The economics of American agriculture : evolution and global development / Steven C. Blank.
2008
338.10973 B642e 2008
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Title
The economics of American agriculture : evolution and global development / Steven C. Blank.
Author
ISBN
9780765622280 (cloth : alk. paper)
0765622289 (cloth : alk. paper)
0765622289 (cloth : alk. paper)
Imprint
Armonk, N.Y. : M.E. Sharpe, Inc., c2008.
Language
English
Description
xi, 475 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.
Call Number
338.10973 B642e 2008
System Control No.
(OCoLC)166873104
(OCoLC)166873104
(OCoLC)166873104
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Is American agriculture shrinking?
American agriculture's life cycle
Profit patterns across American agriculture
Agricultural profits and farm household wealth
The economic food chain of global development
Commodities and the profit squeeze
Technology as catalyst and treadmill
Economic development and the irony of American agriculture's technical progress
Farmland values and uses as indicators of national wealth
International mutual dependence
Producers as investors and portfolio managers
Measuring risk for decision making
Portfolio decision making of farmland owners and tenants
Is the market failing producers who wish to manage risks?
Hedging with off-farm income
Commodity market evolution
Regional agriculture as a national industry
The role of American agribusiness
Is agriculture a "way of life" or a business?
The role of American agricultural policy.
American agriculture's life cycle
Profit patterns across American agriculture
Agricultural profits and farm household wealth
The economic food chain of global development
Commodities and the profit squeeze
Technology as catalyst and treadmill
Economic development and the irony of American agriculture's technical progress
Farmland values and uses as indicators of national wealth
International mutual dependence
Producers as investors and portfolio managers
Measuring risk for decision making
Portfolio decision making of farmland owners and tenants
Is the market failing producers who wish to manage risks?
Hedging with off-farm income
Commodity market evolution
Regional agriculture as a national industry
The role of American agribusiness
Is agriculture a "way of life" or a business?
The role of American agricultural policy.
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