Technology, Public Policy, and the Changing Structure of American Agriculture
NTIS order #PB86-184637
Full Report
~4761K
Front Matter
~39K
Table of Contents
~10K
Chapters
1: Summary
~146K
Part I: The Emerhing Technologies
2: Emerging Technologies for Agriculture
~1045K
3: Impacts of Emerging Technologies on Agricultural Production
~194K
Part II: The Changing Structure of American Agriculture
4: Dynamic Structure of Agriculture
~205K
5: Factors Contributing to Structural Change in Agriculture
~88K
Part III: Analyses of Technology, Public Policy, and Agricultural Structure
6: Emerging Technologies and Agricultural Structure
~89K
7: Impacts of Agricultural Finance and Credit
~812K
8: Emerging TechnoIogies, Public Policy, and Various Size Crop Farms
~300K
9: Emerging Technologies, Public Policy, and Various Size Dairy Farms
~496K
10: Impacts on the Environment and Natural Resources
~92K
11: Impacts on Rural Communities
~337K
12: Impacts on Agricultural Research and Extension
~443K
Part IV: Implications and PoIicy Options for Agriculture
13: Implications and Policy Options for Agriculture
~58K
Appendixes
A: Animal and Plant Technology Workshop Methodology and Procedures
~58K
B: U.S. Regional Agricultural Sales by Sales Class and Commodity
~39K
C: Participants in OTA workshops
~30K
D: Analysis of Size Economies and Comparative Advantage in Crop Production in Various Areas of the United States
~145K
E: Methodology and Detailed Results of Microeconomic Impacts of Technology and Public Policy for Crop Farms
~142K
F: Detailed Results of Macroeconomic Impacts of Technology and Public Policy on Dairy Farms
~87K
G: Workgroup, Background Papers, and Acknowledgments
~36K
Index
~104K