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Society & Natural Resources
An International Journal
Volume 10, 1997 - Issue 3: The Politics and Policies of Sustainable Agriculture
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The use of United States' farm commodity programs in sustainable cash grain production systems: An economic case study

James C. Hanson Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, 20742–5535, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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Tracy Irwin Hewitt Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
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Katherine Reichelderfer Smith Henry A. Wallace Institute for Alternative Agriculture, Greenbelt, Maryland, USA
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Wesley N. Musser Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA
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Steven E. Peters Seeds of Change, Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
Pages 297-307 | Received 21 Nov 1995, Accepted 26 Jun 1996, Published online: 21 Nov 2008

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