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Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
In 2009 Iowa farmers who had at least some land enrolled in the existing DCP program offered by FSA were given the opportunity to switch to an alternative called ACRE. Despite having access to information about the program and utilizing electronic decision aids, only 27.5% of the operators surveyed enrolled at least one farm in ACRE. Those who did enroll cited a desire for more risk protection and a belief that payments from ACRE would exceed the value of the direct payments they had to give up. The primary reasons operators gave for not enrolling were the program was too …
Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
In 2009 Iowa farmers who had at least some land enrolled in the existing DCP program offered by FSA were given the opportunity to switch to an alternative called ACRE. Despite having access to information about the program and utilizing electronic decision aids, only 27.5% of the operators surveyed enrolled at least one farm in ACRE. Those who did enroll cited a desire for more risk protection and a belief that payments from ACRE would exceed the value of the direct payments they had to give up. The primary reasons operators gave for not enrolling were the program was too …
Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
In 2009 Iowa farmers who had at least some land enrolled in the existing DCP program offered by FSA were given the opportunity to switch to an alternative called ACRE. Despite having access to information about the program and utilizing electronic decision aids, only 27.5% of the operators surveyed enrolled at least one farm in ACRE. Those who did enroll cited a desire for more risk protection and a belief that payments from ACRE would exceed the value of the direct payments they had to give up. The primary reasons operators gave for not enrolling were the program was too …
Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
Iowa Farmers' Decisions To Enroll In The Average Crop Revenue Election (Acre) Program, William M. Edwards
William Edwards
In 2009 Iowa farmers who had at least some land enrolled in the existing DCP program offered by FSA were given the opportunity to switch to an alternative called ACRE. Despite having access to information about the program and utilizing electronic decision aids, only 27.5% of the operators surveyed enrolled at least one farm in ACRE. Those who did enroll cited a desire for more risk protection and a belief that payments from ACRE would exceed the value of the direct payments they had to give up. The primary reasons operators gave for not enrolling were the program was too …