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Item Agricultural Economics at the University of Minnesota 1886-1979(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1983) Cochrane, Willard W.Item An economic analysis of the impact of government programs on the potato industry(University of Minnesota. Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954-06) Gray, Roger W.; Sorenson, Vernon L.; Cochrane, Willard W.Item Expanding the Demand for Farm Food Products in the United States: Part I. History and Potentials(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1959-04) Wetmore, John M.; Abel, Martin E.; Learn, Elmer W.; Cochrane, Willard W.Item Policies for Expanding the Demand for Farm Food Products in the United States(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1961-04) Abel, Martin E.; Cochrane, Willard W.Item Price Supports and the Potato Industry(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954-01) Gray, Roger W.; Sorenson, Vernon L.; Cochrane, Willard W.THE RECENT PRICE SUPPORT program on potatoes produced some dramatic and spectacular results. More potatoes were produced than people were willing to buy. Large amounts acquired by the government could not be disposed of in useful outlets; many potatoes were dumped and allowed to rot. The federal government spent more money buying potatoes from 1942 through 1950 than it spent for any other farm commodity from 1933 through 1950. Many of the major problems encountered in supporting potato prices were never solved; they ended only when Congress withdrew all direct price support after the 1950 cropItem Price Supports and the Potato Industry(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1954-01) Gray, Roger W.; Sorenson, Vernon L.; Cochrane, Willard W.Item Reserve Stock Grain Models, the World and the United States, 1975-85(Minnesota Agricultural Experiment Station, 1976) Cochrane, Willard W.; Danin, Yigal