By Carl Zulauf, Ohio State University Ag Economist; and Gary Schnitkey, Krista Swanson, and Nick Paulson University of Illinois Ag Economists
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Different farm program payments across crops have been an on-going U.S. farm policy issue, with the focus often on high per acre payments to cotton, peanuts, and rice. Coppess discusses this issue extensively. An important economic question is, “Have different payments impacted the geographical distribution of US crops?”