Article Title
Document Type
Article
Abstract
The implications of the 1996 Freedom to Farm Bill go far beyond free market agriculture. By moving away from past farm policy and lifting subsidy payments, America's small farmers will be forced out of business. This should have happened gradually over the years. With current agricultural technology and the unique structure of the agriculture industry, the phasing out of the small farmer will be rapid. Current trends in agribusiness consolidation also threaten the rural businesses that have traditionally supported the small farmers and consumer choice in the marketplace.
Publication Date
Spring 2000
Journal Title
Major Themes in Economics
Volume
2
Issue
1
First Page
1
Last Page
19
Copyright
©2000 by Major Themes in Economics
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Hosch, Peter
(2000)
"A New Era in American Agriculture,"
Major Themes in Economics, 2, 1-19.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/mtie/vol2/iss1/3