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May 2007 Special Issue — Perspectives on Food and Farm Policy
Feature articles in the Special Issue (May 2007) include… Managing Risk with Revenue Insurance, Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions, Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy, Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?, Food Assistance: How Strong Is the Safety Net?, Improving Food Choices—Can Food Stamps Do More?, Policy Options for a Changing Rural America, and Ethanol Reshapes the Corn Market. Other articles and statistical presentations cover such topics as…farm household well-being, organic farming, fruit and vegetable trade, the effect of decoupled payments on resource allocations in the farm sector, the role bidding can play in conservation program cost-effectiveness, “green” government payments, country-of-origin labeling, the role of the National School Lunch Program in nutrition assistance, and the U.S. soybean sector
Up Front
 Research Informs Policy Decisions
Feature Articles
Commodity Programs and Policy
Managing Risk With Revenue Insurance
Relaxing Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions
Conservation
Environmental Credit Trading: Can Farming Benefit?
Emphasis Shifts in U.S. Conservation Policy — Updated
Food and Nutrition
Food Assistance: How Strong Is the Safety Net?
Improving Food Choices — Can Food Stamps Do More?
Rural Development and Energy
Policy Options for a Changing Rural America — Updated
Ethanol Reshapes the Corn Market — Updated
Findings
Commodity Programs and Policy
Assessing Farm Household Well-Being—Beyond Farmers and Farm Income — Updated
U.S. Organic Farm Sector Continues To Expand — Updated
U.S. Fruit and Vegetable Imports Outpace Exports — Updated
How Do Decoupled Payments Affect Resource Allocations Within the Farm Sector?
Conservation
Bidding Enhances Conservation Program Cost Effectiveness
Green Payments: Can Income and Conservation Payments Be Combined
Food and Nutrition
Fruit and Vegetables in the Limelight
Mandatory Country-of-Origin Labeling: Will It Benefit Consumers? — Updated
National School Lunch Program Fills Food Assistance Gaps
Rural Development and Energy
International Trade, Biofuel Initiatives Reshaping the Soybean Sector
Statistics
Indicators
Indicators May-07
Commodity Programs and Policy
Geographic Distribution of Government Payments — Updated
Drought is a recurring risk faced by agricultural producers — Updated
Conservation
Conservation compliance effectiveness depends on where the money goes
Wetland losses
Food and Nutrition
Participation in USDA’s Food Stamp Program varies by State
Fewer households had difficulty putting enough food on the table in 2005
Fruit and vegetable availability up 20 percent since 1970
Rural Development and Energy
Nonmetro county population change, 2000-05: Half grew, half declined
Farm output is up but energy intensity is downn the Long Run — Updated
Farm population as a share of total U.S. population
Additional Readings
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