Abstract
ARM programs in the United States have long had the improvement of farm income as their professed goal. Explicit or implied in this goal has been the desire to adopt those farm policies that improve the income of low income farmers. In fact, Congress and farm organizations continue to use this justification for our farm legislation. However, recent publicity about extremely large payments to some producers and very small payments to others has caused many to question whether our farm programs have been an effective means of maintaining minimum farm income standards. It is the purpose of this paper to analyze the distributive effects of our agricultural programs and examine whether government payments have increased or reduced the inequality in the distribution of income in agriculture over the past few years.'
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