Land, not Exports, is the US Field Crop Problem – Part 1, US vs. World

Carl Zulauf, Joana Colussi, Gary Schnitkey, Nick Paulson and David Orden

farmdoc daily, 2025, vol. 14, issue 65

Abstract: US agricultural exports have emerged as a topic of national concern (see Brasher and farmdoc daily, March 12, 2024). However, land, not exports is the concern the US needs to address to avoid becoming a secondary feed gain, food grain, and oilseed producer. The decline in US share of world production of these crops closely tracks its decline in share of world harvested land. Uncomfortable strategic questions confront the US and US agriculture.

Keywords: Agribusiness; Environmental Policy; Farm Program Analysis and Outlook; Gardner Policy Series (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2025
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.358541

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