Under the agricultural policies of Country R, farmers can sell any grain not sold on the open market...

题目信息

Under the agricultural policies of Country R, farmers can sell any grain not sold on the open market to a grain board at guaranteed prices. It seems inevitable that, in order to curb the resultant escalating overproduction, the grain board will in just a few years have to impose quotas on grain production, limiting farmers to a certain flat percentage of the grain acreage they cultivated previously.

Suppose an individual farmer in Country R wishes to minimize the impact on profits of the grain quota whose eventual imposition is being predicted. If the farmer could do any of the following and wants to select the most effective course of action, which should the farmer do now?

A:Select in advance currently less profitable grain fields and retire them if the quota takes effect.

B:Seek long-term contracts to sell grain at a fixed price.

C:Replace obsolete tractors with more efficient new ones.

D:Put marginal land under cultivation and grow grain on it.

E:Agree with other farmers on voluntary cutbacks in grain production.

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正确答案： D:Put marginal land under cultivation and grow grain on it.

答案D
题目大意：根据R国的农业政策，农民可以以保证的价格将未在公开市场上出售的任何谷物出售给粮食局。似乎不可避免的是，为了遏制由此而来的日益加剧的生产过剩，粮食局将不得不在短短几年内对粮食生产实行配额，将农民限制在他们以前耕种的粮食面积的一定百分比内。
假设R国的单个农民希望最大程度地降低预计最终征收的谷物配额对利润的影响。如果农民可以执行以下任何一项操作并希望选择最有效的措施，那么农民现在应该做什么？
核心逻辑：根据R国政策，为农民选择策略,使农民利益最大化。
A.提前选择当前利润较低的粮田，如果配额生效，则将其退役。这虽然有道理，但实际上因为利润较低的粮田也是有利润的，让其退役，降低了利益。
B.寻求长期合同以固定价格出售谷物，固定价格可高可低，未具体论述，未必保证利益。
C.用更高效的新拖拉机替换过时的拖拉机。拖拉机和利益间存在逻辑链条的缺失。
D.耕种边际土地并在其上种谷物。边际土地是过去没有利润的土地，耕种这些土地扩大了土地面积，在政策实施时，可以留下能带来利润的土地。
E.就自愿减少粮食产量与其他农民达成协议，降低了利润。

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