Agricultural Policy of the United States

Historic Foundations and 21st Century Issues

Inbunden, Engelska, 2020

Av Stephanie A. Mercier, Steve A. Halbrook

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This book serves as a foundational reference of U.S. land settlement and early agricultural policy, a comprehensive journey through the evolution of 20th century agricultural policy, and a detailed guide to the key agricultural policy issues of the early 21st century.

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Utgivningsdatum2020-04-02
Mått148 x 210 x 29 mm
Vikt698 g
FormatInbunden
SpråkEngelska
SeriePalgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy
Antal sidor432
Upplaga20001
FörlagSpringer Nature Switzerland AG
ISBN9783030364519

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Stephanie A. Mercier is Senior Policy Adviser at the Farm Journal Foundation, USA. From 1997 to 2011, she served as a chief economist for the Democratic staff of the Senate Agriculture Committee. Previously, she served as team leader for the Trade Policy and Programs area of the Economic Research Service of the U.S. Department of Agriculture. In her nine years at ERS, she worked on both domestic commodity programs and trade policy issues. On the Hill, she covered a wide variety of issues for the Committee, among them domestic farm programs, climate change, risk management policy, international agricultural trade, agricultural development, and food aid policy.Steve A. Halbrook is a recently retired Professor of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness at the University of Arkansas. Dr. Halbrook spent most of his career in government, private industry and the not-for-profit world, at the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, United StatesDepartment of Agriculture, National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and Farm Foundation. In private law practice, he represented numerous dairy cooperatives in the Midwest. In all of these roles he worked with stakeholders, public officials and social scientists across the country to find innovative ways to address issues of importance to agriculture and rural communities.

1. Introduction.- 2. Native American and Colonial Agriculture.- 3. Land Distribution and the Expansion of the American Landscape.- 4. Opening up the American West.- 5. Water Access and Immigration Issues.- 6. Public Sector Institutions, Education, and Innovation.- 7. Infrastructure Investments.- 8. Golden Age of US Agriculture.- 9. Food Safety Laws.- 10. Bringing Equity to Agricultural Input and Output Markets.- 11. Coping with Twin Shocks.- 12. Early Federal Policy Responses.- 13. US Policy During and After World War II.- 14. Supply Control While Expanding Demand.- 15. Government Stockholding.- 16. The New Global Environment: 1996-2004.- 17. Most Recent Farm Bills: 2008-2018.- 18. Policy Spotlight: Agricultural Trade Policy.- 19. Policy Spotlight: Conservation and Environmental Policy.- 20. Policy Spotlight: Commodity Promotion Programs.- 21. Policy Spotlight: The Federal Crop Insurance Program.- 22. Policy Spotlight: Federal Biofuels Policy.- 23. Policy Spotlight: Domestic Nutrition Programs.- 24. Conclusions.