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Recent changes in structure of the U.S. pork industry reflect, in many ways, past changes in the broiler industry. Production contracts and vertical integration in the broiler industry facilitated rapid adoption of new technology, improved quality control, assured market outlets for broilers,...
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This study addresses changes in the organization of the U.S. pork industry, most notably marketing contracts between packers and producers, by exploring their function in addressing pork quality concerns. A number of developments brought quality concerns to the forefront. These include health...
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U.S. agricultural export values fell 6 percent below year-earlier levels to $16 billion during the first 5 months of … months of calendar year 1985. Iowa moved ahead of Illinois as the leading agricultural export State in FY 1984, largely due … to the 1983 drought, which severely reduced soybean yields in 25 of the 29 producing States. Slow growth in U.s. exports …
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U.S. agricultural export values fell 6 percent below year-earlier levels to $16 billion during the first 5 months of … months of calendar year 1985. Iowa moved ahead of Illinois as the leading agricultural export State in FY 1984, largely due ….S. exports to Canada and steady expansion in U.S. imports from Canada continue to narrow the U.S.-Canadian agricultural trade …
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pertaining to dollar volumes, destinations, and cooperative shares of total U.S. agricultural export volumes, phis information … exports of $2 billion and indirect exports valued at $1.3 billion. Hundreds of other farmer cooperatives were involved in …
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The report includes data published in the Red Meats Yearbook which originates in the Livestock Division, Agricultural Marketing Service CAMS); Estimates Division, National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS); and Commodity Economics Division, Economic Research Service (ERS). Included are data...
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tables contain estimates of production, exports, shipments, consumption, and other uses; and prices and costs tables contain …
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The response of export demand to price changes for selected agricultural products did not become elastic over the 1969 … United States became a marginal exporter of farm products, generating elastic export demand. The author uses a new … econometric procedure to assess export demand elasticities for U.S. wheat, corn, and soybeans. …
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Higher commodity prices, especially for coarse grains and oilseeds, raised total U~S. agricultural exports to $24 … downward trend. U.S. farm product exports totaled $34.8 billion during fiscal year 1983, down 11 percent from the 1982 value …
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U.S. agricultural export values rose 5 percent in calendar year 1984 to $37.8 billion, the first increase since 1981. U … and rapid economic growth helped strengthen the dollar in 1984. Agricultural exports under U.S. Government financed … percent below 1983's record and 3 percent of all U.S. agricultural exports in FY 1984. U.S. agricultural exports to Sub …
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