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Effects of Alternative Acreage Restriction Provisions on Alabama Cotton Farms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2016

Anne M. Mims ,
Patricia A. Duffy  and
George Young
Anne M. Mims
Affiliation:
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
Patricia A. Duffy
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics, Auburn University
George Young
Affiliation:
Alabama Cooperative Extension Service
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Abstract

The 1985 Farm Bill departs from recent farm bills in moving toward more restrictive acreage control. The change from a two- to a five-year average in calculating base acreage and enforcement of limited cross-compliance appear to significantly alter crop mix decisions on representative Alabama cotton farms.

Keywords

farm programsbase acreagelimited cross-compliance
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , December 1989 , pp. 85 - 94
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Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1989

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