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A Acreage,
farm: federal land leasing and, 17–18. frontier settlement and, 24,
125–26. future farm policy and, 104–5. planting allotments, 108.
production control and, 16, 65–68, 72–73. See also Allotments,
acreage Advertising,
86–87 Aggregate
demand. See Demand, farm product Aggregate
supply. See Supply, farm product Agribusiness:
agriculture and, 18, 65. family farms and, 68–69, 94–95, 101–3. farm
programs and, x. growth in American agriculture, 2. market organization
and, 29–33. production contracts, 69. production control and, 111–13.
restructuring agriculture and, 127–29. technology adaptation and,
25–27 Agriculture:
as a business, 18, 95. conventional vs. sustainable, 135–42. developing
nations and, 51–55. family farms and, 91–98. future farm policy and,
77–82. future of commercial, 107. market organization of, 29–33.
monopoly in, 71–72, 79, 85–86, 102–4. national economy and, 15. restructuring
of U.S., 113–29, 132, 147 n.14. technology adaptation and, 33–39,
41–43, 102–3. See also Sustainable agriculture Aid,
foreign, 45–46, 49–55 Allotments,
acreage, 108; See also Acreage, farm Alternatives,
production, 13–14 American
Farm Economics Association, 3, 45 Animals. See Livestock;
Wildlife Assets,
farm: farm output and, 47. federal refinancing of, 120. sustainable
agriculture and, 140–41. technology adaptation and, 35–39. See
also Investment B Biotechnology:
family farms and, 101–3. future farm policy and, 79, 103–4. genetically
modified organism, 72. production contracts, 69. See also Technology Birth
rate and population, 23 Breeding,
plant and animal, 10, 25, 48, 72 "Buffalo
Commons", 122, 132–33 Bureau
of Agricultural Economics (BAE), xi, 1 C Capital. See Assets,
farm; Investment Carson,
Rachel, x Climate:
future farm policy and, 82, 100. global markets and, 85–86, 97, 131.
supply vs. demand and, 76. sustainable agriculture and, 137–38. world
hunger and, 98–99 Commodity
Credit Corporation, 99 Commodity
markets: domestic, 3–4. farm prices and, 14, 96–98. future farm policy
and, 72–73. global, 4. market organization and, 29–33. production
control and, 16. See also Export markets Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP), 81 Consumers:
food demand by, 84–85. food price and, 22. nutrition and, 12, 37–38.
subsidies and low income, 13. See also Income; Population
growth Consumption,
food: farm prices and, 11. future and, 28–29. nutrition and, 12–13.
population growth and, 20–24. world population and, 50–52. See
also Food Contracts,
production: future farm policy and, 79, 102–3. monopoly and, 71–72.
technology adaptation and, 69. See also Industrialization,
farm Control,
production. See Production control; Supply control Cooperatives,
marketing, 117–19; See also Marketing CRP. See Conservation
Reserve Program (CRP) D Dairy. See Livestock;
Milk Deficiency
payments, 66–67, 108 Demand,
farm product: components of, 62. export markets and, 73–77, 83–90.
farm policy and, 66–67. farm prices and, 19, 45–46, 96–98. foreign
economic development and, 58–60. future and, 27–29, 131. technology
adaptation and, 35–39. See also Supply, farm product Depression:
agriculture and business, 15, 66–67, 107, 131. farm price, 3, 19.
farm supply vs. demand and, 28–29, 111. income elasticity and, 22–23 Developing
countries, 45 Diet. See Food;
Nutrition Disease control, crop, 10, 25, 48 Diversions,
acreage. See Acreage, farm |
E Economic
aid, 45–46, 49–55 Economic
development, 52–55 Economics,
Bureau of Agricultural, xi, 1 Economy,
U.S.: agriculture and the, 15. export markets and, 83–90. farm depression
and, 3. farm supply vs. demand and, 28–29. future farm policy and,
5, 18. sustainable agriculture and, 116. technology adaptation and,
41–43. See also Government; Technology Education:
foreign economic development and, 54–56. future farm policy and,
98, 103. research and, 48, 144 n.3. restructuring agriculture and,
123. rural, 69–70. sustainable agriculture and, 116–17. technology
adaptation and, 26–27, 33–34 Eisenhower
Administration, ix Emigration. See Labor,
farm; Migration, off-farm Environment:
agriculture and the, x, 107, 147 n.14. Conservation Reserve Program
and, 81. ecological reserves and the, 122, 124. restructuring agriculture
and the, 126–29. rural quality of life and, 70–71, 132–33. sustainable
agriculture and, 116, 137–39 Environmental
Protection Agency, 80 Export
markets: farm prices and, 4–5, 65, 83–90, 96–98. farm programs and,
x. future farm policy and, 72–82, 104–5. future of, 131. global supply
and, 145 n.4. subsidies and, 111–13. surplus disposal and, 45–46,
49–55, 111. See also Commodity markets; Markets F Factory
farms. See Industrialization, farm FAIR. See Federal
Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act (FAIR) Family
farms: biotechnology and, 72. decline of, 2, 67–70. defined, 91–94,
145 n.1. farm policy and, 65. farm prices and, 14–15. future farm
policy and, 79, 103–4, 131–32. industrialization and, 71–73. production
control and, 17–18. technology adaptation and, 39, 101–3 Famine. See Hunger Farm
Credit Administration, 1 Farm
depression. See Depression; Farm price Farm
income. See Income Farm
output. See Supply, farm product Farm
policy. See Policy, farm Farm
prices: commodity markets and, 4–5. demand for food and, 11–12, 43,
45–46. falling, 9–10, 36, 65–66. family farms and, 94–98. frontier
settlement and, 24. future farm policy and, 27–29, 77–82, 98–101.
globalization and, 71, 83–90. government programs and, 108–11. market
organization and, 29–33, 41–42. nonfarm food services and, 21–22.
production alternatives and, 13–14. restructuring agriculture and,
133. society support of low, 34–37. supply vs. demand and, 19, 35–39,
58–62. surpluses and, 2–3. sustainable agriculture and, 118–20, 135–42 Farm
size: family farms and, 67–69, 91–94, 101. frontier settlement and,
24, 125–26. sustainable agriculture and, 141. technology adaptation
and, 37, 39. See also Acreage, farm Federal
Agricultural Improvement and Reform Act (FAIR), 105, 111, 115, 120 Federal
Farm Board, 99 Federal
land purchase and leasing, 17–18 Fertility,
crop, 10, 137–38, 140 Food:
demand for, 84–85. foreign economic development and, 52–55. future
farm policy and, 77–82, 103. government programs and, 108–11. inelastic
demand for, 10–12, 41–43, 73–77, 96–98. politics, 45. population
growth and, 20–24. safety and farm programs, x, 77. supply vs. demand
and, 28–29, 66–67, 73–77. technology adaptation and, 37–38. world
hunger, 50–52. world poverty and, x. See also Consumption,
food Food
and Agriculture Organization (FAO), 50, 52, 55–56; See also United
Nations Food
and Drug Administration, 77 Food
for Peace, 110, 144 n.7, 145 n.8 Ford
Foundation, 2, 51 Foreign
aid, 45–46, 49–55 Foreign
markets: exports and, 83–90. farm income and, 15. farm prices and,
4–5. surplus disposal and, 52–55 |