1 Changes in relative prices support this conclusion.

2 On the economic side, there is no doubt that price support must be reduced to nearer world levels.

3 Farm price supports become low maximum rather than high minimum prices.

4 Price supports for farmers and minimum-wage legislation are illustrations of government price fixing designed to raise the incomes of specific groups.

5 These provided for cuts which would nevertheless increase price support spending by 30 percent to ECU32,500 million.

6 A switch from price support to income support comes dear.

7 The answer seemed to point to substantial cuts in price support together with a better re-distribution of budget towards smaller producers.

8 The government used price supports to maintain the price floor.

9 Acreage allotments, price supports and crop set-asides reshaped the face of American agriculture.

10 China uses subsidies and price supports to farmers to remain nearly self - sufficient in wheat, USDA says.

11 Even with price supports, moreover, an easing of import restrictions and a decline in demand related to Japan's changing eating habits have driven down rice prices, hurting farms of all sizes.

12 China's largest producer of rare earths this week announced price supports for it, which could further encourage industry to locate in the country.

13 Subsidies to consumers may contribute to the cost of agricultural price supports.

14 Japanese farmers typically derive 50 percent of their revenue from subsidies, price supports and restrictions on imports, compared with 12 percent for the U.S., the OECD says.

15 But unlike today, the government did not respond to the demands for inflation, price supports, bailouts, and fiscal stimulus.

16 Agriculture protection is total appellation to a series of agricultural support and protection policies that a government takes, and cannot be simply understood as trade protection or price supports.

17 Specific duties may relate to regulation, promotion, agricultural research, price supports and agricultural subsidies, plant diseases and invasive species.

18 Applying the methodology to natural gas price controls, airline regulation, price supports for wheat, and the sugar quota, we found that these gains and losses can be quite large.

19 The cost of bread rose by 30% after the government ended price supports.