Territorial imperative shapes farm population in US and Europe
USDA analysts say fears of rural depopulation drive heavy farming subsidies in Europe and the United States. They warn policy aims to keep residents in the countryside, balancing ecology, defense, and rural well being amid migration to cities and reform efforts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mexico
Canada
Texas
North Dakota
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Ken Deavers
Dick Long
USDA
Economic Research Service
United States
Europe
Mr. Deavers
Ait
Deavers
U.S
Long
Council of Europe
Mr. Long
Soviets Back Family Farms in Food Reform Push
In Moscow the Central Committee endorsed long term land leases for citizens to improve Soviet diets and reduce shortages by 1996. The plan preserves giant state and collective farms while granting heirs leases of five to forty years under Gorbachev’s reform drive.
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Moscow
Communist Party
Central Committee
Politburo
Yegor K. Ligachev
Josef Stalin
Mikhail S. Gorbachev
Vsevolod S. Murakhovsky
Gorbachev
West German farms shrink as youth seek cities riches
In prosperous West Germany thousands of farms have closed since 1949 from 1.65 million to 382,800 full time and 280,200 part time. Existence of family farms fades as industry expands, and young people pursue other careers. Farmers worry about losing tradition and succession as costs and regulations rise.
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Auringen
West Germany
Europe
Peter Neuling
Agriculture Ministry
Oregon
Nenling
Neuling
Alfred Kunze
European Economic Community
Hesse
Kunze
Acro
Klara Schecke
Bad Orb
Frankfurt
Off farm income rising as farm cash income falls nationwide
USDA analysis shows 1989 likely to boost off farm earnings while net cash farm income declines for the third time since 1978. Historically, off farm earnings exceed farming income in many years, signaling growing dependence on nonfarm work among farm families amid rising costs and policy shifts.
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Washington
U.S. Department of Agriculture
USDA
Timothy Parker
Leslie Whitener
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Parker
Ms. Whitener
RDP
U.S
Nora L Brooks
Donn A. Reimund
Ms. Brooks
Reimund
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Farmers Home Administration
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