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Cost and Effectiveness of Recent Government Land Retirement Programs in the United States

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  • K. L. Robinson

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Recent land-retirement programs have succeeded in achieving their major objective, which was to reduce existing or potential surpluses of grains, but the cost has been relatively high per unit of production. By altering land-retirement programs so as to pay only for land retired, and not for idle equipment and labor as well, and by concentrating payments in those areas where land costs are low relative to annual output per acre, measured in terms of grain equivalent, the government might reduce total public costs substantially. Relatively simple administrative criteria are suggested to aid in deciding where land should be withdrawn if the primary objective is to minimize the public cost of achieving a given adjustment in grain production.

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  • K. L. Robinson, 1966. "Cost and Effectiveness of Recent Government Land Retirement Programs in the United States," American Journal of Agricultural Economics, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, vol. 48(1), pages 22-30.
    • Handle: RePEc:oup:ajagec:v:48:y:1966:i:1:p:22-30.
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    1. Ogg, Clayton W., 1988. "The Conservation Title Of The Food Security Act Of 1985: Challenge Of A Multiple-Objective Program," Staff Reports 278042, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Brandow, George E., 1977. "Policy for Commercial Agriculture, 1945-71," A Survey of Agricultural Economics Literature, Volume 1: Traditional Fields of Agricultural Economics 1940s to 1970s,, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association.
    3. Brandow, G.E., 1977. "PART III. Policy for Commerical Agriculture, 1945-71," AAEA Monographs, Agricultural and Applied Economics Association, number 337215, january.

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