Peer-Reviewed
Fact Sheets
Individual Crop Insurance: Whole Farm Revenue Protection and Micro Farm Insurance (H. Biram and R. Rainey | December 13, 2023)
Area Crop Insurance: Pasture, Rangeland, and Forage Insurance (J. Mitchell and H. Biram | November 7, 2023)
Cultivating Financial Security: A Guide on Farm Finances, Taxes, and Crop Insurance (R. Loy and H. Biram | October 18, 2023)
Individual Crop Insurance: Revenue Protection and Harvest Price Exclusion (H. Biram and R. Rainey | October 23, 2023)
Individual Crop Insurance: Yield Protection (H. Biram and R. Rainey | October 5, 2023)
Insurable Units in Crop Insurance (H. Biram and B. Mills | September 28, 2023)
Types of Federal Crop Insurance: Individual and Area Products (H. Biram and L. Connor | September 25, 2023)
Why Does the Federal Government Subsidize Crop Insurance? (H. Biram | August 18, 2023)
How are interest rates influenced? (R. Loy and H. Biram | August 15, 2023)
The Structure of the U.S. Crop Insurance Industry (H. Biram | August 1, 2023)
Analyzing the Relative Riskiness of Rice Yields (H. Biram | July 13, 2023)
A Brief History of Crop Insurance (H. Biram and K. Coble | July 10, 2023)
Frequently Asked Questions About Ad Hoc Rice Payments in the Fiscal Year 2023 Omnibus Package (H. Biram, J. Hardke, and H. Pittman | January 13, 2023)
Margin Protection Insurance: A Way to Manage the Risk of High Input Costs (H. Biram and H. Scott Stiles | September 9, 2022)
Economic Implications for Arkansas Agriculture of State-Level Adoption of Section 179 Rules (H. Biram and H. Pittman | September 13, 2022)
Southern Ag Today (LINK)
Exploring Diverse Crop Insurance Options for Cotton Producers (F. Chong, H. Biram, and Y. Liu | December 20, 2023)
Implications of Reverting to Dairy Policy in the 1948 Farm Bill (J. Myers and H. Biram | November 16, 2023)
Crop Insurance as a Safety Net for Operating Loan Obligations (R. Loy and H. Biram | October 25, 2023)
Low River Levels, Barge Freight, and Widening Basis (G. Gardner and H. Biram | September 25, 2023)
Comparing the Harvest Price and Projected Price in Revenue Protection Crop Insurance for Rice and Corn (H. Biram | August 28, 2023)
Final Planting Dates and the Impact on Prevented Planting Acres (L. Connor and H. Biram | August 17, 2023)
Implications of the Black Sea Grain Deal Cancellation (H. Biram and G. Gardner | July 24, 2023)
USDA Acreage Report Results: Price and Crop Insurance Impacts (G. Gardner and H. Biram | July 3, 2023)
Prevented Planting and APH Reductions After Planting a Second Crop (H. Biram and L. Connor | May 24, 2023)
Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River is Associated with Relatively Weak Soybean Basis in the Midsouth (H. Biram | May 22, 2023)
Analyzing the Relative Riskiness of Rice Yields (H. Biram and B. Mills | May 11, 2023)
Rethinking Fertilizer Prices (G. Gardner and H. Biram | April 10, 2023)
Key Takeaways and Reliability of the 2023 Prospective Plantings Report (H. Biram and W. Maples | April 3, 2023)
One Last Thought on Revenue Insurance for Rice (H. Biram | February 27, 2023)
Risk Management Considerations for the 2023 Growing Season (H. Biram | November 28, 2022)
Low Water Levels in the Mississippi River Result in Abnormally Weak Soybean Basis (H. Biram, J. Anderson, S. Stiles, and A. McKenzie | October 31, 2022)
The Option to Augment the Crop Insurance Floor (H. Biram and S. Aaron Smith | August 22, 2022)
Technical Reports and Invited Articles
Evaluating Prevented Planting as a Risk Management Tool in Rice (H. Biram and L. Connor | August 2023)
Arkansas Farm Income Outlook: Spring 2023 (Rural and Farm Finance Policy Analysis Center Publication | April 2023)
What are the implications of a potential base acre reallocation? (2023 Midsouth ASFMRA Land Values and Lease Trends Report | March 2023)
2022 Markets in Review (Fryar Price Risk Management Center of Excellence | December 2022)
Implications of Mississippi River Transport Disruptions (H. Biram, S. Stiles, A. McKenzie, and J. Anderson | October, 2022)
Media
Podcasts/Videos
Relevant Risk: Ep. 24 - Prevented Planting Provisions in the Federal Crop Insurance Program (J. Anderson and H. Biram | September 13 , 2023)
Relevant Risk: Ep. 19 - Arkansas Crop Insurance Prices and High Risk Rates (J. Anderson, A. McKenzie, and H. Biram | March 17 , 2023)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette - Capitol and Scott (Ep. 25) - Farmers still feeling ripple effects of historic drought (L. Farrar, J. Worsham, and H. Biram | December 21, 2022)
Relevant Risk: Ep. 17 - Review of 2022 Commodity Markets (J. Anderson, A. McKenzie, J. Mitchell, and H. Biram | December 19, 2022)
Relevant Risk: Ep. 13 - Mississippi River Transport Disruptions and Commodity Market Impacts (J. Anderson, A McKenzie, and H. Biram | October 14, 2022)
Relevant Risk: Ep. 12 - Margin Protection Crop Insurance for Rice (H. Biram and J. Anderson | September 30, 2022)
Arkansas Farm Bureau Federation: Ag Econ 101: What Ag Really Means to Arkansas (H. Biram and L. Connor | September 9, 2022)
News
Talk Business and Politics: Low Mississippi River levels impacting ag commodity prices as harvest progresses
(H. Biram and G. Jared | September 13, 2023)
Mid-America Farm Grower: Corn Basis Following Mississippi River Levels Downward (H. Biram and M. Hightower | September 8, 2023)
Delta Farm Press: Price Protection Offered by Comparison of Harvest Price, Projected Price (H. Biram | September 7, 2023)
RFD-TV: Repeating Conditions: A look at current water levels along the mighty Mississippi River (H. Biram | September 6, 2023)
Batesville Daily Guard: Corn conditions across the country suffer, Arkansas crop appears strong (J. Kelley and H. Biram | August 23, 2023)
Talk Business and Politics: Corn crop quality lower nationwide; Arkansas crop outperforming (J. Kelley, H. Biram and G. Jared | August 21, 2023)
Delta Farm Press: Implications of the Black Sea Grain Deal Cancellation (H. Biram and G. Gardner | August 9, 2023)
Mid-America Farm Grower: Drought Send Corn, Soybeans in Opposite Directions Following Acreage Report
(G. Gardner, H. Biram, and M. Hightower | July 14, 2023)
Delta Farm Press: USDA acreage report results (G. Gardner and H. Biram | July 10, 2023)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Report issued on corn, soybean acres in the U.S. (G. Gardner, H. Biram, and M. Hightower | July 11, 2023)
High Plains Journal: Drought sends corn, soybeans in opposite directions following acreage report (H. Biram and M. Hightower | July 6, 2023)
Talk Business and Politics: Northeast Arkansas abnormally dry as Mississippi River levels drop (H. Biram and G. Jared | June 1, 2023)
Delta Farm Press: Prevented planting and APH reductions after planting a second crop (H. Biram and L. Connor | May 30, 2023)
High Plains Journal: When barge traffic slows, soybean basis suffers (H. Biram and R. McGeeney | May 29, 2023)
RFD-TV: Arkansas farm income decline is expected to exceed national rate (H. Biram | May 12 , 2023)
Talk Business and Politics: Arkansas soybean and corn farmers are now eligible for Margin Protection (H. Biram and G. Jared | April 18, 2023)
Farm Progress: What's the southern reliability of prospective planting report? (H. Biram, W. Maples, and B. Haire | April 12, 2023)
Talk Business and Politics: Net farm incomes projected to drop in Arkansas by 32% in 2023 (H. Biram, J. Mitchell, and G. Jared | April 11, 2023)
Talk Business and Politics: USDA projects Arkansas crop acres to increase in 2023 (H. Biram and G. Jared | April 10, 2023)
Talk Business and Politics: Arkansas farmers to see higher input costs continue in 2023 (H. Biram and G. Jared | March 9, 2023)
Batesville Daily Guard: Listening session gets input from Arkansas producers (H. Biram and M. Hightower | February 28, 2023)
Arkansas Soybean Association: Field to Film: Career Snapshot | Dr. Hunter Biram (H. Biram | February 27, 2023)
Talk Business and Politics: Chinese hog growth, rain in South America cause soybean price to surge (H. Biram and G. Jared | February 2, 2023)
Farm Progress: Omnibus bill contains funding for rice farmers (H. Biram, J. Hardke, H. Pittman, and M. Hightower | January 25, 2023)
High Plains Journal: Rice farmer fact sheet (H. Biram and M. Hightower | January 18, 2023)
UADA: Fact sheet provides answers about ad hoc payments to rice farmers (H. Biram, J. Hardke, H. Pittman, and M. Hightower | January 13, 2023)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Weather lowers crop harvest in 2022 (H. Biram and C. LaRue | January 10, 2023)
Chicot County Spectator: Agriculture markets seek stability (H. Biram and M. Hightower | January 3, 2023)
Batesville Daily Guard: Forecast price rises from 2022 to 2023 (H. Biram and M. Hightower | January 2, 2023)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Steady market remain elusive (H. Biram and C. LaRue | December 25, 2022)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Rising Mississippi buoys grain prices (H. Biram and M. Hightower | November 18, 2022)
RFD-TV: Expert offers risk management tools to deal with MS River hurdles (H. Biram and J. Adkison | November 9, 2022)
ABC News Live: Historic Mississippi River drought fueling inflation (H. Biram and D. Macedo | November 2, 2022)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette: Grain stockpiles eroding crop price (H. Biram and M. Hightower | October 14, 2022)
The Weather Channel: Impacts Of Mississippi River's Low Water Levels Reach Far Beyond Barge Traffic (H. Biram, R. Brackett, G. Flaggs, M. Steenhoek, D. Ramirez, K. Lepine | October 13, 2022)
UADA: With Mississippi River shipping at a crawl, farmers seeing prices for their grain falling (H. Biram and M. Hightower | October 12, 2022)
KUAR: Arkansas governor, legislature looking at changes to tax code to provide tax relief (H. Biram, A. Hutchinson, R. Patel | July 25, 2022)
KTHV: Arkansas farmers face higher expenses during drought (H. Biram, J. Thresh, and B. Buckner | July 15, 2022)
Radio
Interview with Scotty Woodson regarding Mississippi River impact on soybean prices (Part 1)
Interview with Scotty Woodson regarding Mississippi River impact on soybean prices (Part 2)