US Programs Affecting Food and Agricultural Marketing
With increasing globalization of markets, a wider array of programs has come to affect the food and agricultural marketing system, and many of today’s programs are more consumer oriented than producer oriented. This book brings together the thinking of th
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Walter J. Armbruster Ronald D. Knutson ●
Editors
US Programs Affecting Food and Agricultural Marketing
Editors Walter J. Armbruster Farm Foundation, Emeritus Darien, IL, USA
Ronald D. Knutson Texas A&M University College Station, TX, USA
ISBN 978-1-4614-4929-4 ISBN 978-1-4614-4930-0 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-4930-0 Springer New York Heidelberg Dordrecht London Library of Congress Control Number: 2012948770 © Springer Science+Business Media New York 2013 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. Exempted from this legal reservation are brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis or material supplied specifically for the purpose of being entered and executed on a computer system, for exclusive use by the purchaser of the work. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the Copyright Law of the Publisher’s location, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer. Permissions for use may be obtained through RightsLink at the Copyright Clearance Center. Violations are liable to prosecution under the respective Copyright Law. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. While the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication, neither the authors nor the editors nor the publisher can accept any legal responsibility for any errors or omissions that may be made. The publisher makes no warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Government policies and programs must constantly adjust to change, or they become a drag on markets and on the firms that operate within them. If US policies and programs affecting food and agricultural marketing do not adjust in a dynamic manner, it is likely that neither farmers nor consumers will fully realize the efficiency increasing gains that result from innovations that are constantly occurring in the food value chain. Armbruster and Knutson have spent many years studying markets and the policies and programs under which they operate. Both served in the position of the chief economist within the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) of the US Department of Agriculture (USDA). At the time,
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