AN ANALYSIS OF U.S. FARM INCOME POLICIES: HISTORICAL, MARKETING-DETERMINED, AND SECTOR-WIDE STABILIZATION

Howard McDowell, Randall Kramer and J. Michael Price

Southern Journal of Agricultural Economics, 1989, vol. 21, issue 2, 11

Abstract: This paper provides an economic analysis of the historical agricultural price and income support policy, a policy of market-determined prices and income, and a policy linking market-determined prices with sector-wide farm income stabilization in years of economic disaster. The analysis compares commodity prices, net farm income, and government expenditures over the period 1970 through 1982 based on estimates generated by USDA's Food and Agricultural Policy Simulator (FAPSIM). The historical policy generates the highest income and most stable prices. Market-determined income is lowest and has the greatest variability. Stabilization minimized income variability at intermediate income levels.

Keywords: Agricultural; Finance (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1989
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