Research faculty member Shoshanah Inwood is conducting on the role of health insurance, farm viability and the agricultural economy is included in a recent Politico briefing on agriculture and food policy. The briefing draws on data from a study of farmers and ranchers in 10 case study states across the United States and recently published in Choices, which finds that health insurance is an important risk management strategy with implications for economic development and quality of life in the agricultural sector.