A New Vision for Agricultural Policy
回顾美国农业政策六十年演变，指出当前政策仍停留在1930年代大萧条时期的框架，而联邦财政压力可能迫使转向更精简、更有针对性的新政策，以应对下世纪的粮食需求。
After six decades of evolution, U.S. agricultural policy may be about to enter a revolution. Ever since farm programs were created in the 1930s, farm policy has generally evolved along predictable lines. To be sure, over the past decade policy has tended to move in a market direction, but the goals and policy instruments remain amazingly akin to those put in place during the Great Depression. Now, federal fiscal discipline may do the unthinkable—force the nation to rethink an antiquated farm policy and replace it with a much leaner, more targeted policy to answer the nation’s food needs for the next century. While the federal budget may force this policy change, economics is likely to justify it. The agricultural