Research studies by the USDA and the state agricultural experiment stations have helped to pinpoint the forces that have been operating in the land market, both as to their existence and the nature of their effects.

If our surplus output depresses both farm product prices and farm family incomes, why and how-even in the face of the national forces outlined last month- do farmers and agriculture in total produce so much?

Since a land-retirement type of program on a regional basis is among the possibilities for overcoming surplus farm output, an analysis has helped to determine an approximation of how such a program might work.

These sections present brief reports on the progress, results and applications of farm and home research currently being conducted by your agricultural and home economics experiment station at Iowa State.