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Dairy Marketing Dr. Roger Ginder Econ 338a Fall 2009 Lecture # 13

Dairy Marketing Dr. Roger Ginder Econ 338a Fall 2009 Lecture # 13. THE FOCUS OF FEDERAL DAIRY POLICY FROM 1938-99. DEPRESSION RELIEF FOCUS---1938-1948 INCOME ENHANCEMENT FOCUS---1949-1981 BUDGETARY AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT FOCUS--- 1981-1995 MARKET ORIENTED FOCUS---1995-PRESENT

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Dairy Marketing Dr. Roger Ginder Econ 338a Fall 2009 Lecture # 13

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  1. Dairy Marketing Dr. Roger Ginder Econ 338a Fall 2009 Lecture # 13

  2. THEFOCUS OF FEDERAL DAIRY POLICY FROM 1938-99 • DEPRESSION RELIEF FOCUS---1938-1948 • INCOME ENHANCEMENT FOCUS---1949-1981 • BUDGETARY AND SUPPLY MANAGEMENT FOCUS--- 1981-1995 • MARKET ORIENTED FOCUS---1995-PRESENT • Focus for Next Farm Bill and beyond???

  3. CHANGES IN AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEMOGRAPHIGS 1938-1996 1938-491994-04 Farm population a % of total 25% 2% Labor force in agriculture 40% NA Agriculture’s contribution to 7% 1.5% Gross Domestic Product Farm household income 30% of nonfarm Roughly equal Percent of farms producing 60% 26% corn Percent of farms producing 40% > 7% milk

  4. FOUNDATION LEGISLATION FOR FARM PROGRAMS ARE BASED IN DEPRESSION/WWII ERA 1938-48 “Permanent” Farm Policy Legislation • Agricultural Adjustment Act 1938 • Commodity Credit Corporation • Agricultural Act of 1949 These laws establish the basis for subsequent farm bills from 1949 to 2005. When existing farm bills expire, policy typically reverts to foundation 1949 legislation.

  5. AGRICULTURAL ADJUSTMENT ACT 1938 • Authorizes price support program • Directs secretary to support price of manufacturing milk • Use CCC to purchase dairy products • Set price at level where milk supply is “adequate” • No specified price level or rules (to be governed by farm bill in effect)

  6. AGRICULTURAL ACT OF 1949 • Required support @ 75-90% of parity • Pegged prices to relationship 1910-14 Note: Parity was intended to give fair treatment to agriculture in relation to the rest of the economy A parity price for a commodity is intended to give a unit of the commodity the same purchasing power as it had in 1910-1914 Parity does not really imply fairness or equality • Freezes relationships at a prior point in time • Mechanical calculation - not market forces • Ignores relative changes in productivity and changes in other relationships between farm/nonfarm sector • It ignores changes in the types of goods and services purchased by farm families

  7. 1973 AMENDMENT TO AGRICULTURE ADJUSTMENT ACT • Raised the minimum support level from to 75-80% of parity • Required semi-annual adjustment April 1 and October 1 • Adjustments reflect changes in index of all prices paid for purchased inputs - not just dairy inputs alone Note: Dairy feed costs were falling but other other purchased inputs were rising Net Result - Unusually high milk-feed price ratio and an unprecedented expansion in production occurred

  8. PARITY EXAMPLE1992 Jan. 1982 - Dec. 1991 10 year average price received of all milk @ wholesale _______________________ X Current index of prices paid (1910-14 Base) 10 year average index of prices received (1910-14) base

  9. PARITY EXAMPLE1992 Jan. 1982 - Dec. 1991 10 year average price received Current index of prices of all milk @ wholesale paid (1910-14) base $13.00 1321 _______________________ X 10 year average index of prices received (1910-14) base 648 $13.00 __________ X 1321 = $26.50 648

  10. 100% of parity = $ 26.50 90% of parity = 23.85 80% of parity = 21.20 75% of parity = 19.88 56% of parity = 15.00 52% of parity = 14.00 38% of parity = 10.10 37% of parity = 9.90

  11. PARITY PRICES FOR VARIOUS COMMODITIES 1991 Wheat $8.07/bu Soybeans $12.30/bu Corn $5.73/bu Barley $4.98/bu Hay $151.00/ton Milk $26.60/cwt

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