Download or read book Agricultural Policy for the 21st Century written by Luther G. Tweeten and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2008-03-21 with total page 326 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Agricultural policy reform has become a very hot topic. Over the next couple of years we will see the funding for these programs being hotly debated. The thesis of this book is that a better-informed public is essential to bring rationality to farm policy. This book provides telling evidence that markets work, that competent commercial farmers will earn returns on their resources as high as those earned elsewhere in the absence of income transfer to farmers.