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Evaluation of Educational Offerings Associated with the 2014 Farm Bill
Author(s) -
Ellison Brenna,
Paulson Nicholas D,
Taylor Mykel R,
Tonsor Glynn T,
Coppess Jonathan,
Schnitkey Gary D
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
applied economic perspectives and policy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.4
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 2040-5804
pISSN - 2040-5790
DOI - 10.1093/aepp/ppx043
Subject(s) - land grant , extension (predicate logic) , duration (music) , payment , key (lock) , business , marketing , economics , finance , computer science , public administration , political science , art , literature , computer security , programming language
The 2014 Farm Bill required farmers and landowners to make a set of one‐time, irrevocable decisions lasting for the duration of the farm bill. The decisions included the choice between three program alternatives with uncertain payments. To aid in making those decisions, the farm bill funded two key educational efforts: ( a ) the development of two online decision tools and ( b ) additional funding to support land grant institutions and extension systems to educate farmers through more traditional extension mediums, particularly in‐person meetings. This paper provides an evaluation of both types of farm bill education through two case studies.