Agricultural Economics Department
Cornhusker Economics
Is Today’s Agricultural Policy the Appropriate Approach to Meeting the Needs of Rural Farm Families?
Date of this Version
August 2002
Document Type
Article
Abstract
Susan Offutt, Administrator, Economic Research Service (ERS), USDA, and incoming president of the American Agricultural Economics Association (AAEA), gave a stimulating presidential address last week in Long Beach, California. Her theme was that it is time for agricultural policy to begin focusing on rural farm household income rather than just income from the farm business as a measure of rural need and well being.
Comments
Published in Cornhusker Economics, 08/14/2002. Produced by the Cooperative Extension, Institute of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Nebraska–Lincoln.
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