The studies in this report analyze the effects of decoupled payments in the Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform (FAIR) Act on recipient households, and assess land, labor, risk management, and capital market conditions that can lead to links between decoupled payments and production...

Changes within the financial services industry have raised concerns about the ability of agricultural banks to adequately fund local rural development. To address these concerns, the Gramm‐Leach‐Bliley Act of 1999 broadened agricultural bank access to Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLB) financing....