Agricultural policy of the United States : historic foundations and 21st Century issues /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mercier, Stephanie A.
Corporate Author: ProQuest (Firm)
Other Authors: Halbrook, Steve A., 1951-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer, 2020.
Series:Palgrave studies in agricultural economics and food policy.
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine generated contents note: 1. Introduction
  • 2. Native American and Colonial Agriculture
  • 3. Land Distribution and the Expansion of the American Landscape
  • 4. Opening Up the American West
  • 5. Water Access and Immigration Issues
  • 6. Public Sector Institutions, Education, and Innovation
  • 7. Infrastructure Investments
  • 8. Golden Age of US Agriculture
  • 9. Food Safety Laws
  • 10. Bringing Equity to Agricultural Input and Output Markets
  • 11. Coping with Twin Shocks
  • 12. Early Federal Policy Responses
  • 13. US Policy During and After World War II
  • 14. Supply Control While Expanding Demand
  • 15. Government Stockholding
  • 16. New Global Environment: 1996--2004
  • 17. Most Recent Farm Bills: 2008--2018
  • 18. Policy Spotlight: Agricultural Trade Policy
  • 19. Policy Spotlight: Conservation and Environmental Policy
  • 20. Policy Spotlight: Commodity Promotion Programs
  • 21. Policy Spotlight: The Federal Crop Insurance Program
  • 22. Policy Spotlight: Federal Biofuels Policy
  • 23. Policy Spotlight: Domestic Nutrition Programs
  • 24. Conclusions.