Bt Premium Price: What Does It Buy?, The

The Impact of Extra Bt Corn Seed Costs on Farmer Earnings and Corporate Finances

When Does It Pay To Plant Bt Corn?

GMO Liability Threats for Farmers: Legal Issues Surrounding the Planting of Genetically Modified Crops

How US Grain Export Projections from Large Scale Agricultural Sector Models Compare With Reality

Minneapolis - Grain export projections used by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and agriculture policy-makers have consistently over-estimated actual exports, according to a new study by Dr. C. Phillip Baumel, a professor of economics at Iowa State University.

Sustainable Agriculture: Making Money, Making Sense

This issue brief reviews the current economic and agircultural research on the financial impact of sustainable farming on farmers in the United States. If profitability means the measure of return to the farmer, is sustainable farming profitable? Have specific types of sustainable agricultural systems been found to decrease the cost of production and thus raise farm income?

Trade, Agriculture, and Climate Change

This assessment exposes the ways that current agricultural trade policies contribute to rising greenhouse gas emissions by substantially increasing the energy intensity of food production, processing, packaging and distribution systems.

WTO Food and Agriculture Rules: Sustainable Agriculture and the Human RIght to Food

Published in the Minnesota Journal of Global Trade, Winter 2000, Vol. 9, Issue 1. This paper was also a presentation given by Mark Ritchie at the International Cooperative Agricultural Organization General Assembly in Quebec City, Quebec on August 29, 1999. The focus of this paper is the the impact of agricultural export dumping by grain corporations based in the U.S.

Addressing Climate Change and Providing New Opportunities for Farmers

Climate change mitigation can result in many benefits including greater valuation for environmental services provided by agriculture and regeneration of rural communities. This report takes a look at the possibilities for farmers and presents policy recommendations to make this a reality.

Mississippi River Navigation: Helping the Midwest Compete with South American Soybeans?

This paper assesses the international soybean market and how the race to capture new international markets has impacted U.S. farmers and rural communities.

Will It Help Farmers: The Upper Mississippi River Navigation Project

This paper is one in a series on the impact of expanding the navigational infrastructure on the Upper Mississippi River.