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Growth and Transition in Wisconsin Dairying
No. 96, November 2008, 23 pagesby Ed Jesse [ evjesse@wisc.edu]
USDA's Gross Margin Insurance Program for Dairy: What is it and Can it be Used for Risk Management
No. 95, August 2008, 22 pagesby Brian W. Gould [ bwgould@wisc.edu]
Paul Mitchell [ pdmitchell@wisc.edu]
Victor Cabrera
Dairy Subtitle: Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008
No. 94, June 2008, 17 pagesby Ed Jesse [ evjesse@wisc.edu]
Bob Cropp [ racropp@wisc.edu]
Brian W. Gould [ bwgould@wisc.edu]
Fluid Milk Prices and Prices Spreads: A Second Look
No. 93, July 2007, 16 pagesby Hillary Caruthers [caruthers@wisc.edu]
Brian W. Gould [bwgould@wisc.edu]
Producer Preferences for Agricultural, Food and Public Policy: A Wisconsin Perspective
No. 92, October 2006, 29 pagesby Ed Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Paul Mitchell [pdmitchell@wisc.edu]
Price-Protecting Butterfat in High-Testing Herds: Using the CME Deliverable Butter Contract
No. 91, September 2006, 16 pagesby Ed Jesse [ evjesse@wisc.edu]
Brian W. Gould [bwgould@wisc.edu]
Bob Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Federal Order Product Price Formulas and Cheesemaker Margins: A Closer Look
No. 90, October 2005, 20 pagesby Ed Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Brian W. Gould [bwgould@wisc.edu]
Dairy Policy in the Next Farm Bill: An Early Assessment
No. 89, March 2005, 13 pagesby Ed Jesse
Wisconsin Dairy Investment Credit
No. 88, November 2004, 12 pagesby Philip E. Harris
Effectiveness of 'Naïve' Class III Hedging Strategies
No. 87, November 2004, 14 pagesby Ed Jesse
Jacob Schuelke
How Have Federal Milk Marketing Order Product Price Formulas Affected Milk Prices?
No. 86, November 2004, 13 pagesby Ed Jesse
Federal Milk Marketing Order Pooling, Depooling, and Distant Pooling: Issues and Impacts
No. 85, June 2004, 16 pagesby Ed Jesse
Bob Cropp
Cost of Producing Milk: A Comparison by State
No. 84, November 2003, 9 pagesby Ed Jesse
Bruce Jones
Fluid Milk Prices and Price Spreads
No. 83, October 2003, 12 pagesby Ed Jesse
Enrollment in the 2003/2004 MILC Program: Does Timing Matter?
No. 82, September 2003, 11 pagesby Brian W. Gould
John M. Hackney
Flooring the Support Price for Milk
No. 81, March 2003, 11 pagesby Ed Jesse
U.S. Imports of Concentrated Milk Proteins: What We Know and Don't Know
No. 80, February 2003, 19 pagesby Ed Jesse
Federal Milk Marketing Order Reform: November 2002 Final Decision
No. 79, November 2002, 11 pagesby on Class III/IV Formulas
Rethinking Dairyland: The Effects of Federal Dairy Programs on
No. 78, September 2002, 27 pagesby the Competitiveness of Dairying in Wisconsin
Rethinking Dairyland: Wisconsin and U.S. Dairy Industry Trends
No. 78, September 2002, 11 pagesby Ed Jesse
Brad Barham
Bruce Jones
Rethinking Dairyland: Background for Decisions About Wisconsin's Dairy Industry
No. 78, May 2002, 28 pagesby College of Agricultural
Life Sciences
University of Wisconsin-Madison
Rethinking Dairyland: Farm Level Milk Prices -- Is Wisconsin Competitive?
No. 78, January 2003, 16 pagesby Bob Cropp
Ed Jesse
Analysis of Key Non-Diary Provisions of the Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
No. 77, May 2002, 19 pagesby T. Randall Fortenbery
Bill Dobson
Dairy Title: Farm Security and Rural Investment Act of 2002
No. 76, May 2002, 12 pagesby Ed Jesse
Bob Cropp
Would U.S. Dairy Firms Increase Long-Term Profits by Becoming Bigger Exporters and Bigger Investors in Foreign Dairy-Food Businesses?
No. 75, March 2002, 17 pagesby W.D. Dobson
Regional Trends in U.S. Milk Production: Analysis and Projections
No. 74, December 2001, 24 pagesby Ed Jesse
Jacob Schuelke
Federal Milk Marketing Order Reform (Continued)
No. 73, November 2001, 8 pagesby Ed Jesse
Bob Cropp
The Butter-Powder Tilt
No. 72, June 2001, 9 pagesby Ed Jesse
Bob Cropp
Changes in Testing and Paying for Milk Components as Proposed under the Final Rule of Federal Order Reform: Implications for Dairy Producers
No. 70, July 1999, 8 pagesby Bob Cropp
Randy Shaver
and Bill Wendorff
Interregional Analysis of Interstate Dairy Compacts
No. 69, July 1999, 10 pagesby Tom Cox
Bob Cropp
and Will Hughes
Federal Order Reform: The Final Rule
No. 68, April 1999, 16 pagesby Tom Cox
Bob Cropp
The Hog-Pork Industry Woes of 1998
No. 67, April 1999, 8 pagesby Patrick Luby
The U.S. Farm Recession--Implications for Farm and Agricultural Trade Policies
No. 66, March 1999, 20 pagesby William. D. Dobson
What Will Happen After the USDA's Dairy Price Support Program Ends?
No. 65, December 1998, 13 pagesby William D. Dobson
Dairy Producer Use of BFP PUT Options to Reduce Price Risk: Application to USDA's Dairy Options Pilot Program
No. 64, November 1998, 7 pagesby Bob Cropp
Brian W. Gould
Dairy Producer Use of BFP PUT Options to Reduce Price Risk: Application to USDA's Dairy Options Pilot Program
No. 64, November 1998, 7 pagesby Bob Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Brian W. Gould [bwgould@wisc.edu]
Why Most Small and Mid-Sized Agribusinesses and Cooperatives Don't Export -- Implications for the U.S. Dairy Industry
No. 63, June 1998, 11 pagesby William D. Dobson
Interregional Analysis of Federal Milk Marketing Order Reform Proposals: Results from the UW-Madison Dairy Interregional Competition Model (IRCM95)
No. 62, April 1998, 19 pagesby Thomas L. Cox [tlcox@wisc.edu]
1998 Dairy Situation and Outlook
No. 61, March 1998, 5 pagesby Robert Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
William D. Dobson
Summary of the USDA Proposed Rule for Federal Milk Marketing Order Reform
No. 60, February 1998, 10 pagesby Robert Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Brian W. Gould [bwgould@wisc.edu]- The Outlook for the U.S. Economy -- Implications of the Asian Crisis and Related Developments for U.S. Agriculture
No. 59, January 1998, 11 pagesby William D. Dobson
The Basic Formula Price: Has the Use of NASS Cheese Prices Changed Its Value?
No. 58, September 1997, 10 pagesby Brian W. Gould [bwgould@wisc.edu]
Robert Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
When Will U.S. Firms Become Major Dairy Exporters?
No. 57, May 1997, 17 pagesby William D. Dobson
The Basic Formula Price Futures Contract: A New Dairy Industry Risk Management Tool
No. 56, March 1997, 21 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Dairy Title: The Federal Agriculture Improvement and Reform Act of 1996
No. 55, April 1996, 17 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Futures Contracts for Milk: How Will They Work?
No. 54, December 1995, 30 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
USDA's Final Decision on Multiple Component Pricing for Midwest Federal Milk Marketing Orders
No. 53, August 1995, 13 pagesby Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Regional Effects of Selected Dairy Policy Options: Dairy IRCM [International Competition Model] Simulation
No. 52, March 1995, 20 pagesby Thomas L. Cox [tlcox@wisc.edu]
Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Dairy Exporting Organizations for the Post GATT Agreement Era
No. 51, March 1995, 9 pagesby William D. Dobson
Economic Impacts of the GATT Agreement on the U.S. Dairy Industry
No. 50, January 1995, 15 pagesby William D. Dobson
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
USDA's Recommended Decision on Multiple Component Pricing for Midwestern Federal Milk Marketing Orders
No. 49, November 1994, 23 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
USDA's Recommended Decision on Replacing the M-W Price
No. 48, September 1994, 15 pagesby Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Federal Order Milk Pricing and the Economic Viability of the Upper Midwest Dairy Industry
No. 47, April 1994, 14 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Section 102: The California Make Allowance Issue
No. 46, April 1994, 19 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Proposals for Multiple Component Pricing in Midwest Federal Milk Marketing Orders
No. 45, February 1994, 16 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Class III-A: What, How, and Why?
No. 44, November 1993, 14 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Options Trading in Cheese Futures Contracts: How Will it Work?
No. 43, May 1993, 21 pagesby Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]
Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Futures Trading in Cheese: How Will it Work?
No. 42, May 1993, 37 pagesby Robert A. Cropp [racropp@wisc.edu]
Edward V. Jesse [evjesse@wisc.edu]

