Cover Image

Farm policy : 13 essays /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Breimyer, Harold F.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Ames : Iowa State University Press, 1977.
Edition:1st ed.
Subjects:
Agriculture and state > United States.
Agriculture > Economic aspects > United States.
Table of Contents:
  • Biological man and social organization
  • Agrarian agriculture
  • The (partial) industrialization of agriculture
  • Coveted land
  • Who makes farm policy?--What farmers are paid for
  • Price and income policy for an agrarian and industrial agriculture
  • Tempting attractions of direct deficiency payment programs
  • Farming's noninstinct for self-preservation
  • Farmers and their markets
  • Hesitancy in cooperative action
  • The food reserve issue
  • Denouement
  • Appendices: 1. In search of the good society
  • 2. Agrarianism and the American heritage.