Potential Impacts of Eliminating Direct Payments

Pat Westhoff and Scott Gerlt ( June, 2011 )

Summary

Models maintained by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute at the University of Missouri (FAPRI-MU) are used to estimate possible impacts of eliminating the direct payment program effective with the 2012 crop year. Results are presented relative to a baseline prepared in early 2011 that assumes a continuation of the direct payment program and other existing farm policies.

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