This .zip file contains graphic files (in .png format) of each chart and graph in the Economic Research Service report 
"Economic Aspects of Revenue-Based Commodity Support" (ERR-72), published in April 2009. The content 
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File name		Description

(fig1.png)		Figure 1 - Correlation of county corn yield with national yield
(fig2.png)		Figure 2 - Correlation of county upland cotton yield with national yield
(fig3.png)		Figure 3 - Correlation of county yield to national price for corn
(fig4.png)		Figure 4 - Correlation of county yield to national price for upland cotton
(fig5a.png)		Figure 5a - Frequency of commodity payments for corn  traditional-style program
(fig5b.png)		Figure 5b - Frequency of commodity payments for corn  target revenue program
(fig5c.png)		Figure 5c - Frequency of commodity payments for corn  market revenue program
(fig6.png)		Figure 6 - Coefficient of variation of gross corn revenue per acre
(fig7.png)		Figure 7 - Difference in coefficient of variation for total gross revenue under target revenue versus traditional-style program payments
(fig8.png)		Figure 8 - Simulation of producer preference for a target revenue versus traditional-style program
(figA-1.png)		Figure A-1 - Crop price and revenue deviations as a function of crop yield 
(figA-2.png)		Figure A-2 - Possible relationships between two types of marketing loan benefits and yield
(figA-3.png)		Figure A-3 - Possible relationships between two types of marketing loan benefits and price
(figA-4.png)		Figure A-4 - Crop price and revenue deviations as a function of crop yield
(figA-5.png)		Figure A-5 - Relationship between two CCP payment types and yield 
(figA-6.png)		Figure A-6 - Relationship between two CCP payment types and price
(figC-1.png)		Figure C-1 - Price-yield relationship over which revenue is constant (hypothetical crop)
(flowchart01.png)	Flowchart01 - Schematic of payments under the traditional-style support program scenario
(flowchart02.png)	Flowchart02 - Schematic of payments under the target revenue program
(flowchart03.png)	Flowchart03 - Schematic of payments under the market revenue program