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Assessing effects of federal crop insurance supply on acreage and yield of specialty crops

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  • Jian Shi
  • JunJie Wu
  • Beau Olen

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Crop insurance may affect harvested acreage and yield by influencing producers’ behavior such as land allocation and input use. Although specialty crops are a major source of farm income, especially on the U.S. west coast, they have not received as much attention as field crops in previous empirical studies. This paper assesses the effect of moral hazard and adverse selection associated with the federal crop insurance program (FCIP) on the acreage and yield of major specialty crops in California. An econometric method that expands the switching regression model is developed to assess the effect. Results suggest that federal crop insurance can change specialty crop growers’ production responses to climate and soil conditions. The moral hazard effect tends to increase the acreage and yield of the specialty crops, whereas the adverse selection effect tends to have the opposite effect. The overall effect of the FCIP on acreage and yield of specialty crops is found to be moderate. L'assurance‐récolte peut impacter la superficie récoltée et le rendement en influant sur le comportement des producteurs, tels que l'affectation des terres et l'utilisation des intrants. Bien que les cultures de spécialités constituent une source majeure de revenus agricoles, en particulier sur la côte ouest des États‐Unis, elles n'ont pas reçu autant d'attention que les grandes cultures dans les études empiriques précédentes. Ce document évalue l'effet d'aléa moral et de la sélection adverse associés au programme fédéral d'assurance‐récolte sur la superficie et le rendement des principales cultures spécialisées en Californie. Une technique économétrique qui approfondit le modèle de régression à commutation est développée pour évaluer l'effet. Les résultats suggèrent que l'assurance‐récolte fédérale peut affecter les choix des producteurs de culture de spécialité face aux conditions de sols et climatiques. L'effet d'aléa moral tend à augmenter la superficie et le rendement des cultures de spécialités, tandis que l'effet de sélection adverse tend à avoir l'effet inverse. L'effet global du programme fédéral d'assurance‐récolte sur la superficie et le rendement des cultures de spécialités s'est avéré modéré.

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  • Jian Shi & JunJie Wu & Beau Olen, 2020. "Assessing effects of federal crop insurance supply on acreage and yield of specialty crops," Canadian Journal of Agricultural Economics/Revue canadienne d'agroeconomie, Canadian Agricultural Economics Society/Societe canadienne d'agroeconomie, vol. 68(1), pages 65-82, March.
  • Handle: RePEc:bla:canjag:v:68:y:2020:i:1:p:65-82
    DOI: 10.1111/cjag.12211
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    1. Skorbiansky, Sharon Raszap & Astill, Gregory & Rosch, Stephanie & Higgins, Elizabeth & Ifft, Jennifer & Rickard, Bradley, 2022. "Specialty Crop Participation in Federal Risk Management Programs," Amber Waves:The Economics of Food, Farming, Natural Resources, and Rural America, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service, vol. 2022(Economic ), September.
    2. Zheng, Yanan & Goodhue, Rachael E., 2022. "Intensive or Extensive Margin Effects? Growers’ Responses to the Restriction of High-Volatile Organic Compound (VOC) Pesticide Products in the San Joaquin Valley, California," 2022 Annual Meeting, July 31-August 2, Anaheim, California 322085, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.

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