Alternative Agricultural and Food Policies and the 1985 Farm Bill

Rausser, Gordon C.; Farrell, Kenneth R.

1.Summary and Conclusions; Part I: Historical Perspective; 2. The Performance of Past Policies: A Critique 3. Future Agricultural Policy: A Challenge for All; 2 and 3: Discussion; Part II: Alternative Policy Proposals; 4. Policy Options for Grains 5. Uncertain Economic Environments and Conditional Policies; 4 and 5: Discussion; 6. A 10-Point Policy Agenda for Food and Agricultural Sector of the united States 7. Review and Assessment of Alternative Agricultural Policy Proposals; Part III: Individual Commodity Policy Options; 8. Cotton 9. Tobacco and Peanuts 10. The U.S. Sugar Program and Its Effects 11. Dairy 12. Linkages to the Livestock Sector Part IV: Consistencies, Inconsistencies, and Other Views on Commodity Policies: A Review and Critique of Preceding Papers; Part V: Additional Dimensions of Food and Agricultural Policies; 13. Structural Dimensions of Agricultural Policies; Discussion; 14. Trade and Macroeconomic Dimensions of Agricultural Policies; Discussion; 15. Resource Dimensions of Agricultural Policy; Discussion; 16. Food and Consumer Dimensions of Agricultural Policy; Discussion; References; Part VI: A General Reaction to the Evaluation of Alternative Proposals