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Journal Article
A financial perspective on agriculture
AUTHORS: Melichar, Emanuel
DATE: 1984
Journal Article
Agriculture and the defense program
AUTHORS: Davis, Chester C.
DATE: 1940
Working Paper
The realignment in farm lending: strategic issues for the 1990s
AUTHORS: Drabenstott, Mark; Barkema, Alan
DATE: 1991
Journal Article
Agricultural finances weaken
AUTHORS: Madden, Tobias
DATE: 2002
Journal Article
A new vision for agricultural policy
After six decades of evolution, U.S. agricultural policy may be about to enter a revolution. Ever since farm programs were created in the 1930s, farm policy has generally evolved along predictable lines. To be sure, over the past decade policy has tended to move in a market direction, but the goals and policy instruments remain amazingly akin to those put in place during the Great Depression. Now, federal fiscal discipline may cause the nation to rethink an antiquated farm policy and replace it with a much leaner, more targeted policy to answer the nation's food needs for the next century.> With the budget forcing change and economics supporting it, the question is, where should agricultural policy go? Debate on the 1995 farm bill has focused almost entirely on the budget, while neglecting the more important question. A new vision for agricultural policy is lacking, mainly because current arguments center on whether to maintain the status quo. But the status quo is unlikely to stand. Rather, the future of agricultural policy lies in the pursuit of four key goals: competing in world food markets, improving the nation's diet, conserving the nation's natural resources, and increasing economic opportunity in rural America. In combination, these goals will encourage continued growth in the agricultural sector, enhance the welfare of consumers, and have the added benefit of requiring considerably less government involvement than in the past.> Drabenstott and Barkema develop a new vision for U.S. agricultural policy. First, they review the budget imperative that is forcing the debate. Second, they present three economic arguments that justify a redirection of policy. Finally, they explore four goals that mark the way to a new policy.
AUTHORS: Drabenstott, Mark; Barkema, Alan
DATE: 1995
Newsletter
Trends in U.S. agricultural trade
AUTHORS: Benjamin, Gary L.
DATE: 1992
Newsletter
Capital expenditures by farmers
AUTHORS: Benjamin, Gary L.
DATE: 1995
Newsletter
The role of R&D in agriculture and related industries: today and tomorrow—a conference summary (special issue)
On September 24, 2007, the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago held a conference that explored the role of research and development in agriculture and related sectors, focusing on policies that promote industry growth and rural development.
AUTHORS: Oppedahl, David B.
DATE: 2008
Journal Article
Sizing up the farm downturn
AUTHORS: Barkema, Alan
DATE: 1999
Journal Article
Agriculture banks are outperforming their peers, but how long will it last?
With soaring commodity prices and farmland values in recent years, banks with an agricultural focus (where at least 25 percent of total loans are production and farmland loans) have outperformed their community bank peers. Find out what risks agriculture banks may face.
AUTHORS: Corner, Gary S.
DATE: 2011