The National Farm Program: What It Aims At and How It Works

Production and Marketing Administration

No 355584, USDA Miscellaneous from United States Department of Agriculture

Abstract: [Contents:] I. Serving the Nation in War and Peace (Twenty Years Ago and Now – Emergencies That Have Been Met – In the Defense Emergency – For the Longer Pull – A National Asset) --- II. The Production Job Ahead (What This Meant in 1952 – More Acres, Bigger Yields – The Next Five Years – What Will U. S. Need in 1975? – Better Farming Is the Answer --- III. Where Soil Building Fits In (What Has Been Done – The Biggest Job Still Lies Ahead --- IV. Where Price Support Fits In – Putting Floors Under Farm Prices (Protecting Farmers’ Incomes – Steadying the National Economy – Farm Price Supports Protect Consumers – How Much Does Price Support Cost?) --- V. Where Price Support Fits In – Stabilizing Supplies Through Storage (How the Storage Program Works – The Record for Corn – The Record for Other Commodities – Storage Facilities Have Been Enlarged – The Growing Need for Adequate Reserves).

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Agricultural Finance; Crop Production/Industries; Financial Economics; Livestock Production/Industries; Public Economics; Resource/Energy Economics and Policy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 30
Date: 1952-08
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.355584

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