farmers' overall risk exposure and profitability is unclear. Self-selection and market dynamics have masked the direct effect … effect on risk exposure and, ultimately, profitability. I find that crop insurance increases debt holdings and acres cash … insurance crowds out other risk-management strategies without improving farm profitability. …

feedstocks are also estimated and show that the 20MGYplant can tolerate greater ethanol and feedstock price risk than the 10MGY …

conclude that the cost of forward contracting for January delivery is partly compensation for the counterparty risk borne by … soybeans for January delivery. This indicates that cash flow risk may be more important than risk of default by the farmer …

otherwise take and this risk taking behavior is exacerbated by subsidy. …

Rankings of different risk management portfolios including Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE), traditional government … yield risks are studied. Also, Interactions between ACRE and other risk management instruments are examined, and government … costs and risk management efficiencies between ACRE and traditional government programs are compared. The results show a …

to the risk management is the yield risk may be underestimated under the common selection -- Beta distribution. A mixed …