U.S. Agriculture in a World Context
U.S. Agriculture in a World Context

Author: David Gale Johnson

Publisher: Greenwood

Published: 1974

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13:

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Monograph on agricultural policies of the USA in relation to world trade in agricultural products - relates USA agricultural trade policies to the world system of agricultural trade relations, and includes proposals regarding the Terms of Trade and future trade agreements, etc. References and statistical tables.

Studies In The Transformation Of U.S. Agriculture
Studies In The Transformation Of U.S. Agriculture

Author: A. Eugene Havens

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2019-09-05

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 1000313468

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In recent years, the consensual view of rural society has been challenged by theorists identifying the conflict, exploitation, and power relations in rural society. Beyond this theoretical challenge, empirical studies of the sociology of agriculture have provided a fresh understanding of the dynamics of U.S. agriculture. This book contributes to the growing literature by providing a historical perspective. The contributors explore historical developments in U.S. agriculture within the context of the larger political economy. The book opens with a review of the similarities and differences between the critical rural sociology of today with that of the 1930s and moves on to a study of the accumulation process in U.S. agriculture. Other issues covered include the erosion of the southern class structure during and after the 1930s, the landed aristocracy's reassertion in the post-bellum south, changes in the class structure and locus of agriculture in the midwest, and historical developments in the labor process and in capitalist agriculture in California. The concluding chapter provides a framework for studying both the origins and the consequences of state agriculture policies.

United States agricultural policy
United States agricultural policy

Author: Glauber, Joseph W.

Publisher: Intl Food Policy Res Inst

Published: 2016-07-20

Total Pages: 40

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This paper examines the development of US agricultural policy and considers how it has affected US consumers and producers, as well as how US programs affect foreign producers and consumers within the context of the United States’ obligations under the World Trade Organization. Throughout its history, the United States has supported the farm sector through a myriad of policies affecting prices, production, and farm incomes. Although many of the policies put in place during the New Deal legislation in the 1930s were seen as temporary at the time, most have persisted in one form or another to the present day. And while many would argue that the form and function of today’s agricultural programs are less distortionary than before, the level of support provided to the sector is several billion dollars annually.