and without the changes to subsidies and coverage levels in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA). We calculate “net indemnities” (payments minus farmer-paid premiums) using 2025 crop prices and premium rates, combined with historic county yield data. By averaging across many possible yield outcomes, we estimate the long-term value of SCO under both the old and new rules. For corn, soybeans, and wheat, expected SCO net indemnities increase by 63–70% with the OBBBA changes. In short, the new law makes SCO more valuable to farmers by lowering their costs and increasing the likelihood and size of payments. Other considerations not analyzed in this study include premium costs and farm-level risk reduction.

 

September 2, 2025
5 - Soil Health Practices and Farm Financial Performance August 1, 2025
24 - Trade Facilitation and Simulated Impacts of US-China Tariffs on Soybeans, Beef, and Sorghum August 1, 2025
Mapping the Farm Safety Net: County Average Commodity Payments and Crop Insurance Net Indemnities - 2014–2023 July 21, 2025
Conservation Practices and Farm Profitability

Chelsea Plummer with the Kansas Farm Management Association shares part of their podcast where she talked with K-State’s Jenny Ifft and Delide Joseph about their research on conversation practices and farm profitability.

February 20, 2025
3 - Kansas Farm Income and Conservation Practices August 1, 2024