What Just Happened Here?: Finding Meaning in the Politics of the Farm Bill

At the time of this writing (August 2016), we were just past the midpoint of the authorization of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which will expire on September 30, 2018. Whatever else critics say about this edition of the Farm Bill, it was a significant change from the central thrust of US agricultur...

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1. Verfasser:	Bosso, Christopher J
Format:	Buchkapitel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	Agricultural economics Agricultural geography Agricultural land Agricultural sciences Agriculture Agronomy Biological sciences Business Business economics Commercial production Commodities Conservatism Crops Economic disciplines Economics Farm commodities Farm economics Farming Farming systems Farmlands Farms Organic farming Political campaigns Political elections Political ideologies Political philosophy Political processes Political science Politics Production factors Production output Voting
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Zusammenfassung:	At the time of this writing (August 2016), we were just past the midpoint of the authorization of the Agricultural Act of 2014, which will expire on September 30, 2018. Whatever else critics say about this edition of the Farm Bill, it was a significant change from the central thrust of US agricultural policy going back to at least the 1970s. Most notable was the general, if incomplete, shift in the commodity title away from most forms of direct payments and toward an insurance-based “risk management” model. It was seen as a major reform, even if it was accompanied by