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Abstract
Information on efficient regional patterns of agricultural
production can be useful in devising policies
for adjustments in farming that are consistent with
modern conditions and concepts of economic development.
Such knowledge can also indicate the
amount and location of land to be withdrawn from
production if surpluses and related treasury costs are
to be reduced. If long-run solutions to the "farm
problem" are to be attained, the Nation needs data
indicating the number and location of crop acreages
and outputs under a variety of situations. This information
can be made available only by analysis of
relationships among regions. In this paper the
writers discuss the application of relatively simple
linear programming models to the specification of
efficiein interregional allocation of agricultural production.
A more detailed discussion appeared in a
recent report of cooperative research with Iowa, U.S.
Department of Agriculture Technical Bulletin 1294, Regional Analysis of Production Adjustments in the
Major Field Crops: Historical and Prospective
(November 1963).