Critical Issues for Agriculture in the 1980's: Domestic Policy, Trade, and Transportation
1979
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Title
Critical Issues for Agriculture in the 1980's: Domestic Policy, Trade, and Transportation
Author(s)
Pickrel, Luther
Issue Date
1979
Publication Type
Report
DOI and Other Identifiers
10.22004/ag.econ.187623
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/187623
PURL Identifier
http://purl.umn.edu/187623
Language
English
Total Pages
350
Note
Contents
SESSION I. Domestic Policy and Credit
Agriculture in the Nation's Economy: Background and
Issues
Alex McCalla 8;
Agricultural Policy, the Canadian Perspective
J.C. Gilson 14;
Agriculture in the Nation's Economy: Background and
Issues
Willard W. Cochrane 24;
Agriculture and Food Policy: Present Directions and
Emerging Issues
Kenneth R. Farrell 29;
Agricultural Situation and Outlook
Dawson Ahalt 38;
Agriculture, Food, and Inflation
John Rosine 43; Agriculture, Food, and Inflation
Dawson Ahalt 53;
Inflation: What It Is and What It Does
Dennis Starleaf 58;
U.S. Agricultural Outlook in a World Setting
Rex Daly 69;
Food Additives and Policy Goals
D. Mark Hegsted 75;
Energy, A Special Issue for Agriculture
Otto Doering 82;
Agricultural Policy Issues: Current Perspectives
Lynn M. Daft 91;
Credit and Agricultural Policy
John E. Lee, Jr., and Edward I. Reinsel 99;
Another View of Credit Legislation and Policy
C.K. Cardwell and Patrick J. Moriarty 104;
Helping Younger Farmers Get Started: The Credit
Picture
Leslie Peterson 111;
Lynn Pickinpaugh 115;
The Role of the FHA
Bruce Bailey 118;
Capital Gains, Cash Flows, Credit and Government
Policy in Agriculture
Michael Boehlje 120;
Trends and Innovations in Agricultural Credit
Philip M. Raup 130;
Trends and Innovations in Agricultural Credit, Canada
H.D. McRorie 139;
SESSION II. International Trade
U.S. Farm Exports: More Important Now Than Ever
Turner Oyloe 145;
Discussion
Hugh McDonald, moderator 155;
Agricultural Trade: Historical Perspectives of Trade
and Trade Policies
James Houck 157;
The Tokyo/Geneva Round of Negotiations
Mary Chaves
John E. Ray, Jr 162;
The Role of Domestic Policies in Trade for Agricultural
Commodities
Tim Josling 166;
Another View of Agricultural Trade
Herman de Lange 172;
Discussion
Donald E. Anderson, moderator 174;
European Community: The Biggest Outlet for U.S.
Agricultural Exports and How It Tries to Cope with Its
Problems of Imbalanced Markets
Dr. Hans W. Stinshoff 182; How the World Feeds Itself
Vernon Ruttan 193;
Discussion
Victoria Oshiro, moderator 201;
Discussion
Charles P. Lutz, moderator 204;
Will the U.S. Fill the Growing Needs for Grain?
Joseph Halow 208;
A Look at Some Commodities: Sunflowers
Ralph Hayenga 213;
Sugar: Has Government Regulation Finally Turned It
Sour?
Walter P. Cornell 216;
A Look at Some Commodities: Soybeans
Jeffrey Gain 224;
A Look at Some Commodities: Feed Grains
Maury Brannan 228;
A Look at Some Commodities: Livestock
Kenneth Egertson 230;
Green Currencies, Exchange Rates and Trade in U.S.
Agricultural Products
G. Edward Schuh
Gary Williams 235;
SESSION III. Transportation
Financial Conditions in the Transportation Industry
William K. Smith 245;
Changes in Rail Transportation
John E. Murray 248;
Needed Changes in Rail Transportation
William Dempsey 251;
Discussion
Robert Tosterud, moderator 254;
Railroading: Anachronism or Dynamism, a Regional
Perspective
Ray H. Smith 259;
Restructuring the Midwest: Moving Toward Better Rail
Service
James R. Wolfe 264;
1ransportation in the 1980's
J. V. Springrose 266;
Train Transportation Issues and Alternatives
C. Phillip Baumel 269;
Regulation: A Trucker's Perspective
Richard T. Murphy 280;
De-Regulation or Re-Regulation
George Chandler 283;
Agricultural Transportation Issues
Fugo Oja 295;
Discussion
David Jones 296;
Energy, Transportation, and Food, Interdependent
Policy Issues
James Schaffer 299;
A Gateway to Better Markets
AIan T. Johnson
Sam L. Browman 305;
The Issues as Seen by the U.S. Department of Transportation
John M. Sullivan 307;
Issues as Seen by the Minnesota Department of Transportation
Charles Anders 311;
The Issues as Seen by the Minnesota Department of
Transportation
Richard Braun 314;
The Transportation Issues as Seen by the USDA
Ronald Schrader
Paul Mills 316;
Rivers: Arteries of Commerce or Recreational Parks
John W. Lambert
Leonard Franklin 322;
Panel Discussion
Jerry Fruin 330;
RayH. Smith
Wes Hallman
Leonard Franklin
Panel Discussion
James Harrison 336;
Wes Hallman
Jerry Fruin
Jack Lambert
Changes in Direction of National Transportation Policy
Paul Tierney 340;
Changes in Direction of National Transportation Policy
Wesley R. Kriebe 343;
Speakers and Discussants
(listing by conference) 346
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