Unexpected Issues for Produce Markets: WTO Decoupling and Domestic Farm Program Design

Nonprogram crops such as produce are typically considered peripheral to U.S. farm policy discussions, yet impacts of the World Trade Organization decoupling requirement on the fruit and vegetable planting restriction was a major issue in the 2007/08 farm bill. Evolution of planting flexibility in U....

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Published inJournal of agribusiness Vol. 29; no. 1; pp. 143 - 158
Main Authors Thornsbury, Suzanne, Schweikhardt, David, Woods, Molly
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 2011
Edition345
Subjects
Farm Management
fruit and vegetable planting restriction
planting flexibility
political economy
supply response
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Summary:Nonprogram crops such as produce are typically considered peripheral to U.S. farm policy discussions, yet impacts of the World Trade Organization decoupling requirement on the fruit and vegetable planting restriction was a major issue in the 2007/08 farm bill. Evolution of planting flexibility in U.S. farm programs has not extended to most specialty crops and Brazil's challenge of cotton support programs highlighted the exception. Despite research results indicating limited diversions of program crop acreage with elimination of the restriction, the political stakes and potential gains from farm policy outcomes were raised considerably for nonprogram crop sectors.
ISSN:0738-8950
2832-0204
DOI:10.22004/ag.econ.260162