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General Cropland Retirement: Effects on the South of Retiring Low-Net-Return Acreage vs. Retiring High-Cost Production

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  28 April 2015

Glenn A. Zepp  and
Jerry A. Sharples
Glenn A. Zepp
Affiliation:
Washington, D. C.
Jerry A. Sharples
Affiliation:
Purdue University
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Extract

Recently renewed interest has been shown in new programs for United States Agriculture. Long-term cropland retirement is one of the proposals that has received serious consideration.

This report presents for consideration some insight gained on only one facet of general cropland retirement. Selecting which cropland to retire and its effect on the South in particular, have been considered under two different criteria. Both criteria retire cropland and production but the emphases differ.

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Research Article
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Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics , Volume 2 , Issue 1 , December 1970 , pp. 91 - 96
Copyright
Copyright © Southern Agricultural Economics Association 1970

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