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Macro Implications of a Complete Transformation of U.S. Agricultural Production to Organic Farming Practices

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  • James A. Langley
  • Earl O. Heady
  • Kent D. Olson

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A national interregional linear programming model of U.S. agriculture is used to evaluate and compare two conventional and three organic production alternatives. The objective is to estimate the effects on production, supply prices, land use, farm income, and export potential, of a complete transformation of U.S. agriculture to organic practices. Crop yields and production costs are estimated for 150 producing regions for seven crops under both conventional and organic methods. Results indicate that compared to conventional methods, widespread organic farming leads to a decrease in total production, lower export potential, higher supply prices, higher value of production, lower costs of production, and higher net farm income. U.S. domestic crop demand can be met with organic methods, but would be more expensive. Some interregional shifts in crop production would also occur.

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  • James A. Langley & Earl O. Heady & Kent D. Olson, 1982. "Macro Implications of a Complete Transformation of U.S. Agricultural Production to Organic Farming Practices," Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) Publications 82-wp9, Center for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD) at Iowa State University.
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    1. Marshall, Graham R., 1991. "Organic Farming: Should Government Give it More Technical Support?," Review of Marketing and Agricultural Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 59(03), pages 1-14, December.
    2. Acs, Szvetlana & Berentsen, Paul B.M. & Huirne, Ruud & van Asseldonk, Marcel, 2009. "Effect of yield and price risk on conversion from conventional to organic farming," Australian Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics, Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, vol. 53(3), pages 1-19.
    3. Darwin C. Hall & Brian P. Baker & Jacques Franco & Desmond A. Jolly, 1989. "Organic Food And Sustainable Agriculture," Contemporary Economic Policy, Western Economic Association International, vol. 7(4), pages 47-72, October.
    4. Nelson, Mack C. & Styles, Erika K. & Pattanaik, Nalini & Liu, Xuanli & Brown, James, 2015. "Georgia Farmers’ Perceptions of Production Barrier in Organic Vegetable and Fruit Agriculture," 2015 Annual Meeting, January 31-February 3, 2015, Atlanta, Georgia 196868, Southern Agricultural Economics Association.
    5. Painter, Kathleen M. & Young, Douglas L., 1994. "Environmental And Economic Impacts Of Agricultural Policy Reform: An Interregional Comparison," Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Southern Agricultural Economics Association, vol. 26(2), pages 1-12, December.

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