explain why these zones would be beneficial or problematic and in what ways do soil quality and climate affect a regions supply of food:)
What kind of farm do you want to establish?
Bananas and potatoes require pretty different climatic conditions.
I am in desperate need of farm cash in facebook because you can buy farms and supplies around the farm. Im trying to beat my friend Amy Dougan. Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
the cash adds up so slowly, just one dollar per level. I spent most of mine on expanding my farm, and now I will never have that much again. The coins you can get oodles of though, especially harvesting some of those slow growing crops!
For such a program to be successful in raising the revenue of farmers, what must be true about the elasticity of demand?
Nothing.
One of the ways the federal government uses to restrict supply is tariffs. With a high enough tariff, domestic producers benefit no matter what the elasticity of demand.
Of course they may not benefit enough. Which is why the government props up farm income in other ways, including direct monetary subsidies, subsidized water, price floors, etc.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Agricultural_subsidy#United_States
http://greedgreengrains.blogspot.com/2009/02/effects-of-us-agricultural-subsidies.html
http://www.card.iastate.edu/iowa_ag_review/fall_01/IAR.pdf
BTW, most of these do not benefit the "family farmer"; they benefit the agribusinesses that can make the big campaign contributions.