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Farmworker Safety and Health

WEBH-2A employers must provide transportation and housing and pay the higher of the applicable State or federal minimum wage, the prevailing wage in that region and …

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What's in a Name

WEBLisa R. Schlessinger and A. Bryan Endres - A. Bryan Endres - 2016 has been an active year for food regulations. From the implementation of the Food Safety …

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Farmers and Small Farms Can Maximize Tax Savings from Health …

WEBMarc Lovell - Taxation - Under the Affordable Care Act (ACA), the individual mandate requires farmers to obtain and maintain "minimum essential coverage" (MEC) …

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How Us Consumers Say They’re Coping With Rising Food Prices: …

WEBRecommended citation format: Kalaitzandonakes, M., B. Ellison and J. Coppess. "How Us Consumers Say They’re Coping With Rising Food Prices: Results …

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How Americans Acquired Food During the COVID-19 Pandemic: …

WEBSimilar to many other food acquisition activities, our results indicate that the share of consumers visiting a food bank was highest during December 2020 at 21.7%. …

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Rising Food Prices Stress US Consumers, but Views of Food …

WEBThe past three quarters have been an eventful time for the food system, including rising food prices and input prices (see e.g., BLS, 2022; CRS, 2022; farmdoc daily April 25, …

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Food Waste and Covid-19: Impacts along the Supply Chain

WEBBrenna Ellison and Maria Kalaitzandonakes - Brenna Ellison - The Covid-19 pandemic has created massive disruptions in the food system, from farm to fork. In …

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PACE and Nitrogen Fertilizer Strategies for 2023

WEBMuch remains uncertain. While nitrogen prices are high, corn prices also remain high, leading to a projection of profitable corn production (see farmdoc daily, August 2, 2022). …

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Your Farm’s Financial Health (Debt-to-Asset Ratio)

WEBThe debt-to-asset ratio compares farm debt obligations to the value of farm assets. The greater your debt-to-asset ratio, the greater the level of financial leverage. …

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Policy Budget for Cover Crops and the Lesson of Crop Insurance

WEBFor cover crops, practice cost is at least the planting cost of seed, equipment, and labor. We estimate that it averages at least $37/acre as of 2021. It will …

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Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer in the U.S.

WEBSarah Sellars and Vander Nunes - Sarah Sellars - We provide background on nitrogen fertilizer production in the United States, thereby aiding in understanding …

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Food Insecurity on College Campuses: FAQs

WEBBrenna Ellison and Meg Bruening - Brenna Ellison - Since 2015, more than 100 peer-reviewed articles have been published on the topic of food insecurity among …

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Cover Crops, 2017 US Census of Agriculture

WEBUS Department of Agriculture, National Agricultural Statistics Service. (April 2019). 2017 Census of Agriculture: United States Summary and State Data.Volume 1, …

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Agricultural Debt Continues to Increase

WEBBradley Zwilling - Brad Zwilling - Agricultural debt on a nominal basis in Illinois has been increasing since 1991. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture …

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Quantifying the Economic Benefits of On-Farm Digital Technologies

WEBThe graphic below illustrates this process. A challenge with quantifying the economic benefits of precision and digital technology adoption is that farmers lack tools …

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Understanding Budget Implications of Cover Crops

WEBKrista Swanson, Gary Schnitkey, Jonathan Coppess and Shalamar Armstrong - Gardner Policy Series - Farmers remain under pressure to adopt practices that will reduce …

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Integrated Pest Management: What Are Economic

WEBNick Seiter - Crop Economics - An insect control action (such as spraying an insecticide or planting a corn hybrid that incorporates a Bt trait) is only justified once the …

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Defining the Bounds of Booming Agritourism

WEBThe bill defines “agritourism activity” broadly as any activity carried out on a farm or ranch that allows members of the general public, for recreational, entertainment, …

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Synthetic Nitrogen Fertilizer in the U.S.

WEB2 farmdoc daily February 17, 2021 and poudrette (human waste). Fertilizer use increased from 1870-1920, and the development and distribution of information about nitrogen …

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