Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison Cell: 608-320-1162 | Email: pdmitchell@wisc.edu | Web: https://aae.wisc.edu/pdmitchell/ PDF version Signup for the USDA commodity support programs Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) for …
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CFAP Direct Payments to Commodity Crop Farmers
CFAP Direct Payments to Commodity Crop Farmers: A Wisconsin Perspective Paul Mitchell, pdmitchell@wisc.edu, 608-320-1162 PDF Version The USDA has published details on the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP) direct payments to farmers impacted by market …
Income Losses due to COVID-19 for US and Wisconsin Commodity Crop Farmers
May 15, 2020 Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, Extension State Specialist, and Director of the Renk Agribusiness Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison Office: (608) …
Navigating Farm Support Programs During COVID-19
Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison and Division of Extension, Renk Agribusiness Institute, 608-265-6514 pdmitchell@wisc.edu Joy Kirkpatrick, Center for Dairy Profitability, UW-Madison and Division of Extension, 608-263-3485 joy.kirkpatrick@wisc.edu PDF Version Interview with …
Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act: Legal Obligations for Farms with Employees during COVID-19
Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison and Division of Extension Office: (608) 265-6514 Email: pdmitchell@wisc.edu PDF Version The Families First Coronavirus Recovery Act (FFCRA) temporarily requires some employers to provide employees up to …
COVID-19: Social Distancing for Farmers
Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison and Division of Extension Office: (608) 265-6514 Email: pdmitchell@wisc.edu PDF Version Governor Ever’s Safer-at-Home declaration includes agriculture as an essential business, meaning that as many of us …
Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC) signup has started – Waiting a few months is the best option
Many of you may have seen the notices that signup has begun for Agriculture Risk Coverage (ARC) and Price Loss Coverage (PLC). This time around, farmers and landowners need to make their ARC/PLC choice only …
Gene Drives in Wisconsin Agriculture: What are they, and should you support it?
Mike Jones, PhD Candidate, NC State University Paul D. Mitchell, Agricultural and Applied Economics, UW-Madison For the PDF version of this post, click here! What is a gene drive? Gene drives are part of an …
Does the US public support using gene drives to control agricultural pests?
Blog post from North Carolina State University’s Genetic Engineering and Society Center about our recent paper in Science Advances.
U.S. farmers, battered by low commodity prices and trade war, brace for things to get worse
The U.S. Farm Belt, already battered by low commodity prices, the trade war and mounting bankruptcies, is bracing for even worse times ahead.