Achieving greater energy security by reducing dependence on foreign petroleum is a goal of U.S. energy policy. The … the RFS-2 would affect various key components of the U.S. economy. If biofuel production advances with cost …-reducing technology and petroleum prices continue to rise as projected, the RFS-2 could provide economywide benefits. However, the actual …

1985 into the early months of calendar year 1986 as longterm interest rates fell. California replaced perennial leaders ….S. farm production fell in FY 1985 to 17 percent, its lowest level in 13 years. The costs of commercial shipping services …

This study, conducted at the request of the Grower-Shipper Vegetable Association of Central California, was made to … controlled program to transport produce from California to midwest and northeast markets. …

Pulse production in the United States has become geographically specific and concentrated, and the marketing channels …

and a shift to overseas production of small- and medium-size wheel tractors sold domestically. This bulletin presents … statistical information, both annual and monthly time series, that points to trends in farm machinery production, factory …

indicators of production, supply and disapppearance, and prices and costs. Each section, except Other Chicken, contains … statistical series describing production capacity such as flock size and chick or poult placements; supply and disappearance … tables contain estimates of production, exports, shipments, consumption, and other uses; and prices and costs tables contain …

Record-high U.S. strawberry production in 1993 and another large crop anticipated in 1994 continue the growth trend … that began in the 1970's. California produced nearly 80 percent of the U.S. crop on less than half of the strawberry …

Increased world agricultural production and lower prices helped depress U.S. agricultural exports for the first 7 …