By Jeff Schahczenski, NCAT Agricultural and Natural Resource Economist I have recently been awakened to a re-evaluation of risk and uncertainty. Going to the grocery store has—hopefully only for a short time—become more risky. I also have been thinking more and more about how our personal and societal understanding and measurement of uncertainty is changing. It is now more risky […]
NSAC Responds to the Positive Changes Made to Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP).
Organic producers have a more flexible federally supported management tool to use after changes were approved by the Federal Crop Insurance Corporation (FCIC), the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Risk Management Agency (RMA) announced important changes to the Whole Farm Revenue Protection (WFRP) policy. The National Sustainable Agriculture Coalition (NSAC) responded to these WFRP policy changes, noting the positive benefits […]