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Agricultural Policy of the United States, Historic Foundations and 21st Century Issues, by Stephanie A. Mercier, Steve A. Halbrook

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Agricultural Policy of the United States

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1150186910

by Stephanie A. Mercier, Steve A. Halbrook

Springer eBooks.Palgrave Studies in Agricultural Economics and Food Policy,, 2662-3889

Historic Foundations and 21st Century Issues

This book serves as a foundational reference of U.S. land settlement and early agricultural policy, a comprehensive journey through the evolution of 20th century agricultural policy, and a detailed guide to the key agricultural policy issues of the early 21st century. This book integrates the legal, economic and political concepts and ideas that guided U.S. agricultural policy from colonial settlement to the 21st century, and it applies those concepts to the policy issues agriculture will face over the next generation. The book is organized into three sections. Section one introduces the main themes of the book, explores the pre-Columbian period and early European settlement, and traces the first 150 years of U.S. agricultural policy starting with the post revolution period and ending with the “golden age” of agriculture in the early 20th century. Section two outlines that grand bargain of the 1930s that initiated the modern era of government intervention into agricultural markets and traces this policy evolution to the early days of the 21st century. The third section provides an in-depth examination of six policy issues that dominate current policy discussions and will impact policy decisions for the next generation: trade, environment/conservation, commodity checkoff programs, crop insurance, biofuels, and domestic nutrition programs.--, Provided by publisher

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. The 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