Book Description

Presented here is an inside look at the creation & far-reaching changes of the 1996 Farm Act that ended more than six decades of traditional New Deal farm programs. The story about how the legislation came to be, how key players shaped the outcome, & how farm bill activities interacted with the Congressional drive for a balanced budget. It also provides agricultural policy & political insights not available elsewhere. The Making of the 1996 Farm Act is a must read for policy makers, farm program managers, lobbyists, leaders of farm commodity organizations, journalists, & others who are destined to be involved in the making of farm legislation in the next century. Those with a stake in farm policy & programs-farm producers, economists, rural sociologists, students of agriculture, political science, & rural studies-will gain many useful insights about policy-making.