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Weekly Agricultural Policy Articles by Daryll E. Ray
Originally published in MidAmerica Farmer Grower
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December 2006
334 Clever money delivery systems
December 29, 2006 Link to word file of article #334 Link to pdf file of article #334 
333 The present formulation of the WTO issue is backwards
December 29, 2006 Link to word file of article #333 Link to pdf file of article #333 
332 Keeping food safe
December 15, 2006 Link to word file of article #332 Link to pdf file of article #332 
331 Policy for all seasons
December 8, 2006 Link to word file of article #331 Link to pdf file of article #331 
330 Recent corn price swing: “Danged if you do” and “Danged if you don’t”
December 1, 2006 Link to word file of article #330 Link to pdf file of article #330
November 2006
329 Rural development programs do not protect crop producers’ bottom line
November 24, 2006 Link to word file of article #329 Link to pdf file of article #329
328 We are no more prepared for an agricultural catastrophe than New Orleans was for KatrinaLink to word file of article #328 Link to pdf file of article #328
November 17, 2006
327 25 years of export competitiveness and what do you get…
November 10, 2006 Link to word file of article #327 Link to pdf file of article #327
326 Focus on farm income variability leads to “fire-insurance-like” policy alternatives
November 3, 2006 Link to word file of article #326 Link to pdf file of article #326
October 2006
325 Are the five oft-cited reasons for farm programs actually symptoms of a more basic reason Link to word file of article #325 Link to pdf file of article #325
October 27, 2006
324 Johanns’ “60 percent of farmers do not receive payments”—A case of correct answer to the wrong question?
October 20, 2006 Link to word file of article #324 Link to pdf file of article #324
323 Johanns’ “facts” divert attention from agriculture’s root policy problem?
October 13, 2006 Link to word file of article #323 Link to pdf file of article #323
322 Ethanol demand and the CRP
October 6, 2006 Link to word file of article #322 Link to pdf file of article #322
September 2006
321 National Grain and Feed Association decry possibility of profitable corn prices
September 29, 2006 Link to word file of article #321 Link to pdf file of article #321
320 The ethanol euphoria
September 22, 2006 Link to word file of article #320 Link to pdf file of article #320
319 WTO compliant policies may not address agriculture’s major problems
September 15, 2006 Link to word file of article #319 Link to pdf file of article #319
318 Not all environmental programs may be WTO-compliant
September 8, 2006 Link to word file of article #318 Link to pdf file of article #318
317 A 60% reduction in amber box payments? - Don’t worry, Be happy!
September 1, 2006 Link to word file of article #317 Link to pdf file of article #317
August 2006
316 Agribusinesses practice inventory management, farmers should not (?)
August 25, 2006 Link to word file of article #316 Link to pdf file of article #316
315 On accelerating without brakes
August 18, 2006 Link to word file of article #315 Link to pdf file of article #315
314 Betting the farm on “market access”
August 11, 2006 Link to word file of article #314 Link to pdf file of article #314
313 Farming the farm program, movin’ on up from the sandlots to the big leagues
August 4, 2006 Link to word file of article #313 Link to pdf file of article #313
July 2006
312 Using LDPs flood markets and crash prices
July 28, 2006 Link to word file of article #312 Link to pdf file of article #312
311 LDPs: Playing limbo by competing with oneself
July 21, 2006 Link to word file of article #311 Link to pdf file of article #311
310 Washington Post: Farm program statutes and regs cause payment problems
July 14, 2006 Link to word file of article #310 Link to pdf file of article #310
309 Pounding square pegs into round holes
July 7, 2006 Link to word file of article #309 Link to pdf file of article #309
June 2006
308 African countries tell us what they want from Doha
June 30, 2006 Link to word file of article #308 Link to pdf file of article #308
307 Johanns’ farmer story: A reflection of farmers’ behavior or a fairy-tale?
June 23, 2006 Link to word file of article #307 Link to pdf file of article #307
306 Agriculture dominates many rural counties contrary to USDA designations
June 16, 2006 Link to word file of article #306 Link to pdf file of article #306
305 How can it be? A NON-farm-dependent county derives 65% of economy from agriculture
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304 What do we mean when we talk about farming/agriculturally-dependent counties?
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May 2006
303 Proposed farm policy changes in the US vs. Brazil and Canada: Ships passing in the night
May 26, 2006 ink to word file of article #303 ink to pdf file of article #303
302 Farm Crisis in Brazil: Farmers Block Roads
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301 Are you confused about WTO trade liberalization numbers?
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300 What is it that distorts markets?
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April 2006
299 Do “death taxes” cause the death of family farms?
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298 WTO Development Round misses the poorest of the poor?
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297 Economic viability of the farm sector: Should it include spouses’ paycheck?
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296 Private and public Brazilian research organizations race to be the first to release Asian Rust tolerant soybeans
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March 2006
295 Today’s tropical soybean production was not biologically possible in