Agricultural Policy in the United States

James L. Novak is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology of Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama, USA. James W. Pease is Professor in the Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia, USA. Larry D. Sanders is Professor and Economist in the Department of Agricultural Economics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, Oklahoma, USA.

1: What is Agricultural Policy and Why Does it Exist? 2. Economic Concepts Applied to Agricultural and Food Policy 3. Who Makes Agricultural Policy and How is it Made? Appendix 3. USDA Offices 4. A Brief History of Agricultural Policy Appendix 4. Ancient Economics 5. Early 20th Century Agricultural Legislation Appendix 5. Economic Analysis of Early 20th Century Agricultural Policies 6. McNary-Haugens and the Permanent Legislation to the 1950’s Appendix 6. Two Price Support Plan, McNary-Haugens 7. 1960’s to 80’s, A Transition to Modern Farm Bills Appendix 7. Transition 8. Planting Flexibility and Direct Payments, 1985-1996 Appendix 8. 1985-1996, Budget and Acreage Reductions 9. 21st Century Agricultural Legislation 10. International Trade, is it the Future of U.S. Agricultural Policy? 11. Agricultural Act of 2014 12. Current and Future Agricultural Policy