The objectives of this study are: 1) To depict the resource availability and efficiencies of production on selected individual farms in major cotton producing areas of the Southeast, and 2) To estimate, for these farms, the effects of changes in the cotton program of the 1970 Agricultural Act and of changes in the prices of cotton and competing crops.
Details
Title
Economic Effects of Alternative Programs and Market Prices on Selected Cotton Farms in the Southeast
Record Identifier
https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/338166
Language
English
Total Pages
58
Note
Tables included: Table 1. Cotton: Acres Planted in Coastal Plain, Limestone valley, Brown Loam Areas, and Southeast United States, 1962-1971. Table 2. Land Resources and Crop Allotments for Cotton Study Farms, Southeast United States. Table 3. Expected Yields of Crops and Estimated Variable Costs per Acre for Crops Produced on Cotton Study Farms, Southeast United States. Table 4. Cotton Program Provisions and Product Prices Used in Base Organization of Cotton Study Farms, Southeast United States. Appendix Table 1. Estimated Effect of Specified Changes in Cotton Program and Prices on a Cotton Farm in the Southeastern Coastal Plain. Appendix Table 2. Estimated Effect of Specified Changes in Cotton Program and Prices on a Cotton Farm in the Limestone Valley of Alabama. Appendix Table 3. Estimated Effects of Specified Changes in Cotton Program and Prices on a Cotton Farm in the Brown Loam Area of Tennessee.