Agriculture's production potential
1981
The United States has the physical potential for crop production in the eighties to satisfy domestic food needs, export needs, and the production of grain-based alcohol fuels. To meet the projected needs, crop acreage will likely have to expand. The exact amount of expansion needed will depend on the ultimate magnitude of the demands involved and on the productivity of the resources used. At least a part of the increased acreage will require investments in drainage, clearing, and irrigation. For farmers to bring adequate acreage into production, the prices they receive for their crops will probably have to increase substantially over the decade. Other farm inputs (water, fertilizer, pesticides) seem to be in sufficient supply for production to expand.
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