IDEAS home Printed from https://ideas.repec.org/p/ags/uerser/307536.html
   My bibliography  Save this paper

Cropland for Today and Tomorrow

Author

Listed:
  • Frey, H. Thomas
  • Otte, Robert C.

Abstract

After more than two decades of agricultural surpluses and Federal supply management programs, strong demand for food products in 1973 resulted in suspension of the Federal land set-aside programs. By 1974, virtually all acreage formerly diverted had been released and most good quality, readily usable acreage was brought back into production. This study summarizes recent changes in cropland use and evaluates additional land, mainly pasture and forest, that could be converted to crop production. But several factors will likely retard the rate of development of new land. These include size of tract, ownership patterns, ease and scale of development, crop alternatives, and competition from other uses. Existing and potential cropland are discussed within a regional context.

Suggested Citation

  • Frey, H. Thomas & Otte, Robert C., 1975. "Cropland for Today and Tomorrow," Agricultural Economic Reports 307536, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    • Handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307536
    DOI: 10.22004/ag.econ.307536
    as

    Download full text from publisher

    File URL: https://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/307536/files/aer291.pdf
    Download Restriction: no
    File URL: https://libkey.io/10.22004/ag.econ.307536?utm_source=ideas
    LibKey link: if access is restricted and if your library uses this service, LibKey will redirect you to where you can use your library subscription to access this item
    ---><---

    References listed on IDEAS

    as
    1. Frey, H. Thomas, 1973. "Major Uses of Land in the United States, Summary for 1969," Agricultural Economic Reports 305571, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    Full references (including those not matched with items on IDEAS)

    Citations

    Citations are extracted by the CitEc Project, subscribe to its RSS feed for this item.
    as


    Cited by:

    1. Sundquist, W. B., 1977. "The changing structure of US agriculture: Implications for world trade," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 5(5-7), pages 573-583.
    2. John Hansen, 1982. "The quality of land surrounding the major urban centres of Canada, the United States and Britain," Social Indicators Research: An International and Interdisciplinary Journal for Quality-of-Life Measurement, Springer, vol. 11(3), pages 269-300, October.
    3. Quance, Leroy & Plato, Gerald E. & Smith, Allen, 1977. "U.S. Agricultural Outlook Update And Projections For The West To 1985 And 2000," Western Journal of Agricultural Economics, Western Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 1(1), pages 1-14, June.
    4. National Resource Economics Division, Economics, Statistics, and Cooperatives Service, 1979. "Natural Resource Capital in U.S. Agriculture: Irrigation, Drainage and Conservation Investments Since 1900," Economics Statistics and Cooperative Services (ESCS) Reports 329202, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

    Most related items

    These are the items that most often cite the same works as this one and are cited by the same works as this one.
    1. Vesterby, Marlow & Krupa, Kenneth S., 2001. "Major Uses of Land in the United States, 1997," Statistical Bulletin 262284, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    2. Moyer, D. David & Daugherty, Arthur B., 1976. "Landownership in the Northeast United States: A Sourcebook," Miscellaneous Publications 338706, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    3. Krause, Kenneth R., 1992. "The Beef Cow-Calf Industry, 1964-87: Location and Size," Agricultural Economic Reports 305706, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    4. Daugherty, Arthur B., 1989. "U.S. Grazing Lands: 1950-82," Statistical Bulletin 154667, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    5. Ericksen, Milton, 1976. "Use of Land Reserves to Control Agricultural Production," Miscellaneous Publications 329880, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.
    6. Bell, Bonita, 1975. "Economics of Agriculture: Reports and Publications Issued or Sponsored by USDA's Economic Research Service, July 1973-June 1974," Miscellaneous Publications 321806, United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service.

    Corrections

    All material on this site has been provided by the respective publishers and authors. You can help correct errors and omissions. When requesting a correction, please mention this item's handle: RePEc:ags:uerser:307536. See general information about how to correct material in RePEc.

    If you have authored this item and are not yet registered with RePEc, we encourage you to do it here. This allows to link your profile to this item. It also allows you to accept potential citations to this item that we are uncertain about.

    If CitEc recognized a bibliographic reference but did not link an item in RePEc to it, you can help with this form .

    If you know of missing items citing this one, you can help us creating those links by adding the relevant references in the same way as above, for each refering item. If you are a registered author of this item, you may also want to check the "citations" tab in your RePEc Author Service profile, as there may be some citations waiting for confirmation.

    For technical questions regarding this item, or to correct its authors, title, abstract, bibliographic or download information, contact: AgEcon Search (email available below). General contact details of provider: https://edirc.repec.org/data/ersgvus.html .

    Please note that corrections may take a couple of weeks to filter through the various RePEc services.

    IDEAS is a RePEc service. RePEc uses bibliographic data supplied by the respective publishers.