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Incorporating the 1990 Farm Bill into Farm-Level Decision Models: An Application to Cotton Farms

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Patricia A. Duffy ,
Danny L. Cain  and
George J. Young
Patricia A. Duffy
Affiliation:
Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station and the Dept. of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University, Alabama
Danny L. Cain
Affiliation:
Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology at Auburn University, Alabama
George J. Young
Affiliation:
Farm Analysis Association of Alabama
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Abstract

A five-year, 0-1, mixed integer programming model was developed to analyze the effects of 1990 Farm Bill legislation on the crop-mix decisions made on cotton farms. Results showed that, when compared to the 1985 Farm Bill, the 1990 Farm Bill can result in higher whole-farm income despite new "triple base" provisions limiting payment acres. The increase in income results from elimination of limited cross-compliance provisions and the change to a three-year base calculation. The model was also used to assess the likely impact of possible changes in the current legislation.

Keywords

cotton farmsfarm programsprogramming models
Type
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 25 , Issue 2 , December 1993 , pp. 119 - 133
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1993

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