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Lessons from the Past and Options for a Bio-Fueled Future
Where to with Farm Policy?
Lessons from
the Past and Options for a Bio-Fueled
Future
Bruce A. Babcock, Iowa State
University
The purpose of this paper
is to explore farm policy with an eye towards
adopting policies that can lead to a departure
of 70 plus years of needing to compensate
farmers for low prices. The first step is to
review where we have been with farm policy and
where we are now. What factors have driven
change in the way that farm programs operate?
What have we learned from past policy
experiments that can guide us in pursuit of a
new direction for farm policy? Is it even
realistic to think of an agriculture future
free of price subsidies? We begin by reviewing
where we have been with farm programs and where
we currently are now.
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