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Alternative Solutions to the Dairy Problem and the Role of the Agricultural Economist in Policy Formation and Analysis

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 May 2017

Andrew M. Novakovic
Andrew M. Novakovic*
Affiliation:
The Department of Agricultural Economics at Cornell University
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Abstract

Dairy product markets have been burdened with excess supplies since late 1979. The principal cause of these surpluses is overly high government price supports. This situation can be traced to a series of policy decisions made in the mid-1970s.

The evolution of dairy policy during the last 10 years is examined and the implications of recent policy proposals are explored. The contributions of agricultural economists to the formulation of rational dairy policy is discussed and suggestions for improving their contributions to and influence on policy are made.

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Invited Papers
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Journal of the Northeastern Agricultural Economics Council , Volume 12 , Issue 2 , Fall 1983 , pp. 11 - 17
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Copyright © Northeastern Agricultural and Resource Economics Association 

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Footnotes

Helpful comments have been contributed to this paper by Nelson Bills, Robert Boynton, and Olan Forker.

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