Participation in federal farm commodity programs

Authors

Randall A. Kramer
Rulon D. Pope
B. Delworth Gardner

Authors Affiliations

Randall A. Kramer, formerly Postgraduate Research Agricultural Economist, University of California, Davis, is Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University, Blacksburg, Virginia; Rulon D. Pope, formerly Assistant Professor of Agricultural Economics at Davis, is Associate Professor of Agricultural Economics, Texas A & M University; B. Delworth Gardner is Director, Giannini Foundation of Agricultural Economics, University of California, Berkeley and Davis, and Professor of Agricultural Economics, Davis.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 35(5):4-5. DOI:10.3733/ca.v035n05p4. May 1981.

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Abstract

Most California farmers consider the cost of lost income too high when compared with benefits of support programs involving acreage set-asides.