Economics & Marketing
Contact
H. Scott Stiles
Instructor - Agricultural Economics
Phone: 870-972-2481
Email: sstiles@uada.edu
Office:
Arkansas State University - College of Agriculture
P.O. Box 1080
Jonesboro, AR 72467
Arkansas State University - College of Agriculture
P.O. Box 1080
Jonesboro, AR 72467
Farming & Risk Management Planning
Our resources below will guide you through elements of farm planning via guides, online decision tools, and more.
Crop Insurance
- Stacked Income Protection Plan (STAX) for Upland Cotton
- 2023 Wheat Crop Insurance Dates
- Prevented Planting Decision Tool
- Crop Insurance Planting Dates
- Instructions for Crop Insurance Policy Calculator
- Crop Insurance Policy Calculator | Excel Spreadsheet
Market Outlook Reports
- January 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- February 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- March 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- April 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- May 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- June 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- July 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- August 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
- September 2022 USDA Supply and Demand Summary
Commodity Programs for Risk Management
ARC/PLC Online Resources and Decision Tools
- University of Missouri, Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI)
- Marketing year price estimates, updated monthly
- https://www.fapri.missouri.edu/
- Texas A&M University, Ag and Food Policy Center
- Decision tool using MU-FAPRI price estimates. Handles all program crops. Does not include ARC-IC. A separate spreadsheet for ARC-IC is available on request.
- https://www.afp c.tamu.edu/
- Kansas State University
- A simple spreadsheet tool to see trade-offs and break-points between ARC-CO and PLC with various prices and yields.
- https://www.agmanager.info/ag-policy/2018-farm-bill/tradeoff-between-20192020-arc-and-plc
- USDA-Farm Service Agency
- Source of official farm program explanations, data, and maps.
- https://www.fsa.usda.gov/programs-and-services/arcplc_program/index
- 2018 What if tool Spreadsheet - University of Illinois
- Spreadsheet calculates (ARC-CO), (PLC), and ARC-IC payments.
- https://farmdoc.illinois.edu/2018-farm-bill
Futures and Options Commodity Markets
- Enterprise Crop and Livestock Budgets
- Instructions for Crop Insurance Policy Calculator
- Crop Insurance Policy Calculator
- Instructions for AFPC & FAPRI Crop Insurance Decision Aid Tool
- Link to AFPC & FAPRI Crop Insurance Decision Aid Tool
- Guide for RMA's Crop Insurance Premium Quick Estimate
- Link to Risk Management Agency's Quick Estimate