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Average Crop Revenue Election: A Revenue-Based Alternative to Price-Based Commodity Payment Programs

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This article develops a stochastic model of the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program, which offers revenue-based commodity payments under the 2008 Farm Act. Our analysis shows that adding ACRE revenue payments to gross revenue reduces downside revenue risk for corn, wheat, and soybean farmers in 2009 on average by 16%, 21%, and 23%, respectively. Results indicate that farms with higher expected yields and lower variance of yields tend to benefit the most from ACRE. Integrating federal crop insurance with ACRE lowers insurance premiums from 10% to 40%, depending on the crop and location. Copyright 2010, Oxford University Press.

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  • Joseph C. Cooper, 2010. "Average Crop Revenue Election: A Revenue-Based Alternative to Price-Based Commodity Payment Programs," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 92(4), pages 1214-1228.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:92:y:2010:i:4:p:1214-1228
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    7. Liu, Y. & Ker, A., 2018. "Is There Too Much History in Historical Yield Data," 2018 Conference, July 28-August 2, 2018, Vancouver, British Columbia 277293, International Association of Agricultural Economists.
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    9. Gerlt, Scott & Thompson, Wyatt & Miller, Douglas, 2014. "Exploiting the Relationship between Farm-Level Yields and County-Level Yields for Applied Analysis," Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 39(2), pages 1-18.
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    11. Arriola, Christine & Dismukes, Robert & Coble, Keith H. & Ubilava, David & Cooper, Joseph C., 2011. "Alternatives to a State-Based ACRE Program: Expected Payments Under a National, Crop District, or County Base," Economic Research Report 262235, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    12. Cooper, Joseph & Hungerford, Ashley & O'Donoghue, Erik, 2015. "Interactions of Shallow Loss Support and Traditional Federal Crop Insurance: Building a Framework for Assessing Commodity Support Issues for the Next Farm Act," 2015 AAEA & WAEA Joint Annual Meeting, July 26-28, San Francisco, California 205310, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    13. Hongliang Zhang & John M. Antle, 2018. "Weather, Climate and Production Risk," IRENE Working Papers 18-01, IRENE Institute of Economic Research.
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