11:374:279 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Earl Butz, Frozen Food, Agribusiness

• School: Rutgers University
• Department: Environmental Policy, Institutions, and Behavior
• Course: 11:374:279
• Professor: Schoolman

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Important note: bullet points under the heading in lecture are points that are not explicitly covered in the readings, but that i will fully explain in lecture. Please take careful notes on these in lecture points! Lecture 13: extracting natural resources on private land: agriculture. What are some of the major changes that have taken place in agriculture since 1930: frozen food has become popular, chemical usage (gmo, fewer farmers, bigger farms, increase in productivity (total factor and agricultural output, more fertilizer. What role did earl butz, who was secretary of agriculture for president nixon and. What did butz do that was so important: emphasized global farm markets and alternative uses for grain; end government programs that curtail production. Above was solution to the biggest perceived problem post-1976: production restriction kept prices too high, which hurt consumers, and limited the amount of money farmers were able to make.