Trade and Agricultural Policy
CARD's TAP division examines the impacts of domestic and international trade policies for commodity prices, production and consumption, trade, international market performance, and government and societal costs.
The Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI) is operated by CARD's TAP division and the Center for National Food and Agricultural Policy at the University of Missouri at Columbia. FAPRI develops the most widely circulated and publicly available annual long-term outlook for major commodity markets. FAPRI researchers also provide policymakers with analyses of alternative agricultural and trade policies.
Highlights
CARD Study Shows U.S. Ethanol Production and Corn Demand Will Grow With or Without Subsidy and Tariff (news release)
Projected Economic Turnaround Fuels Recovery in Commodity Trade and Prices, According to 2010 FAPRI Outlook (news release)
See the latest publications and analysis on World Trade Organization related issues by CARD and FAPRI researchers.
Recent Papers
The Impact of Ethanol Production on U.S. and Regional Gasoline Markets: An Update to 2012
Xiaodong Du, Dermot J. Hayes
May 2012 [12-WP 528]
Greenhouse Gas and Nitrogen Fertilizer Scenarios for U.S. Agriculture and Global Biofuels
Amani Elobeid, Miguel Carriquiry, Jacinto F. Fabiosa, Kranti Mulik, Dermot J. Hayes, Bruce A. Babcock, Jerome Dumortier, Francisco Rosas
June 2011 [11-WP 524]
Recent Presentations
FAPRI's World Agriculture Briefing Book 2010 presents excerpts of the FAPRI Outlook presented to Congress.