The objectives of this paper are to describe basic characteristics of U.S. dairy price programs prior to 1996, and to provide an assessment of how the changes in the Federal Agricultural Improvements and Reform Act (FAIR) of 1996 will change our government's involvement in the sector.

Declines in dairy farm numbers and milk production in Minnesota and Wisconsin continue to cause concern to the industry and stimulate activities and proposals to reverse the trend. But, simply viewing the aggregate changes in the states' industries overlooks some of the more positive changes in...

Technical marketing efficiency is an important component of comparative advantage that countries may possess in food marketing. This aspect of marketing efficiency may be affected by size of market(s), technology used, input costs, and institutional factors. With regard to the latter, Norwegian...

The principal objective of this study is to determine the financial impacts of changing feed procurement strategies for a specified southeastern Minnesota dairy farm. Growing all feed for the dairy herd on the farm itself, currently the most prominent mode of procurement, is compared to: (1)...

"The 1990 Farm Bill: Its Core Provisions and Expected Effects" and "Upper Midwest Challenges to the Federal Milk Marketing Order Program"