Overview of the IBHS Roof Aging Farm Program

Abstract Beef is a highly protected commodity in Japan and the number of studies on the impact of beef import tariff reduction has increased in light of the controversy over the Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPPA), in which the gains from freer trade in beef was a major point of discussion. We estimate that an 11% tariff reduction for Japanese imports of both Australian and U.S. beef can generate a net welfare gain to Japan of between US$92 million and US$915 million. These results are not overly sensitive to whether beef is treated as homogeneous or heterogeneous. A more significant determinant of welfare gains is the extent to which farm policy would be decoupled along with tariff reductions. Under a decoupled farm program, producer welfare can remain unchanged while the net gain from freer trade is identical to that of complete removal of price supports with no compensation to producers. Therefore, negotiators for U.S. and Australian beef interests should lobby for both lowered tariffs and a decoupling of domestic farm policy within the importing country. This seems to have been the case as Japan was willing to move toward a more decoupled farm program under the TPPA.

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Senate action on wool bill foreshadows fate of Administration's farm program

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry ◽

10.1021/jf60029a600 ◽

1954 ◽

Vol 2 (9) ◽

pp. 480-480

Keyword(s):

Farm Program

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Farm Programs, Pesticide Use, and Social Costs

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics ◽

10.1017/s0081305200011365 ◽

1973 ◽

Vol 5 (2) ◽

pp. 155-163 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

James W. Richardson

Keyword(s):

Environmental Protection Agency ◽

Pesticide Use ◽

Environmental Groups ◽

The Public ◽

Agricultural Pesticides ◽

The Past ◽

Run Off ◽

Farm Programs ◽

To Come ◽

Farm Program

Environmentalists attack agricultural pesticides because of adverse drift effects during application, run-off into streams and persistence in the environment. The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has banned DDT and currently is considering cancellation of its registration of mirex, 2,4,5,-T, and dieldrin.Emotionalism rather than economics appears to be guiding environmental groups in their fight against pesticides. As agriculture's pesticide use comes under more and more pressure from the public, U.S. farm programs are likely to come under attack because they may have encouraged farmers to substitute pesticides for cropland. The “farm program” for the past decade has restricted acres planted and supported prices of agricultural products. Acreage controls encourage farmers to substitute variable inputs for limited cropland to take advantage of support prices.

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