Paul D. Mitchell, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics
UW Extension State Specialist: Cropping Systems Economics
My Extension program broadly focuses on cropping systems economics, with
particular focus
on Farm Programs (crop insurance, disaster aid, commodity support), Insect and Weed
Management with Transgenic Crops, and the Economics of Producing Potatoes and
Processing Vegetables.
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Recent Work
Commodity Programs and the 2008
Farm Bill
Crop
Insurance
Federal
Disaster Assistance
Crop
Economics
Potatoes and Vegetables
Insect and Weed Management
Cost of Production Materials
Miscellaneous
Recent Work Integrating
ACRE, SURE and Crop Insurance (PowerPoint Jan 2010) NEW Economics
of Roundup Ready Crops: Farmer Benefits & Impact of Weed Resistance (PowerPoint
Jan 2010) NEW Corn
Seeding Densities and Transgenic Traits: Economics & Farmer Behavior (PowerPoint
Jan 2010) NEW Thinking
about ACRE for 2009 (July 2009 Fact Sheet) Thinking
about ACRE for 2009 (PowerPoint July 2009) Overview
of ACRE for 2009 (July 2009 Fact Sheet) USDA-FSA
ACRE Calculator Spreadsheet: Wisconsin Template (July 2009)
Commodity Programs and the 2008
Farm Bill Integrating
ACRE, SURE and Crop Insurance (PowerPoint Jan 2010) NEW Thinking
about ACRE for 2009 (July 2009) Overview
of ACRE for 2009 (July 2009) USDA-FSA
ACRE Calculator Spreadsheet: Wisconsin Template (July 2009) Understanding
Farm Programs: Crop Insurance, ACRE and SURE (PowerPoint Jan 2009) ACRE,
SURE, and the New Farm Bill Crop Insurance Requirements (PowerPoint Sep
2008) Farm Bill: Average
Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) Program (June 2008) Farm
Bill: Horticulture and Organic Agriculture (June 2008) Farm
Bill: What it Means for Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers (Badger
Common'Tater Aug 2008) The
Farm Bill: Current Status and New Revenue Support Programs (PowerPoint Jan 2008) Farm
Bill Update: Status of Wisconsin Agriculture (Jan 2008) Economic
Analysis of Supplemental Deductible Coverage (PowerPoint Oct 2007) Producer
Preferences for Agricultural, Food, and Public Policy: A Wisconsin Perspective
(Oct 2006) Crop
Insurance Bulletins Hints
for Using Crop Insurance in 2009 (Dec 2008) Gross
Margin Insurance for Dairy: What Is It and Can It Be Used for Risk Management
(Aug 2008) Practical
Recommendations for Filing Late & Prevented Planting or Replant Claims (June
2008) Hints for Using Crop Insurance
in 2008 (Jan 2008) Is GRP a Good Deal for My Corn? (Jan 2008) Tables
of Expected Net Returns to GRP in 2008 (Excel Spreadsheet Jan 2008) Crop Insurance,
Flooding, and Drought: Alternative Uses of Insured Crops (Aug 2007) Frost Damage and Crop Insurance Replant Provisions (May 2007) Late and Prevented
Planting and Replant Provisions (June 2008) Drought
and Alternative Uses of Insured Crops: Can I Chop My Insured Corn? (July 2005) Livestock
Risk Protection (Nov 2004) Soybean
Rust and Crop Insurance (2005) Soybean Rust Management Activities Documentation Template
(2005) Overview
of Federal
Crop Insurance in Wisconsin (Nov 2005) PowerPoint Presentations Integrating
ACRE, SURE and Crop Insurance (PowerPoint Jan 2010) NEW How
Should Extension Economists Talk about Crop Insurance with Farmers? (May 2009) Understanding
Farm Programs: Crop Insurance, ACRE and SURE (Jan 2009) Managing
Risk in the Produce Market: Where Crop Insurance Fits (Mar 2008) Crop
Insurance Overview and Hints (Feb 2008) Crop
Insurance Update for ANRE Team Grains Teleconference (Nov 2007) Crop
Insurance and Processing Vegetables (Mar 2007) Crop
Insurance: Expanded Hints and APH Analysis in Juneau and
Adams Counties (Jan 2007) Crop Insurance:
Helpful Hints and GRP Analysis in Juneau, Adams, and Marquette Counties (Aug
2006) Value of AGR-Lite for Wisconsin Growers
(Feb 2007) Federal Crop
Insurance in Wisconsin (Nov 2005)
Livestock Risk Protection (Feb 2005)
Federal
Disaster Assistance
Integrating ACRE, SURE and Crop
Insurance (PowerPoint Jan 2010) NEW New Disaster
Assistance for Wisconsin Farmers Affected by the 2008 Floods (Aug 2008) New
Disaster Programs in the 2008 Farm Bill (Aug 2008) Disaster Assistance for
Uninsured Farmers Affected by Recent Flooding (June 2008) Federal Disaster
Assistance for Vegetable Farmers Affected by Recent Flooding and Drought (Sept
2007) Crop
Economics
Corn Seeding Densities and Transgenic
Traits: Economics & Farmer Behavior (PowerPoint Jan 2010)
NEW Input
Prices: Long Term Trends and Short Run Realities (PowerPoint
Feb 2009) Input
Prices: Where Are They Now and Where Are They Going? (PowerPoint Nov 2008) The
New Economics of Grain Production (PowerPoint Jan 2008) The
New
Economics of Crop Production: Crop Consultants Perspective (PowerPoint Mar 2008)
Growing Potatoes
in the New BioEconomy (PowerPoint Feb 2008)
How to Continue to Grow Quality Potatoes with Skyrocketing Costs? (PowerPoint Feb 2007)
Potatoes and Vegetables
Documents
Crop Insurance Practices and Experiences of Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers (Aug 2009)
Farm Bill: What it Means for Wisconsin Potato and Vegetable Growers (Aug 2008)
Sustainable Potato Production: A Means to An End? (April 2008)
Potato Demand in an Increasingly Organic World (Oct 2007)
Estimate Your Cost of POTATO
Production (Feb 2006)
(Spreadsheet) Sweet
Corn for Processing: Value and Risk of IPM for European Corn Borer (2006)
MN
Extension Web Page Risk
Management Framework to Improve IPM Decision-Making (2006)
MN
Extension Web Page Risk and the Value of Additional Insecticide Applications for ECB Control in Sweet Corn (Dec 2005)
PowerPoint Presentations
Risk Management and Processing Crops (Mar 2009)
Input Prices: Long Term Trends and Short Run Realities (Feb 2009)
Veggie Compass: Which Way Do You Want To Grow? (Jan 2009)
Input Prices: Where
Are They Now and Where Are They Going? (Nov 2008) Growing Potatoes in the New BioEconomy (Feb 2008)
Potato Demand in an Increasingly Organic World (2008)
Crop Insurance and Processing Vegetables (Mar 2007)
How to Continue to Grow Quality Potatoes with Skyrocketing Costs? (Feb 2007)
Economics
and Risk of Sweet Corn IPM (April 2006) Risk
and the Value of Additional Insecticide Applications for ECB Control in Sweet
Corn (Dec 2005)
Insect and Weed Management
Documents Wisconsin Winning against Glyphosate Resistant Weeds
(Mar 2009) Sweet
Corn for Processing: Value and Risk of IPM for European Corn Borer (2006)
MN
Extension Web Page Risk
Management Framework to Improve IPM Decision-Making (2006)
MN
Extension Web Page Can Proactive
Herbicide Resistance Management Pay? (Feb 2006) Risk
and the Value of Additional Insecticide Applications for ECB Control in Sweet
Corn (Dec 2005) Expected
Net Benefit and Break-Even Probability for Corn Borer Bt Corn in Wisconsin Expected Net Benefit and Break-Even Probability for Corn Borer Bt Corn (Shorter Version)
Expected Net Benefit and Break-Even Probability for Corn Borer Bt Corn (One Page Announcement)
PowerPoint Presentations Economics
of Roundup Ready Crops: Farmer Benefits & Impact of Weed Resistance (Jan 2010)
NEW How Prices and Cost Affect IPM
(Jan 2008) Hierarchical
Modeling and the Economics of Risk in IPM (Mar 2008) Costs and Benefits of Controlling Corn Rootworm:
The USA Experience (April 2007) Stacks
of Bills vs. Stacks of Genes: Economics of Planting Transgenic Seeds (Feb 2007) What
have Transgenic Crops Meant for U.S. Farmers? An Economic Perspective (Nov 2006) Adverse
Selection, Moral Hazard and Grower Compliance with Bt Corn Refuge (Nov 2006) Economics
and Risk of Sweet Corn IPM (April 2006) Expected
Net Benefit and Break-Even Probability for Corn Borer Bt Corn in Wisconsin (Jan
2006)
Risk
and the Value of Additional Insecticide Applications for ECB Control in Sweet
Corn (Dec 2005) Economics of Control Options for the
Western Corn Rootworm Soybean Variant (Dec 2004) Spreadsheet Decision Aids Calculate Your Net Benefit and
Break-Even Probability for Corn Borer Bt Corn in Wisconsin Calculate
Your Net Benefit and Break-Even Probability for Western Corn Rootworm Control
Using Soybean Trap Counts
Cost of Production Materials
Spreadsheets Corn-Soybeans-Small
Grains Detailed Cost of Production Estimator (2006) Wisconsin
IRRIGATED CORN Budget (2006) IRRIGATION Cost
Estimator for Wisconsin
(2006) Fast and Simple Method to Estimate Typical Machinery Costs (2005)
Estimate Your Cost of
POTATO Production (2005) PowerPoint Presentations Wisconsin
IRRIGATED CORN Budget (2006) Strawberry
Enterprise Budgeting (May 2007) CRANBERRY Boom Sprayer Cost Estimate (2005)
Documentation and Bulletins Fast and Simple Method to Estimate Typical Machinery Costs (2005)
Estimate Your Cost of POTATO
Production (2006)
CRANBERRY Boom Sprayer
Cost Estimate (2005)
Strawberry Enterprise
Budgeting Resources (May 2007)
Miscellaneous Status
of the Wisconsin Ginseng Industry (Feb 2009) Prescribed Burner Liability
Insurance: Actuarial Analysis of Survey Data (Dec 2006)
Mail Survey Data
Telephone Survey Data
Premium Calculator Virginia
Addendum to the Prescribed Burner Liability Insurance Actuarial Analysis (May
2007) Flooding on the Farm: Effects of Floods on Agriculture (Aug 2008) Back
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