SUPPLY ANALYSIS FOR CORN IN THE UNITED STATES: THE IMPACT OF CHANGING GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS

This paper has two objectives: to analyze acreage supply relationships for corn, the major U.S. feed grain, during the 1948-70 period and to develop and test a general theoretical model for evaluating farm commodity program effectiveness. Hence, special emphasis is devoted to empirical measurement and analysis of the effects of government feed grain policy and programs as they have evolved since 1948. Particular attention is focused on the voluntary feed grain programs of the 1960's.Agricultural and Food Policy, Crop Production/Industries,

THE GREEN REVOLUTION: ITS IMPACT ON TRADE AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY IN DEVELOPED NATIONS

Agricultural and Food Policy, International Relations/Trade,

An Overview of Follow-On Testing Activities of the A-3 Subscale Diffuser Test Project

An overview of NASA Stennis Space Center's (SSC) A-3 Subscale Diffuser Test (SDT) Project is presented. The original scope of the SDT Project, conducted from April 2007 to January 2008, collected data to support mitigation of risk associated with design and procurement activities of the A-3 Test Stand Project, an effort to construct a simulated altitude test facility at SSC in support of NASA's Constellation Program. Follow-on tests were conducted from May 2008 through August 2009, utilizing the SDT test setup as a testbed for additional risk mitigation activities. Included are descriptions of the Subscale Diffuser (SD) test article, the test facility configuration, and test approaches

The Influence of Race in School Finance Reform

It would be an exaggeration to say that school finance reform is all about race, but largely in the same way that it is an exaggeration to say that welfare reform is all about race. Like welfare reform, the controversy generated by school finance litigation and reform has, on the surface, little to do with race. Battles over school funding, which have been waged in nearly forty state supreme courts and at least as many state legislatures, instead appear to be over such issues as the redistribution of resources, retaining local control over education, and the efficacy of increased expenditures. But just as race seems to be an influential undercurrent in welfare policy and debate, so too does it appear to influence school finance litigation and reform. Whereas the role of race in welfare reform has been well canvassed, the influence of race in school finance litigation and reform is virtually unexamined. Indeed, the only direct evidence bearing on the topic consists of two studies of popular attitudes toward school finance reform, one conducted by Professor Douglas Reed in New Jersey and the other by Professor Kent Tedin in Texas. Both New Jersey and Texas have witnessed long court battles over school finance. The Reed and Tedin studies indicated that white citizens in both states inaccurately perceived school finance reform as primarily benefiting blacks. Reed\u27s study also indicated that nonwhites tended to support school finance reform more than whites, and Tedin\u27s study revealed that the level of support among whites depended as much upon racial attitudes as it did upon self-interest - e.g., some whites whose school districts stood to gain from school finance reform opposed such reform for reasons apparently having to do with their attitudes toward blacks

FINANCIAL PROSPECTS, BUSINESS ORGANIZATION, AND MANAGEMENT: FARM BUSINESS CHALLENGES

Farm Management,