corn and soybean issues for 2006 bruce a. babcock center for agricultural and rural development iowa...
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Outline of a Grand WTO Deal U.S. gives up some domestic subsidies in exchange for increased market access and a drop in domestic subsidies in the EU U.S. proposal would require changes in current program support levelsTRANSCRIPT
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Corn and Soybean Issues for 2006Bruce A. Babcock
Center for Agricultural and Rural Development
Iowa State Universitywww.card.iastate.edu
Presented at the Bremer County Corn and Soybean Association Annual Meetings Feb 1, 2006
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Three Topics
• World trade talks
• The 2007 farm bill
• Crop insurance
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Outline of a Grand WTO Deal
• U.S. gives up some domestic subsidies in exchange for increased market access and a drop in domestic subsidies in the EU
• U.S. proposal would require changes in current program support levels
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“Traffic Light” Analogy
• Red Light -- “Stop” Subsidizing
• Amber Light -- “Slow Down” Subsidies
• Green Light -- “Go” on as Before
• Blue Light – “Loophole” to obtain an agreement
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Uruguay Round Agreement:“Traffic Light” turns into “Boxes”
• No Red Light supports.
• Amber Box contains controlled supports.
• Green box remains.• U.S. & EU create a
Blue Box.
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Limits on Amber Box payments
No limits on Green Box payments
No limits on Blue Box payments
The Current Agreement:
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Requirements to be “Green”
Payments may not be related to current prices.
Payments may not be related to current production.
Recipients cannot be required to produce anything to receive a payment.
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How the U.S. Met Its AMS Limits
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AMS Before De MinimisDe Minimis ReductionsActual AMS
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Cotton Ruling Upsets US Compliance
• Brazil brought a complaint about US cotton subsidies to the WTO panel.
• WTO panel ruled that cotton spending exceeded allowable levels and that Brazilian cotton producers were harmed by U.S. subsidies– Export subsidies (step 2) should be immediately
ended– LDPs lowered world prices, causing harm to Brazilian
cotton farmers– AMTA and DPs “do not fully conform” to Green Box
guidelines because of restrictions on fruit and vegetable production
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Expenditures on Current Safety Net
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$ B
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AMSU.S. Limit on AMS
Note: Direct and AMTA payments follow current USTR designation as being amber box following cotton case.
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U.S. WTO ProposalSource: USDA
• Amber box: Limit cut by 60% over 5 years
• Blue box: Cap at 2.5% of base period value of production
• • Loopholes: Cut by 50%, from 5% to 2.5% of
current value of production
• Green box: no substantial changes, no cap
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Illustration of U.S. Proposal
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Current limits
New limits
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Impact of U.S. Proposal
Current NewCorn absolute percent Loan rate 1.95 1.74 -0.21 -11.00% Target price 2.63 2.45 -0.18 -7.00%Soybeans Loan rate 5.00 4.45 -0.55 -11.00% Target price 5.80 5.39 -0.41 -7.00%Wheat Loan rate 2.75 2.45 -0.3 -11.00% Target price 3.92 3.65 -0.27 -7.00%Cotton Loan rate 52.00 46.28 -5.72 -11.00% Target price 72.40 67.33 -5.07 -7.00%Rice Loan rate 6.50 5.79 -0.72 -11.00% Target price 10.50 9.77 -0.73 -7.00%Raw sugar loan ($/lb) 18.00 15.12 -2.88 -16.00%Milk support price ($/cwt) 9.90 8.81 -1.09 -11.00%Sugar non-NAFTA TRQ (mmt) 1,229 1,984 755 61.50%
Change
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Impact on Corn Income
Baseline Unilateral
$/acre No compensation No compensation Compensated
Market Gross Returns 373.18 0% 4% 4%
Marketing Loan Gains 12.63 -76% -86% -85%
Counter-cyclical Payment 13.80 -53% -67% -67%
Direct Payment 24.37 0% 0% 66%
Gross Returns with Payment 423.97 -4% -1% 2%
Net Returns with Payment 241.70 -6% -2% 4%
Multilateral
Change from Baseline
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Winners and Losers from Trade Liberalization
• Livestock producers would fare the best under a new WTO agreement– They face the largest trade barriers
• Corn, soybeans and wheat would lose from lost subsidies but win from higher prices
• Cotton and sugar would lose
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To Summarize
• Budget cuts or WTO agreements will mean change in US farm policy
• Choice could face agriculture:– Keep same programs with lower support
prices but perhaps expanded direct payments?
– Opt for new programs?
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Structure of Program Paymentsfor Corn
Target PriceDirectPayment
Loan Rate
Counter-CyclicalPayment
Loan DeficiencyPayment
NotTiedTo
Prod
ProdReq.
$2.63
$0.28
$2.35
$1.95
RegardlessOf Market
Only if price is here
“Effective”Target Price
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Market Values of Corn and Soybeans in Iowa
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1.00
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2002 2003 2004 2005
$ billion
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Total Market Value of Corn and Soybeans
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2002 2003 2004 2005
$ billion
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Government Payments Received in Iowa
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0.20
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0.60
0.80
1.00
1.20
1.40
1.60
2002 2003 2004 2005
CornSoybeans
$ billion
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Market Value Plus Government Payments
2.00
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5.00
6.00
7.00
8.00
9.00
2002 2003 2004 2005
$ billion
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Three Key Farm Bill Forces at Work
• Inertia: Nothing is broke so why change?
• Budget: “Surpluses as far as the eye can see” to “Deficits as far as the eye can see”
• WTO: New limits on amber and blue box spending would require change
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Alternative Programs
• Conservation Payments• Move to a revenue counter-cyclical
payment program – Would cost less for by reducing “over-
payments”– Would reduce importance of crop insurance
programs– Would be able to deliver higher average
payments while meeting WTO constraints
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GRIP and GRIP-HRO
• GRIP guarantee = Factor*CBOT Springtime Price*Expected
County Yield• GRIP-HRO guarantee =
Factor*CBOT Fall or Spring Price*Expected County Yield
Factor lies between 0.9 and 1.5.
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Who Should Buy GRIP?
• Farmers who do not have a representative APH yield
• Farmers who are lower risk than that assumed in APH program
• Farmers with yields that are highly correlated with county yields
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GRIP and GRIP-HRO in Boone County
(Expected Yield = 167.5 bu/ac)
Maximum Coverage
Per-Acre Total
Premium Producer Premium
$/acre $/acre $/acre GRIP 570.34 33.59 15.12 GRIP-HRO 570.34 42.20 18.99
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Historical Indemnities that Would Have Been Paid Out Under GRIP and GRIP-HRO in Boone County
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Historical Indemnities that Would Have Been Paid Out Under GRIP and GRIP-HRO in Powesheik County
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Comparing Payouts from GRIP-HRO to RA-HPO
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Subsidized rate of return for GRIP and GRIP-HRO
• GRIP and GRIP-HRO are even-money bets: for each dollar in total premiums, farmer should receive a dollar back in indemnities
• But farmers are using “house” money to pay their premiums.
• For each dollar of farmer-paid premium, farmer should expect $2.22 back.
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Corn in Poweshiek County, Iowa
Wheat in Barnes County, North
Dakota
Non-irrigated cotton in Lubbock County,
Texas GRIP-
HRO RA-HPO
GRIP-HRO
RA-HPO
GRIP-HRO CRC
($/acre) Total Premiums 36.71 14.05 14.83 11.04 49.30 46.86 Producer-Paid Premium 16.52 6.32 6.67 4.97 22.19 21.09 Net Indemnity 21.98 4.61 8.25 5.34 24.87 10.81 Rate of Return 133% 73% 124% 107% 112% 51%
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Corn in Poweshiek County, Iowa
Wheat in Barnes County, North
Dakota
Non-irrigated cotton in Lubbock County,
Texas GRIP-
HRO RA-HPO
GRIP-HRO
RA-HPO
GRIP-HRO CRC
($/acre) Total Premiums 36.71 14.05 14.83 11.04 49.30 46.86 Producer-Paid Premium 16.52 6.32 6.67 4.97 22.19 21.09 Net Indemnity 21.98 4.61 8.25 5.34 24.87 10.81 Rate of Return 133% 73% 124% 107% 112% 51%
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Recommendations
• GRIP is ideal for farmers who– do not buy crop insurance, or– who are well diversified within a county, or– who can withstand a farm crop loss
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• questions?
www.card.iastate.edu