Farm Program Participation and Crop Mix Decisions Under Alternative Acreage Restriction Provisions of the 1985 Farm Bill

Anne M. Mims, Patricia A. Duffy and George Young

No 270327, 1988 Annual Meeting, August 1-3, Knoxville, Tennessee from American Agricultural Economics Association (New Name 2008: Agricultural and Applied Economics Association)

Abstract: The 1985 Farm Bill departs from recent farms bills in moving toward more restrictive acreage control. The change from a two- to a five-year average in calculating base acreage and enforcement of limited crosscompliance appear to significantly alter crop mix decisions on representative Alabama cotton farms.

Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Political Economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 24
Date: 1988-08-01
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DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.270327

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