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Economic Forces Influencing Value-Added Food Industries: Implications for Southern Agriculture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

Ralph D. Christy  and
John M. Connor
Ralph D. Christy
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Agribusiness, Louisiana State University
John M. Connor
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Purdue University
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During the past few decades, U. S. agriculture has experienced remarkable gains in productivity and efficiency. While the number of farms has declined, the economic activities supporting production agriculture continue to comprise a major sector of the U. S. economy. The value-added food and fiber complex serves as an important link between production agriculture and the larger U. S. economy. Value-added products from agriculture have a retail value of more than $700 billion annually and engage about 20 percent of the U. S. labor force (ESCOP).

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Invited Papers and Discussions
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , July 1989 , pp. 13 - 22
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1989

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