January 28, 2019
Visiting Fulbright scholar Geoff Cockfield to give seminar Jan. 31
Geoff Cockfield, visiting Fulbright scholar, will present a seminar in the agricultural economics departmentat 3 p.m.Thursday, Jan. 31, in342 Waters Hall.
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Australia and the U.S. are developed, anglophone, Euro-colonial nations with similar agricultural production systems and some common export commodities. Both nations have cultural and political narratives about the importance of agriculture and rural communities and both were influenced by the resurgent market ideology of the 1980s and participate in theWorld Trade Organization and a range of bilateral trade agreements. Australia also is relatively exposed to U.S. cultural and political trends and ideas. Despite these commonalities and the potential for 1xbet best casino website transfer, the agricultural policies of the two countries are notably different. In particular, Australia has drastically reduced effective support to farmers with almost no on-going agricultural programs, in contrast to the range and security of programs available in the U.S.
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