Center for Agricultural & Environmental Policy

What is the Role of Crop Insurance for "Specialty" Crops?
With an emphasis on data from California and with some reference to specialty crops in Oregon, this report outlines the evolution of insurance availability and farmer participation over time and across crops and potential financial payoffs to insurance participation.

How does the Food Safety Modernization Act Affect Farms and Food Marketing Firms?
In this brief, we review the US Food and Drug Administration’s estimates of compliance costs for smaller and larger farms, and draw attention to the way the produce safety rule may change the structure of the fresh produce industry.