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Crop Insurance and the 2014 Farm Bill Symposium

Crop Insurance and the 2014 Farm Bill: Implementing Change in U.S. Agricultural Policy
October 8-9, 2014
Louisville Marriott Downtown
Louisville, KY

- Final Program -


Presentations

Wednesday, October 8

Plenary featuring Invited Papers

Luncheon featuring Invited Speaker

Crop Insurance: Institutional and Structural Effects

  • Is Government Involvement Really Necessary: Implications for Systemics Risk and Crop Reinsurance Contracts - Xiaoguang Feng, Iowa State University; Dermot Hayes, Iowa University
  • How Would Farm Managers Respond to a Limit on Crop Insurance Premium Subsides? - Todd Davis, American Farm Bureau Federation; John Anderson, American Farm Bureau Federation; Robert Young, II, American Farm Bureau Federation
  • Helping Farmers Make Farm Program Participation Decisions: A Farm Organization Perspective - John Anderson, American Farm Bureau Federation

Dairy and Organic Crops Under the 2014 Farm Bill

  • Opinion Valuation and Speculative Interest in a Dairy Production Margin Futures Contract - John Newton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Marin Bozic, University of Minnesota; Christopher Wolf, Michigan State University; Cameron Thraen, The Ohio State University
  • Margin Protection Program for Dairy Producers: Implementation, Participation and Consequences - Marin Bozic, University of Minnesota; Christopher Wolf, Michigan State University; Fanda Young; John Newton, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Cameron Thraen, The Ohio State University
  • Examining Adverse Selection in Organic Crop Insurance - James Robinson, Rural Advancement Foundation International; Viola Glenn, Rural Advancement Foundation International

Outcomes of Producers' Farm-level Choices

Thursday, October 9

Breakfast featuring Invited Speaker

Crop Insurance and Conserving Agricultural Practices - A Marriage Made in the 2014 Farm Bill? - Panel

Crop Insurance: Risk Management Strategies and Financial Underpinning

  • Does Crop Insurance Crowd Out Other Risk Management Strategies? - Barrett Kirwan, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • Evaluating the Marginal Risk Management Benefits of New Commodity and Crop Insurance Programs - Nicholas Paulson, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Gary Schnitkey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
  • The Role of Crop Insurance Participation in Farm-level Financial Leverage - Eric Belasco, Montana State University; Anton Bekkerman, Montana State University

Land Use Implications of Crop Insurance Changes