A Comprehensive model of U S agriculture incorporates the spatial pattern of supply, resource use, and the technical structure of agricultural production that is generated by a linear programming component, and it utilizes detailed information on market structure, processes, and prices that is...

Realizing the potential for economics research depends on the successful completion of several interdependent tasks: • A problem is identified, • Data related to the problem are collected, • Description transforms data into useful information, • Theory is brought to bear...

In this solicited article, Willard Cochrane, the U S Department of Agriculture's first Director of Agricultural Economics, assesses the mission, performance, and organization of-the Economic Research Service (ERS) 22 years after Its establishment m 1961 The current organization IS satisfactory,...

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Books Reviewed: "Farmers in the Market Economy"; "The Concept of Poverty"; "The Techniques of Urban Economic Analysis"; "Agriculture in Economic Development"; "Natural Resources and International Development"; "Introducing Social Change, A Manual for Americans Overseas"; "Oxford Regional...