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BiorenewablesAgricultural Risk Management Policy
Actively managing risk is a relatively new concept for many crop and livestock producers and policymakers. To address the need for information and analysis on agricultural risk management policy, CARD Director Bruce Babcock has initiated a core area of research at CARD.
CARD's ARMP division assesses policies affecting valuation and risk management, government price support and disaster relief programs, and agricultural insurance and alternatives.
Highlights
Costs and Benefits of Moving to a County ACRE Program
Bruce A. Babcock
CARD Policy Brief 10-PB 2
The ACRE Decision 
(presentation)
Bruce A. Babcock
Recent Papers
Native Grassland Conversion: the Roles of Risk Intervention and Switching Costs
Ruiqing Miao, David A. Hennessy, Hongli Feng
February 2013 [13-WP 536]
Updated Assessment of the Drought's Impacts on Crop Prices and Biofuel Production
Bruce A. Babcock
August 2012 [12-PB 8]
