Agricultural 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
Crop Insurance: Inside or Outside the Farm Bill?
Bruce A. Babcock and Nick D. Paulson
Iowa Ag Review, Winter 2007
CARD Economists Calculate Potential for Group Risk Income Protection (news brief)
Preparing for Soybean Rust
Chad E. Hart
Iowa Ag Review, Spring 2005
Recent Papers
Index Insurance, Probabilistic Climate Forecasts, and Production
Miguel Carriquiry, Daniel E. Osgood
March 2008 [08-WP 465]
Get a GRIP: Should Area Revenue Coverage Be Offered through the Farm Bill or as a Crop Insurance Program?
Nick D. Paulson, Bruce A. Babcock
January 2007 [07-WP 440]