Implications of the 2002 U.S. Farm Act for World Agriculture

This paper discusses the implications of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002 for U.S. agriculture and its subsequent impact on world agricultural prices and world trade

Trend Yield Analysis and Yield Growth Assumptions

Discusses the formulation of assumptions pertaining to yield growth in the crop sector used in developing market projections

Doctor Anderson!

Fiction by John Keane and Robert Krus

Mississippi River Research Conclusions Executive Summary

Briefing paper requested by Senator Bond detailing the conclusions from the Mississippi River research to date

Implications of Alternative Missouri River Flows for Power Plants

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the potential impacts of low Missouri River flows on the power plants operating along the Missouri River and using the Missouri River for cooling water

Briefing Paper on the “Worst Case” Implications of Low Missouri River Flows For Power Plants

In April 2004, FAPRI evaluated two water control plans considered by the Corps of Engineers for the Missouri River in terms of their impact on power plants. The Corps called these plans the Preferred Alternative and the GP2021 plan. The Preferred Alternative plan was adopted by the Corps on March 19, 2004, as the new water control plan. The GP2021 water control plan includes a spring Gavins Point release of 20,000 cubic feet per second above navigation requirements and a low summer release of 21,000 cubic feet per second

Implications of Minimum Summer Water Releases from Gavins Point for Power Plants

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the potential impacts on power plants of minimum water releases from Gavins Point to the Missouri River as presented in the U.S. Army Corp of Engineers' (Corps) Master Manual (Corps 2004). The Corps regulates the flow of the Missouri River to support navigation and control flooding by controlling water releases from Gavins Point, the lowest of the six reservoirs

1993 Iowa Agricultural Disaster Preliminary Estimates

On July 27, 1993 a multidisciplinary committee was formed at Iowa State University to provide preliminary estimates for the economic effects of the 1993 floods on Iowa\u27s agricultural enterprises. This report summarizes the committee\u27s initial estimates of the losses by broad economic category; detailed income information was not available at the time the report was written. The report does not provide estimates of lost income due to agribusiness work stoppages nor direct losses of livestock, buildings, fences, and machinery

Economic Impacts of Not Extending Biofuels Subsidies

This study uses a stochastic model to analyze the impact of not extending the ethanol tax credit, the ethanol import tariff, or the $1.00 per gallon biodiesel tax credit on the biofuels and agricultural commodity markets