How Wheat Farmers Would Adjust to Different Programs

Excerpts: The study reported here was undertaken to see how representative wheat farmers in specialized producing areas would adjust most profitably to different wheat programs. What changes would occur in the acreage and production of wheat and other crops? How would the income opportunities of programs compare? Six different programs were studied on representative farms, otherwise identified as study farms, in eight specialized wheat- producing areas in the Great Plains and the Pacific Northwest. Program A - 1960 Wheat Acreage Allotments and Prices --- Program B - Small Wheat Acreage Allotments, Higher Prices --- Program C - Larger Wheat Acreage Allotments, Lower Prices --- Program D - Marketing Allotments on Food and Export Wheat, Stratified Prices --- Program E - Marketing Allotments on Food Wheat, Stratified Prices --- Program F - No Production Controls, No Support Prices.

研究节选：本研究旨在探究专业化小麦产区的代表性小麦种植户如何通过调整种植策略实现利润最大化，以适配各类小麦扶持项目方案。小麦及其他作物的种植面积与总产量将发生何种变化？不同项目方案下的收入潜力存在何种差异？本次研究选取大平原（Great Plains）与太平洋西北地区（Pacific Northwest）的8个专业化小麦产区的代表性农场（后文统一简称研究农场），对6种不同的项目方案展开分析：
项目A——1960年小麦种植面积配额与收购价格
项目B——小型小麦种植面积配额，更高收购价格
项目C——大规模小麦种植面积配额，更低收购价格
项目D——针对食用小麦与出口小麦的销售配额，分级定价
项目E——针对食用小麦的销售配额，分级定价
项目F——无生产管控，无支持收购价格。