A state-level analysis of the Re-enrollment and Extension (REX) program on southern states indicates a positive relationship between percentage of tree acreage and Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) re-enrollment for states in which conservation acreage is dominated by trees. However, the...

The 2002 farm bill is a big change from the 1996 farm bill. The new bill introduces greater complexity through direct and countercyclical payments. A comparison of the 1996 and 2002 farm bills is needed to estimate how all the changes affect farmers and to guide future farm bill policy. This...

The 2002 Farm bill presents farmers with many different combinations of options for signup. Choosing the wrong option can be expensive for a farmer. This paper uses a dataset of actual farms to calculate the potential revenue lost from choosing a non-optimal option.