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June 24, 1988
Task Force Report

Long-Term Viability of U.S. Agriculture

DOI: https://doi.org/10.62300/mgaf4r09

Task Force Chairs

Luther G. Tweeten

Department of Agricultural Economics and Rural Sociology, The Ohio State University

Authors

Department of Agricultural Economics, University of Illinois-Urbana

Robert T. Fraley

Monsanto Company

Biotechnology Institute of Research and Development, University of Florida

Daryle E. Greene

Purina Mills, Inc.

Robert D. Havener

Winrock International

Peter Hermanson

Farmer

Oran B. Hesterman

Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Michigan State University

William J. Hudson

The Andersons

Gail E. Janssen

F & M Bancorporation

James K. Jensen

Department of Mechanical Engineering, Iowa State University

William B. Lacy

FEAST Program, University of Kentucky

Department of Agriculture Economics and Rural Sociology, University of Connecticut

Bernard J. Liska

Department of Food Science, Purdue University

International Food Policy Research Institute

Robert H. Miller

Department of Soil Science, North Carolina State University

Joseph J. Molnar

Department of Agricultural. Economics and Rural Sociology, Auburn University

Robert R. Oltjen

Roman L. Hruska U.S. Meat Animal Research Center

Department of Agronomy and Range Science, University of California - Davis

Rodale Press, Inc.

James W. Searcy

E.I. Du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.

Richard L. Thompson

Farmer

Abstract

What is the future of American agriculture? This report examines the economic, environmental, and social dimensions of the agricultural sector.

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