Agricultural Policy Analysis Center
Tobacco Policy Update
This newsletter was published periodically to address current tobacco topics such as the tobacco settlement and a quota buyout. Each issue focuses on one topic of current interest.
- Policy Update: Status of Tobacco Quota Buyout Legislation
- Policy Update: Use of Tobacco Settlement Payments in Tennessee
- Policy Update: Use of Tobacco Settlement Payments in Other Major Tobacco States
- Policy Update: Use of Phase II Payments in Tennessee
- Policy Update: Use of Phase II Payments in Other Major Tobacco States
- Policy Update: Tobacco Loss Assistance Program Payments
- Policy Update: Current Tobacco Issues & Outlook
- Policy Update: Tobacco Settlement Spending in Major Tobacco States
- Policy Update: Tobacco Settlement Phase II Spending in Major Tobacco States
- Policy Update: Pending MSA Bills in Tennessee
Farm Bill Series
This series examines farm bill alternatives and their potential impacts. The series currently available was produced in 1995-96 with Oklahoma State University and examines the 1996 Farm Bill. A new series on the 2002 Farm Bill will soon be available.
- Introduction to an Analytical Series
- The Lugar Proposal
- Increased Planting Flexibility
- The National Farmers Union Proposal
- The Conservation Reserve Program
- The Freedom to Farm Act
- The Senate Bill
- Comparing the FFA and Senate Bills
Policy Matters
APAC established the Policy Matters Newsletter to share information on the impacts of farm policy on the business decisions of Tennessee farmers and on the economics of agriculture.
- Agricultural Policy Questions VII: Freedom To Farm: An Agricultural Price Response Experiment - What Have We Learned In Four Years? (May 2000), Volume5, Number 4
- Agricultural Policy Questions VI: Are Exports Likely To Be A Long Term Driving Force Behind The United States' Grain and Soybean Markets? (March 2000), Volume 5, Number 3
- Agricultural Policy Questions: With Prices Low, Why Haven't Bargain Hunters Scooped Up the Excess Grain?
(February 2000), Volume 5, Number 2 - Agricultural Policy Questions: Since Prices Are So Low, Why Hasn't Production Declined? (January 2000), Volume 5, Number 1
- Agricultural Policy Questions Series Compilation (February 2000)
- Policy Matters: How Have Crop Exports Performed With the Price and Income Farm Policy Changes of the Last Two Decades? (November 1999), Volume 4, Number 6
- Agricultural Policy Questions: Why Have Grain Prices Fallen So Low? (October 1999), Volume 4, Number 5
- Agricultural Policy Questions: Do Grain Markets Self Correct Under Current Policies? (September 1999), Volume 4, Number 4
- Possible Ban on Certain Pesticide Chemicals Could Negatively Affect Tennessee Agriculture (May 1999), Volume 4, Number 2
- Tobacco Settlement Allocates Large Sums to States but Leaves Many Questions Unanswered (March 1999), Volume 4, Number 1
- Another Budgeting System? (September 1998) Volume 3, Number 3
- Reaching Beyond the Farm Gate (July 1998) Volume 3, Number 2
- Growth in Meat Exports Feeding Crop Demand (September 1997) Volume 2, Issue 2 - A white paper detailing the methodology also is available
- Export Caution: Forecasts Can Miss Potholes and Bumps (February 1997) Volume 2, Issue 1
- Living With Volatility (September 1996) Volume 1, Issue 2
- 1996 Farm Bill: Farmers Make Big Decisions Fast or Not at All (May 1996) Volume 1, Issue 1