Policy for Commercial Agriculture: Its Relation to Economic Growth and Stability, Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Agricultural Policy of ..., 85-1 ..., December 16 to 20, 1957U.S. Government Printing Office, 1958 - 376 strán (strany) |
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acreage acres adjustments agri agricultural economics Agricultural Marketing Service agricultural production areas AULL average basic capital gains Chairman changes Chicago Mercantile Exchange commercial agriculture commercial farmers commodities Congressman consumer consumption corn cotton crops December 17 decline demand for farm department of agricultural effect efficiency export factor family farm farm families farm income farm prices farm problem farm products Federal feed free market free price system future going Government important improvement increase industry Iowa State College John Sparkman KOFFSKY land marketing costs ment Michigan State University migration million MILLS nonfarm employment number of farms off-farm operation panel panelists paper parity percent period population price mechanism price supports question Representative CURTIS Representative TALLE retail rural Schultz sector Senator SPARKMAN situation solve stability STATEMENT storage subcommittee supply surplus Thank thing tion United vertical integration wheat
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