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Weekly Agricultural Policy Articles by Daryll E. Ray
Originally published in MidAmerica Farmer Grower
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December 2002
125 Acreage devoted to export production shrinks over last 25 years
December 27, 2002 link to word file of article #125link to pdf file of article #125
124 Farmers tend to respond similarly, the world around
December 20, 2002 link to word file of article #124link to pdf file of article #124
123 China: Our knight in shining armor or . . .?
December 13, 2002 link to word file of article #123link to pdf file of article #123
122 Public agricultural research: Is it trade distorting?
December 6, 2002 link to word file of article #122link to pdf file of article #122
November 2002
121 Is food too important to be left to WTO?
N
ovember 29, 2002link to word file of article #121link to pdf file of article #121
120 Further peculiarities of coupled and decoupled payments
November 22, 2002 link to word file of article #120link to pdf file of article #120
119 Total acreages' response to price is the "REAL" supply response issue
November 15, 2002 link to word file of article #119link to pdf file of article #119
118 Can Lula get what Lula wants?
November 8, 2002 link to word file of article #118link to pdf file of article #118
117 Yes, Decoupled, but decoupled from what?
November 1, 2002 link to word file of article #117link to pdf file of article #117
October 2002
116 Bioterrorism - the high economic costs of an attack
October 25, 2002 link to word file of article #116link to pdf file of article #116
115 Subsidies II: Exploding production south of the equator
October 18, 2002 link to word file of article #115link to pdf file of article #115
114 Low Prices Here and Abroad: Are U.S. Subsidies the Cause or the Result?
October 11, 2002 link to word file of article #114link to pdf file of article #114
113 China: The more things change, the more they stay the same
October 4, 2002 link to word file of article #113link to pdf file of article #113
September 2002
112 Crop Insurance and Disasters
September 27, 2002 link to word file of article #112link to pdf file of article #112
111 Weather: Blessing in disguise or just a disguise?
September 20, 2002link to word file of article #112link to pdf file of article #111
110 Export values up, net income down: Which is more important?
September 13, 2002 link to word file of article #110link to pdf file of article #110
109 Are we better off without government stocks overhanging the market?
September 6, 2002link to word file of article #109link to pdf file of article #109
August 2002
108 New York Times joins the club
August 30, 2002 link to word file of article #108link to pdf file of article #108
107 Tobacco Quota Buyout: Is It Will or Is It When?
August 23, 2002 link to word file of article #107link to pdf file of article #107
106 Progressive downward shift in prices since 1996 affects wheat
August 16, 2002 link to word file of article #106link to pdf file of article #106
105 Soybean stocks-to-use ratio declines, but soybean prices decline anyway
August 9, 2002 link to word file of article #105link to pdf file of article #105
104 Why have corn prices been so low?
August 2, 2002link to word file of article #104link to pdf file of article #104
July 2002
103 Notice to Mali farmers: Forget subsidy levels; Focus on lack of policies to limit productionlink to word file of article #103link to pdf file of article #103
July 26, 2002
102 Drought induced price spike could cause even lower prices later
July 19, 2002link to word file of article #102link to pdf file of article #102
June 2002
101 Relaxation of the Jones Act could help Midwest maintain hold on Southeast U.S. grain markets
June 28, 2002 link to word file of article #101link to pdf file of article #101
100 Water vs. land transportation of domestically used grain
June 21, 2002 link to word file of article #100link to pdf file of article #100
99 International trade competitors severely criticize 2002 Farm Bill
June 14, 2002 link to word file of article #99link to pdf file of article #99
98 California's a brand new game
June 7, 2002 link to word file of article #98link to pdf file of article #98
May 2002
97 Conservation programs are not a substitute for commodity programs
May 31, 2002 link to word file of article #97link to pdf file of article #97
96 Editorialists' tone masks crop agriculture's real problems
May 24, 2002 link to word file of article #96link to pdf file of article #96
95 This is not your father's ol'-farm-bill!
May 17, 2002 link to word file of article #95link to pdf file of article #95
94 Five gallons of water and the Atlantic Ocean
May 10, 2002link to word file of article #94link to pdf file of article #94
93 Following in the footsteps of the 1996 Farm bill: When "What ought to be" does not correspond to "What is"
May 3, 2002link to word file of article #93link to pdf file of article #93
April 2002
92 Top-Ten Reasons to Start Over on Farm Bill
April 26, 2002link to word file of article #92link to pdf file of article #92
91 Is a Tobacco Buyout on the Horizon?
April 19, 2002link to word file of article #91link to pdf file of article #91
90 What's Ailing Tobacco?
April 12, 2002 link to word file of article #90link to pdf file of article #90
89 Tobacco: The darling of supply control and price support programs (until now)
April 5, 2002 link to word file of article #89link to pdf file of article #89
88 Cost of Avoiding Real Issue: $17 billion a Year
March 29, 2002link to word file of article #88link to pdf file of article #88
March 2002
87 Packer Ownership of Livestock is Contentious Issue in Farm Bill Debate
March 22, 2002link to word file of article #87link to pdf file of article #87
86 Is it $6 Billion or $50+ Billion?
March 15, 2002link to word file of article #86link to pdf file of article #86
85 Payment Caps Stir Interest in Farm Bill
March 1, 2002link to word file of article #85link to pdf file of article #85 
February 2002
84 House and Senate Farm Bills: Six of One or Half-a-Dozen of the Other
February 22, 2002link to word file of article #84link to pdf file of article #84 
83 Promotion and Sales efforts did not Guarantee Edsel's Success
February 15, 2002link to word file of article #83link to pdf file of article #83 
82 Zig Ziglar for Undersecretary of Agriculture for Trade Promotion
February 8, 2002
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81 U.S. is the World’s Storage Granary
February 1, 2002

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January 2002
80

What Have We Bought With Nearly $100 Billion?
January 25, 2002
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79 Are We Courting Disaster?
January18, 2002
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78 Year in Review: Dollars Drive Farm Bill Debate
January 11, 2002
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77 Year in Review: A Potpourri of Issues
January 4, 2001link to word file of article #77link to pdf file of article #77