Agriculture

CBO produces cost estimates for multiyear farm bills and other changes to the federal government’s agriculture programs. The agency also studies the broader effects of possible changes to agricultural policies and related policies, such as ones that promote biofuels or affect the allocation of water supplies.

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Options for Reducing the Deficit, 2023 to 2032--Volume II: Smaller Reductions
December 7, 2022
CBO issues a volume that contains short descriptions of 59 policy options that would each reduce the federal budget deficit by less than $300 billion over the next 10 years.
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Options to Reduce the Budgetary Costs of the Federal Crop Insurance Program
December 22, 2017
This report describes the structure of the federal crop insurance program, the government’s role and costs, the benefits provided to various groups, and policy options that would decrease federal spending on the program.
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Testimony on the Renewable Fuel Standard: Issues for 2015 and Beyond
November 3, 2015
Terry Dinan, Senior Advisor for CBO’s Microeconomic Studies Division, testifies on the Renewable Fuel Standard before the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology’s Subcommittee on Oversight and Subcommittee on Environment.
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Child Nutrition Programs: Spending and Policy Options
September 25, 2015
Since 1990, real spending for child nutrition programs more than doubled—to $20 billion in 2014. CBO expects that increases in food prices and demographic changes will cause spending to rise further in the future.