Allotments for California rice: Growers must choose between lower market prices and support prices with their production controls

Sitton, G

Allotments for California rice: Growers must choose between lower market prices and support prices with their production controls

Author

Gordon R. Sitton

Author Affiliations

Gordon R. Sitton is Lecturer in Agricultural Economics, University of California, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 9(1):5-6. DOI:10.3733/ca.v009n01p5. January 1955.

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Abstract

Few California rice growers—if any, according to available data—could increase their net 1955 farm incomes over those anticipated from lower world prices, by accepting marketing quotas and acreage allotments.

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