摘要: Agricultural and food production is fundamentally different than other forms of in the economy, differences require alternate methods risk management. This chapter reviews primary tools available to producers for management price quantity risk, including insurance, government programs, market-based instruments. Each these explained both historical context how it impacts on market function. Current controversies policy markets marketing are then discussed, as recent research findings proposed solutions. Some addressed impact speculation, packer ownership cattle, planting restrictions decoupled payments.