Agricultural Options: An Alternative to Federal Farm Programs


 

Publication Date: March 1985

Publisher: Heritage Foundation (Washington, D.C.)

Author(s): Kandice H. Kahl

Research Area: Agriculture, forestry and fishing

Keywords: Agriculture

Type: Report

Abstract:

If the U.S. government would allow market forces to operate in agriculture, as the Reagan Administration proposes, resources would be allocated to their most profitable uses, surpluses would be eliminated, and the U.S. would become more competitive in world agrlcultural markets. In addition, government spending for agricultural programs would decline significantly.