THE INDUSTRIALIZATION OF AGRICULTURE: IMPLICATIONS FOR FUTURE POLICY

Allan Gray () and Michael Boehlje ()
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Michael Boehlje: Department of Agricultural Economics, College of Agriculture, Purdue University

No 07-10, Working Papers from Purdue University, College of Agriculture, Department of Agricultural Economics

Abstract: Farming is in the midst of a major transformation—not only in technology and production practices, but also in size of business, resource (land) control and operation, business model and linkages with buyers and suppliers. This paper describes the fundamental drivers of today’s structural change in U.S. agriculture. The impact of the drivers are illustrated by describing some illustrations of the kinds of innovative farming operations that are developing in agriculture, not the typical farms but those who appear to be leading and shaping the new agriculture. Finally, farm policy implications of the transformation of farming to an industrial manufacturing model are discussed.

Keywords: Farm policy; industrialization of agriculture; structural change; biological manufacturing (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: Q18 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 17 pages
Date: 2007
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