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Category_ID - 21
Doc_Title - 2001 Agricultural, Food, & Public Policy Preference Survey: The Ohio Perspective
Doc_Author - Carl Zulauf, Allan Lines, Brent Sohngen, Larry Libby, Cameron Thraen
Doc_Number - AEDE-RP-0009-01
Doc_Start_Date - 11/07/2001
Doc_End_Date - 11/07/2005
Doc_URL_AddLocal - C:\WINNT\ACF1C1B.tmp
Tag_Functional - AED Econ First Report
Tag_SubUnit - Agricultural Economics,Policy
Tag_Program - McCormick
Tag_Industry - Farm,Government
Tag_Misc - NULL
Tag_Resources - NULL
Tag_Practice - Policy

During March of 2001, 1,500 Ohio farmers were surveyed regarding farm policy issues. Useable responses totaled 384. The intended audiences are farmers, agricultural opinion leaders, and citizens concerned about farm and food policy. Ohio farmers believe government should partially protect from the market and, thus, support continuing farm income support programs. When combined, responses to several questions suggest that it is reasonable to ask if Ohio farmers have developed a culture of long-term dependency on farm programs. No clear preference was expressed in regard to risk management policy, probably because Ohio farmers use a multitude of risk management strategies Ohio farmers strongly support using financial incentives to encourage environmental goals, but less than a majority support requiring farmers to follow specified practices that benefit the environment in order to receive farm program benefits. While Ohio farmers believe they benefit from international trade, other questions reveal that they are not nearly as free trade in orientation as commonly portrayed. In general, Ohio farmers support the labeling of food for several production related attributes and efforts to improve traceability to improve food safety.