Food Production Reform

The Problems: Food shortages worldwide, lack of good jobs.
The Solution: Expansion of family farms and ranches and expansion of corporate agriculture.

How to do it:
1. Solicit more agriculture commodities contracts worldwide and produce more biomass fuels.
2. Stop paving farm land.
3. As demand grows, take land out of CRP.
4. Streamline distribution (high speed electric trains, remove barriers to trade and transfer).
5. Develop more crop variations and high tech farming practices.
6. Export agriculture technology to developing nations
7. Jobs created: agriculture engineers, agronomists, plant pathologists and other related scientists, economists, veterinarians & assistants, construction workers, administrative staff, mechanics, accountants, service staff, HR personnel, implement producers and dealers with service departments.
8. High schools and colleges train people for these careers.

How to pay for it:
1. Increase trade revenues and eliminate CRP and other price supports.
2. Tax credits for agriculture will help jump start expansion, especially when large contracts overseas must be filled. The increased trade and business growth will eventually generate more tax revenue than that lost to these credits.
3. Department of Agriculture will offer matching grants to start up farms, ranches and crop exporters.
4. A percentage of the increased agricultural tax revenue will be made available for matching private investment sources to spur research and development of further agricultural advances.