Whole-Farm Approaches to a Safety Net

Robert Dismukes andRon Durst

United States Department of Agriculture

关键词: safety net;    income variability;    risk management;    income-stabilization accounts;    savings;    tax;    revenue insurance;   

RP-ID  :  EIB-15

学科分类：农业科学（综合）

美国|英语

来源: United States Department of Agriculture Publications

【 摘 要 】

In recent U.S. farm policy debates, several "whole-farm revenue" programs have been proposed as a new form of safety net that would be available to all U.S. farms. A whole-farm program is based on revenues from all farming activities added together and is not linked to the production of particular commodities. This report looks at the risk management potential for such programs and the obstacles to implementing such a whole-farm revenue approach to a farm safety net.