SAES-422 Multistate Research Activity Accomplishments Report
Sections
Status: Approved
Basic Information
- Project No. and Title: OLD SERA39 : Public Policy Issues Education
- Period Covered: 10/01/2009 to 09/01/2010
- Date of Report: 07/16/2010
- Annual Meeting Dates: 02/07/2010 to 02/07/2010
Participants
Amanda Smith, University of Georgia; Larry Sanders, Oklahoma State University; Tony Windham, University of Arkansas; Mark Edelman, Iowa State University; Lisa Collins, University of Kentucky; Steve Smutko, University of Wyoming; Bradley Lubben, University of Nebraska-Lincoln; James Novak, Auburn University; Steven Klose, Texas A&M University; Jody Campiche, Oklahoma State University; Vivian Carro, University of Puerto Rico; Mike Dicks, Oklahoma State University; Carl Zulauf, Ohio State University; Nathan Smith, University of Georgia
The second annual meeting of SERA39 was held on February 7, 2010 from 2:00-4:00 p.m. EST in the Marathon Room at the Wyndham Orlando Resort Hotel, Orlando, Florida.
The current slate of leaders was approved to continue in their present role for the coming year, including Brad Lubben, Chair; Steven Klose, Vice-Chair; and Amanda Smith, Secretary. The committee advisors continue with Lisa Collins of the University of Kentucky for the Research Directors, Tony Wyndham of the University of Arkansas for the Extension Directors, and Maurice Dorsey for USDA-CSREES/NIFA.
The committee focused its discussion on ongoing activities:
A public policy issues survey was developed and refined by the committee and was due to be disseminated throughout the land grant system in April. A Community Vitality Center grant for $5000 was secured by the committee through a proposal initiated by Mark Edelman, Iowa State University. The grant will help fund committee work on rural policy issues. Farm bill education will be a major thrust for the committee in the coming year, starting with an invited paper session organized by committee members for the SAEA Annual Meeting held concurrently with the SERA39 Annual Meeting (the specific session was held on February 9).
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Accomplishments
Public Policy Issues Education Survey - A survey of researchers and educators throughout the land grant system was created and distributed online from late April to late July, 2010. The results will be summarized, reported in late 2010, and incorporated into committee programming efforts in the coming year(s).
Community Vitality Center Grant - A proposal for committee programming support was submitted to the Community Vitality Center at Iowa State University through the leadership of Mark Edelman. The grant of $5000 was awarded to the committee in January, 2010 and will support committee work focused on rural policy issues in the coming year.
2012 Farm Bill Education - The committee submitted a proposal to the Farm Foundation and was awarded a $10,000 planning grant for a steering committee to implement the 2012 Farm Bill Education Project. The steering committee's initial meeting is July 26, during the AAEA Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado.
Farm Bill Education - Members of the committee, under the organization of Mike Dicks, contributed to an invited paper session at the SAEA Annual Meeting in Orlando, Florida on February 9.
Impacts
- An invited paper session on the 2008 Farm Bill safety net programs addressed the need for understanding and analysis of public policy in agriculture (SERA39 Goal 1). A total of 20 land grant faculty and researchers participated directly in the session. Many more will gain insight from the presentations and discussion published in the Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics.
Publications
Barnaby, G.A. Should Basic Underwriting Rules be Applied to ACRE and SURE? Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42,3(August 2010) (In Press).
Campiche, J. and W. Harris. Lessons Learned in the Southern Region after the First Year of Implementation of the New Commodity Programs. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, 42,3(August 2010) (In Press).
Dicks, M., Organizer. What Have We Learned from the New Suite of Risk Management Programs of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008? Invited Paper Session, Southern Agricultural Economics Association Annual Meeting. Orlando, Florida, February 9, 2010.
Lubben, B.D. and J.L. Novak. 2010. "Discussion: What Have We Learned from the New Suite of Risk Management Programs of the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act of 2008?" Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42,3(August 2010) (In Press).
Zulauf, C., G. Schnitkey, and M. Langemeier. ACRE, Crop Insurance, and SURE: Interactions and Overlap for U.S. Midwest Crops. Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics 42,3(August 2010) (In Press).