A Programming Analysis of Interregional Competition and Surplus Capacity of American Agriculture, July 1965

(1965) A Programming Analysis of Interregional Competition and Surplus Capacity of American Agriculture, July 1965. Iowa State University

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Abstract

This study is the third in a series dealing with interregional adjustments of agricultural production and land use. 2 While prior studies dealt mainly with benchmark situations in 1954, the current study emphasizes interregional compet1t10n and surplus agricultural capacity estimated to exist in 1965. The emphasis is on interregional allocations of production for wheat, feed grains, cotton and soybeans and on the flow of products among consuming regions in a manner (a) to provide an optimal United States use of resources and (b) to mesh production exactly with consumption and export requirements. The analysis is made by several linear programming models and solutions which include up to 962 equations and 2,682 real variables.