Peter Timmer

Economists who don't do U.S. agricultural policy are horrified by what they see in terms of distorting markets.

Economists who don't do U.S. agricultural policy are horrified by what they see in terms of distorting markets.

Economists who don't do U.S. agricultural policy are horrified by what they see in terms of distorting markets.

If I may say so, I lived through the structural transformation of the agricultural economy.

If I may say so, I lived through the structural transformation of the agricultural economy.

If I may say so, I lived through the structural transformation of the agricultural economy.

I'm a retired professor, have worked on agriculture and food policy, poverty reduction, economic development for well over 50 years now.

I'm a retired professor, have worked on agriculture and food policy, poverty reduction, economic development for well over 50 years now.

I'm a retired professor, have worked on agriculture and food policy, poverty reduction, economic development for well over 50 years now.

I'm old enough to remember when we hand-picked all of our tomatoes and we hand-peeled all of our tomatoes. But that, of course, changed. When I was in grade school or junior high school, If we could pack 40,000 or 50,000 cases of canned tomatoes and product in a year, that was a pretty successful year.

I'm old enough to remember when we hand-picked all of our tomatoes and we hand-peeled all of our tomatoes. But that, of course, changed. When I was in grade school or junior high school, If we could pack 40,000 or 50,000 cases of canned tomatoes and product in a year, that was a pretty successful year.

I'm old enough to remember when we hand-picked all of our tomatoes and we hand-peeled all of our tomatoes. But that, of course, changed. When I was in grade school or junior high school, If we could pack 40,000 or 50,000 cases of canned tomatoes and product in a year, that was a pretty successful year.

By the time I had graduated from graduate school, the company was putting out a million cases a year.

By the time I had graduated from graduate school, the company was putting out a million cases a year.

By the time I had graduated from graduate school, the company was putting out a million cases a year.

I remember when we bought our first one, it was a huge expense, and it just revolutionized our operation. I was just in a microcosm of what turned out to be very general trends in the entire U.S. food system at the time.

I remember when we bought our first one, it was a huge expense, and it just revolutionized our operation. I was just in a microcosm of what turned out to be very general trends in the entire U.S. food system at the time.

I remember when we bought our first one, it was a huge expense, and it just revolutionized our operation. I was just in a microcosm of what turned out to be very general trends in the entire U.S. food system at the time.

The fact is, they were unable to modernize Soviet agriculture with the economic structure and strategy that they were following.

The fact is, they were unable to modernize Soviet agriculture with the economic structure and strategy that they were following.