Extension Publications

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Fact Sheets

Individual Crop Insurance: Whole Farm Revenue Protection and Micro Farm Insurance (H. Biram and R. Rainey | December 13, 2023)

Area Crop Insurance: Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance (J. Mitchell and H. Biram | November 7, 2023)

Cultivating Financial Security: A Guide on Farm Finances, Taxes, and Crop Insurance (R. Loy and H. Biram | October 18, 2023)

Individual Crop Insurance: Revenue Protection and Harvest Price Exclusion (H. Biram and R. Rainey | October 23, 2023)

Individual Crop Insurance: Yield Protection (H. Biram and R. Rainey | October 5, 2023)

Insurable Units in Crop Insurance (H. Biram and B. Mills | September 28, 2023)

Types of Federal Crop Insurance: Individual and Area Products (H. Biram and L. Connor | September 25, 2023)

Why Does the Federal Government Subsidize Crop Insurance? (H. Biram | August 18, 2023)

How are interest rates influenced? (R. Loy and H. Biram | August 15, 2023)

The Structure of the U.S. Crop Insurance Industry (H. Biram | August 1, 2023)

Analyzing the Relative Riskiness of Rice Yields (H. Biram | July 13, 2023)

A Brief History of Crop Insurance (H. Biram and K. Coble | July 10, 2023)

Frequently Asked Questions About Ad Hoc Rice Payments in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Package (H. Biram, J. Hardke, and H. Pittman | January 13, 2023)

Margin Protection Insurance: A Way to Manage the Risk of High Input Costs (H. Biram and H. Scott Stiles | September 9, 2022)

Economic Implications for Arkansas Agriculture of State-Level Adoption of Section 179 Rules (H. Biram and H. Pittman | September 13, 2022)

Southern Ag Today (LINK)

Exploring Diverse Crop Insurance Options for  Cotton Producers (F. Chong, H. Biram, and Y. Liu | December 20, 2023)

Implications of Reverting to Dairy Policy in the 1948 Farm Bill (J. Myers and H. Biram | November 16, 2023)

Crop Insurance as a Safety Net for Operating Loan Obligations (R. Loy and H. Biram | October 25, 2023)

Low River Levels, Barge Freight, and Widening Basis (G. Gardner and H. Biram | September 25, 2023)

Comparing the Harvest Price and Projected Price in Revenue Protection Crop Insurance for Rice and Corn (H. Biram | August 28, 2023)

Final Planting Dates and the Impact on Prevented Planting Acres (L. Connor and H. Biram | August 17, 2023)

Implications of the Black Sea Grain Deal Cancellation (H. Biram and G. Gardner | July 24, 2023)

USDA Acreage Report Results: Price and Crop Insurance Impacts (G. Gardner and H. Biram | July 3, 2023)

Prevented Planting and APH Reductions After Planting a Second Crop (H. Biram and L. Connor | May 24, 2023)

Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River is Associated with Relatively Weak Soybean Basis in the Midsouth (H. Biram | May 22, 2023)

Analyzing the Relative Riskiness of Rice Yields (H. Biram and B. Mills | May 11, 2023)

Rethinking Fertilizer Prices (G. Gardner and H. Biram | April 10, 2023)

Key Takeaways and Reliability of the 2023 Prospective Plantings Report (H. Biram and W. Maples | April 3, 2023)

One Last Thought on Revenue Insurance for Rice (H. Biram | February 27, 2023)

Risk Management Considerations for the 2023 Growing Season (H. Biram | November 28, 2022)

Low Water Levels in the Mississippi River Result in Abnormally Weak Soybean Basis (H. Biram, J. Anderson, S. Stiles, and A. McKenzie | October 31, 2022)

The Option to Augment the Crop Insurance Floor (H. Biram and S. Aaron Smith | August 22, 2022)

Technical Reports and Invited Articles

Evaluating Prevented Planting as a Risk Management Tool in Rice (H. Biram and L. Connor | August 2023)

Arkansas Farm Income Outlook: Spring 2023  (Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center Publication | April 2023)

What are the implications of a potential base acre reallocation? (2023 Midsouth ASFMRA Land Values and Lease Trends Report | March 2023)

2022 Markets in Review (Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence | December 2022)

Implications of Mississippi River Transport Disruptions (H. Biram, S. Stiles, A. McKenzie, and J. Anderson | October, 2022)

Media

Podcasts/Videos

Relevant Risk: Ep. 24 - Prevented Planting Provisions in the Federal Crop Insurance Program (J. Anderson and H. Biram | September 13 , 2023)

Relevant Risk: Ep. 19 - Arkansas Crop Insurance Prices and High Risk Rates (J. Anderson, A. McKenzie, and H. Biram | March 17 , 2023)

Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Capitol and Scott (Ep. 25) - Farmers still feeling ripple effects of historic drought (L. Farrar, J. Worsham, and H. Biram | December 21, 2022)

Relevant Risk: Ep. 17 - Review of 2022 Commodity Markets (J. Anderson, A. McKenzie, J. Mitchell, and H. Biram | December 19, 2022)

Relevant Risk: Ep. 13 - Mississippi River Transport Disruptions and Commodity Market Impacts (J. Anderson, A McKenzie, and H. Biram | October 14, 2022)

Relevant Risk: Ep. 12 - Margin Protection Crop Insurance for Rice (H. Biram and J. Anderson | September 30, 2022)

Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation: Ag Econ 101: What Ag Really Means to Arkansas (H. Biram and L. Connor | September 9, 2022)

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