Food and Social Policy, I: Proceedings of the 1976 Midwestern Food and Social Policy Conference, Volume 1Gary H. Koerselman, Kay E. Dull Iowa State University Press, 1978 - 400 pages Food and the future of civilization; Generalists and specialists; Corporate agriculture and the family farm; The question of triage - Who shall die?; The role of food in foreign affairs; Food as the foundation of civilization; food and celebration; Intraindustrial communications in agribusiness; Feeding animals versus feeding people; Agricultural policy for the United States; Feasibility of a food reserve system; Farm-retail price spread; Closed cities issue; Grain spection; Regulation and the market system; Research and education in agriculture; Urban expansion versus black soil. |
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... cattle feeder are likely to attach greater importance to various physical attributes or production practices than will the packer or retailer . After all , cattle may be the major or sole interest of the producer or cattle feeder , who ...
... cattle feeder are likely to attach greater importance to various physical attributes or production practices than will the packer or retailer . After all , cattle may be the major or sole interest of the producer or cattle feeder , who ...
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... cattle industry cannot continue to increase beef production from herd liquidations . At some point inven- tories will be reduced to a level that can be sustained by the producers and the supply of slaughter cattle will again have to ...
... cattle industry cannot continue to increase beef production from herd liquidations . At some point inven- tories will be reduced to a level that can be sustained by the producers and the supply of slaughter cattle will again have to ...
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... cattle . Cattle slaughter peaked out in the fourth quarter when the weekly Federally Inspected slaughter averaged 776,000 head ; F.I. slaughter will average approximately 736,000 in the cur- rent quarter . Slaughter will continue to ...
... cattle . Cattle slaughter peaked out in the fourth quarter when the weekly Federally Inspected slaughter averaged 776,000 head ; F.I. slaughter will average approximately 736,000 in the cur- rent quarter . Slaughter will continue to ...
Contents
2 GENERALISTS AND SPECIALISTS | 37 |
3 CORPORATE AGRICULTURE AND THE FAMILY FARM | 46 |
Oren Lee Staley president 195576 National | 66 |
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