The first 50 years of the Federal crop insurance program were marked by low enrollment levels. To boost program participation, legislation in 1994 and 2000 increased premium subsidies. In the years since, the jump in enrollment coupled with high commodity prices caused significant increases in...

The January/February 1991 issue of Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States reports the following information: U.S. agricultural exports fell nearly $600 million to $39.3 billion, their first decline in 4 years. Wheat exports fell $2 billion, and other grains fell to a lesser degree,...

The Economic Research Service (ERS), U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), estimates gross farm income and its component cash receipts and government payment accounts annually. Loan activity data from USDA's Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) are critical to these estimations. This report...

In 2008, wheat futures prices spiked and then crashed along with prices for other agricultural and nonagricultural commodities. Market observers offered several theories to explain this common movement, or comovement, in prices, and have proposed policies to address the perceived problem of...

This bulletin provides State-level estimates of agricultural real estate taxes since 1890. Estimates include average taxes per acre for 1890-1991, and total taxes and taxes per $100 of full market value for 1909-91. The bulletin also explains the methods used by the U.S. Department of...

This report presents a statistical summary of U.S. agricultural shipments made under U.S. Government concessional exportorograms. Food and other agricultural commodities have been provided under P.L. 480 to many people to meet emergency situations, to supply nutritional needs, and to assist in...