03393nam 2200625Ia 450 991014382850332120230607222023.01-281-45052-997866114505260-470-39037-90-470-39034-4(CKB)1000000000535841(EBL)353531(OCoLC)437219652(SSID)ssj0000100488(PQKBManifestationID)11131274(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000100488(PQKBWorkID)10036701(PQKB)10589233(MiAaPQ)EBC353531(Au-PeEL)EBL353531(CaPaEBR)ebr10296417(CaONFJC)MIL145052(EXLCZ)99100000000053584120011217d2002 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrAgricultural policy for the 21st century[electronic resource] /edited by Luther Tweeten and Stanley R. Thompson ; foreword by D. Gale Johnson1st ed.Ames Iowa State Press20021 online resource (326 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8138-0899-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century; Contents; Foreword; Preface; 1. Farm Commodity Programs: Essential Safety Net or Corporate Welfare?; 2. Agricultural Policy: Pre- and Post-FAIR Act Comparisons; 3. The Content of Farm Policy in the Twenty-first Century; 4. An Empirical Analysis of the Farm Problem: Comparability in Rates of Return; 5. Income Variability of U.S. Crop Farms and Public Policy; 6. Crop Insurance: Inherent Problems and Innovative Solutions; 7. Impact of Agribusiness Market Power on Farmers; 8. Do Farmers Receive Huge Rents for Small Lobbying Efforts?9. Coalitions and Competitiveness: Why Has the Sugar Program Been Resilient?10. Farmland is Not Just for Farming Any More: The Policy Trends; 11. Kuznets Curves For Environmental Degradation and Resource Depletion; 12. Food Security, Trade, and Agricultural Commodity Policy; 13. Competing Paradigms in the OECD and Their Impact on the WTO Agricultural Talks; 14. The Changing Economics of Agriculture and the Environment; 15. Rational Policy Processes for a Pluralistic World; IndexAgricultural policy reform has become a very hot topic. Over the next couple of years we will see the funding for these programs being hotly debated. The thesis of this book is that a better-informed public is essential to bring rationality to farm policy. This book provides telling evidence that markets work, that competent commercial farmers will earn returns on their resources as high as those earned elsewhere in the absence of income transfer to farmers.Agriculture and stateUnited StatesAgricultureEconomic aspectsUnited StatesAgriculture and stateAgricultureEconomic aspects338.1/873338.180905Tweeten Luther G72099Thompson Stanley R885326MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910143828503321Agricultural policy for the 21st century1976759UNINA