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Use the following diagram to answer the next question.
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Refer to the diagram. Qp, Qn and Qb correspond to poor, normal, and bumper crop levels, respectively. Compared to a normal year, if farmers produce a bumper crop, gross farm income will: |
| | A) | increase because demand is elastic |
| | B) | decrease because demand is inelastic |
| | C) | increase because demand is inelastic |
| | D) | decrease because demand is inelastic |
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The demand for most agricultural products: |
| | A) | has decreased over time as incomes have increased |
| | B) | has increased at the same rate as the population has increased |
| | C) | has increased slower than the increase in supply |
| | D) | is elastic |
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In 1994, the nations belonging to the World Trade Organization agreed to reduce farm price support programs in order to: |
| | A) | increase the amount of money available for foreign aid |
| | B) | reduce agricultural overproduction by developing countries |
| | C) | reduce economic distortions and international misallocation of agricultural resources |
| | D) | reduce government deficits worldwide |
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The 1996 law ending price supports on wheat, corn, and other crops was known as the: |
| | A) | Parity Act |
| | B) | Freedom to Farm Act |
| | C) | Farm Act |
| | D) | Farmer Independence Act |
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U.S. agricultural price supports: |
| | A) | increase domestic quantity demanded |
| | B) | make domestic demand more inelastic |
| | C) | disproportionately benefit large farmers |
| | D) | reduce agricultural imports |
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Use the following diagram of the U.S. corn market to answer the next question.
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Refer to the diagram: Prior to 1996, U.S. farm policy would most likely have: |
| | A) | raised price to B, resulting in a surplus |
| | B) | lowered price to M, resulting in a shortage |
| | C) | lowered price to M, resulting in a surplus |
| | D) | left price at A, reflecting a laissez-faire policy |
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If in a certain year the indices of prices received and paid by farmers were 140 and 200 respectively, the parity ratio would be: |
| | A) | 30 |
| | B) | 60 |
| | C) | 70 |
| | D) | 1.43 |
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Use the following diagrams to answer the next question.
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Refer to the diagrams. Which diagram best illustrates the long-run impacts of changes in technology and U.S. population on total farm production and prices? |
| | A) | A |
| | B) | B |
| | C) | C |
| | D) | D |
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U.S. farmers' incomes are unstable in the short run, primarily owing to: |
| | A) | changes in price support programs with each new congress |
| | B) | fluctuations in U.S. agricultural imports that have caused wide swings in prices of food products |
| | C) | swings in crop yields and export demand, coupled with inelastic demand |
| | D) | rapid changes in technology coupled with slow population growth |
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Over the long-run, the number of farm households has declined in part because: |
| | A) | the demand for farm products is price-elastic |
| | B) | the demand for farm products is inelastic with respect to both price and income |
| | C) | farm productivity has increased at a much slower pace than in the manufacturing and service sectors |
| | D) | government policies have resulted in chronic shortages in critical markets |
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