Joint Decision-Making Processes in Present-Day Agriculture

The architects of the Conference have assigned to me a broad subject, but with constraints of time and space. Within such limitations, I sketch a limited number of market-structure situations in which joint decision-making processes prevail in present-day agriculture. They apply to the United States, although they are not limited to it; broadly similar joint decision-making processes operate in other countries. A caveat is that my experience and views are flavoured, likely biased, by my observation and study of developments in my own country.