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Has Anything Changed?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Norman E. Payne
Norman E. Payne*
Affiliation:
Department of New Business Development, Farm Credit Banks of Springfield
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Extract

Recently there has been considerable controversy surrounding agriculture in general, and especially the recent rise in food prices. Demands are being made on American agriculture to adjust to supposedly new conditions and opportunities. What I would like to do today is to take a brief look at some of the problems facing agriculture and see if they have really changed.

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Research Article
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 2 , Issue 2 , October 1973 , pp. 74 - 79
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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References

(1) “Agriculture: Biggest Growth Industry in the U.S.,” Business Week, April 28, 1973.Google Scholar
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(4) What's Happened to Food Prices?, U. S. Department of Agriculture, Office of Communication, April, 1973Google Scholar