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ISSUES AND ALTERNATIVES IN THE 1995 FARM BILL DEBATE: AN OVERVIEW OF THE FARM BILL
1994Nearly every aspect of Michigan Agriculture is affected by the farm bill. Farm program payments are a major source of income (25 percent of Michigan's net farm income in recent years has come from farm program payments - Figure 1), conservation compliance requirements are beginning to affect production decisions, and export programs affect market ...
Batie, Sandra S., Schweikhardt, David B.
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2005
It is important to examine factors that will infl uence the next US farm bill in thinking about the stresses on further integration of the North American agrifood economy. No free trade agreement can function smoothly if one or another country is subsidizing its producers of any specifi c commodity more than the other member countries.
Thompson, Robert L., Thompson, Robert L.
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It is important to examine factors that will infl uence the next US farm bill in thinking about the stresses on further integration of the North American agrifood economy. No free trade agreement can function smoothly if one or another country is subsidizing its producers of any specifi c commodity more than the other member countries.
Thompson, Robert L., Thompson, Robert L.
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2019
THE IDEA OF A NATION BUILT BY HARD-WORKING, God-fearing farmers taps a deep nerve in the American psyche. In 1801, when Thomas Jefferson became the United States’ third president, 95 percent of the population of the young nation made a full-time living from agriculture. Jefferson envisioned the United States’ democracy as orbiting around a citizenry of
Daniel Imhoff, Christina Badaracoo
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THE IDEA OF A NATION BUILT BY HARD-WORKING, God-fearing farmers taps a deep nerve in the American psyche. In 1801, when Thomas Jefferson became the United States’ third president, 95 percent of the population of the young nation made a full-time living from agriculture. Jefferson envisioned the United States’ democracy as orbiting around a citizenry of
Daniel Imhoff, Christina Badaracoo
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2019
The Farm Bill is one of those subjects To Which, once you start pulling a string, you find the whole world attached. That’s because the Farm Bill sets the rules of the game, influencing not only what we eat, but also who grows it, under what conditions, and to some extent, how much it costs.
Daniel Imhoff, Christina Badaracoo
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The Farm Bill is one of those subjects To Which, once you start pulling a string, you find the whole world attached. That’s because the Farm Bill sets the rules of the game, influencing not only what we eat, but also who grows it, under what conditions, and to some extent, how much it costs.
Daniel Imhoff, Christina Badaracoo
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2019
GOVERNMENTS HAVE LONG PLAYED a role in food systems. Thousands of years ago, the stockpiles in palace granaries were distributed during times of need. Such policies may have been more a matter of self-preservation than altruism; passing out free bread, rice, or other staples goes a long way toward preempting rebellion.
Daniel Imhoff, Christina Badaracoo
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GOVERNMENTS HAVE LONG PLAYED a role in food systems. Thousands of years ago, the stockpiles in palace granaries were distributed during times of need. Such policies may have been more a matter of self-preservation than altruism; passing out free bread, rice, or other staples goes a long way toward preempting rebellion.
Daniel Imhoff, Christina Badaracoo
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Alternative Farm Bills: Impacts on Minnesota Farms
2007With the current federal farm bill set to expire at the end of September this year, many proposals have been made to redesign the next bill. The objectives of this study are to compare the current policy with major proposed alternatives and estimate the potential payments of farmers under each of the alternatives.
Olson, Kent D., DalSanto, Matthew R.
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Journal of the American Dietetic Association, 2006
Jennifer A, Weber, Nancy, Becker
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Jennifer A, Weber, Nancy, Becker
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Utopian Dream: A New Farm Bill
Dissent, 2012In the fall of 2011, I taught a graduate food studies course at New York University devoted to the farm bill, a massive and massively opaque piece of legislation passed most recently in 2008 and up for renewal in 2012. The farm bill supports farmers, of course, but also specifies how the United States deals with such matters as conservation, forestry ...
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2017
Whether consumers get their food at a supermarket, a farmers market, a restaurant or a food bank, the Farm Bill had some impact on what they were eating. With the Farm Bill, a major piece of legislation that is revised and renewed about every 5 years, Congress sets the policies and programs that shape what food is available to the public, how it is ...
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Whether consumers get their food at a supermarket, a farmers market, a restaurant or a food bank, the Farm Bill had some impact on what they were eating. With the Farm Bill, a major piece of legislation that is revised and renewed about every 5 years, Congress sets the policies and programs that shape what food is available to the public, how it is ...
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Specialty crops and the farm bill
Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy, 2022Suzanne Thornsbury
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