This book presents the results of a study undertaken by the Economic Council of Canada on the future of the Prairie grain economy in Canada. It deals with diversification of Prairie agriculture and how it was impacted by various policies, including the U. S.-Canada Free Trade Agreement.

Free Trade And Agricultural Diversification: Canada And The United States

Business & Money

Schmitz, Andrew

Industries

CRC-Press

International Agricultural Trade: Advanced Readings In Price Formation, Market Structure, And Price Instability

Storey, Gary

International

World Agricultural Trade

Science & Math

Routledge

To date, there has been little published that synthesizes and draw lessons from the economics of agricultural policy. This study fills that void, providing an economic analysis of the policies that affect agriculture and agribusiness in both Canada and the United States. 
The authors emphasize the role of farmers and agribusiness in the formation of policy, exploring the farm problem from both economic and historical perspectives. The various institutions that influence the development and implementation of policy are also discussed and compared. Because of the importance of international trade to North American agriculture, one chapter is devoted to a discussion of trade models. The book then goes on to analyze specific problems, such as price and income stabilization, science policy, environmental policy, and food quality and safety. The role of vertical markets in agriculture is emphasized throughout. The authors combine the traditional welfare economics framework with the new institutional economics and rent-seeking behaviour to explain the development of agricultural policy.
This much-needed study will be welcomed by researchers and policy analysts, as well as instructors seeking material for senior undergraduate and graduate courses.

Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour

Furtan, Hartley

Baylis, Katherine R.

Economics

University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division

The second edition of the groundbreaking Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness, and Rent-Seeking Behaviour expands upon its original analysis of the economic policies that affect agriculture and agribusiness. Widening their lens to include information on the European Union, the authors continue to emphasize the role of farmers and agribusiness in the formation of policy, exploring the issues from both economic and historical perspectives.
More theoretical than the first volume in its discussions of welfare economics and the theory of public choice, the second edition also addresses the broad significance of agricultural policies such as biofuels, nutrition, multifunctionality, genetically modified organisms, and multinational firms. The authors maintain and expand the empirical content to provide more practical examples suited to teaching and analyse specific problems including price and income stabilization, science policy, environmental policy, and food quality and safety.

Agricultural Policy, Agribusiness and Rent-Seeking Behaviour

Moss, Charles B.

Schmitz, Troy G.

University of Toronto Press

With the signing of the GATT agreement in 1995, the wheat trade was expected to enter into a period of liberalized markets. But has this agreement really changed the face of the world agricultural trade? This book explores the new world trade environment and the implications of the current adjustments for Turkey and countries like it. Contributors examine the GATT agreement on agriculture to show how it failed to move the wheat trade into a free market environment. Most countries have retained vestiges of the interventionist policies of the past; many still tax or subsidize their wheat producers. By looking at the history of trade barriers, the changing role of trade institutions, and the impacts of the GATT agreement worldwide, World Agricultural Trade shows that much remains to be done in terms of policy change before the wheat trade can claim to operate in a free trade environment.

Westview Press

<div>Andrew Schmitz is a professor at the University of Florida.</div>

Just, Richard E

Of immeasurable value to lenders, agricultural economists, and a host of agribusinesses this unique volume brings together leading farmland authorities in the United States and Canada to examine the economic determinants of land value and the consequences of change in land values. 
As the most basic factor of production in the agricultural enterprise, farmland dominates the agricultural balance sheet, accounting for an average of 70% of all agricultural assets. The authors of this timely book provide expert analysis and review of this subject.

Government Policy and Farmland Markets: The Maintenance of Farmer Wealth

Moss, Charles

Wiley/Blackwell

This book addresses the issue of barriers to the international sugar trade and controversies surrounding the international sweetener markets. It devotes particular chapters to key players such as the USA, the EU, Australia, Brazil, Cuba, Eastern Europe and India, and covers topics such as trade liberalization, policy reform and market integration.

Sugar and Related Sweetener Markets: International Perspectives (Cabi)

Spreen, Thomas H.

Messina, William A

CABI

International Agricultural Trade: Advanced Readings In Price Formation, Market Structure, And Price Instability (Westiew Replica Edition)

Sarris, Alexander H.

EDITORS

Biological Sciences

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