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Indices of Agricultural and Food Production for Europe and the U.S.S.R., Average 1961-65 and Annual 1970Through 1979

Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1980

Indices of total and per capita agricultural and food production for Europe and the U.S.S.R. are presented for the base period 1961-65 and annually for 1970-79. Data for population, agricultural production, and aggregates of agricultural and food production are also included. Country indices are...

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World Indices of Agricultural and Food Production, 1976-85

Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1986

Indices of total and per capita agricultural and food production for 1976-85 al1d production data for 1976-85 are presented for 111 countries, 12 regions, and the world. Production and food indices are calculated using Laspeyres' base-weighted aggregate formula. Selected production data are...

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World Indices of Agricultural and Food Production, 1977-86

Goede, Charles - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1988

World food production reached a record high in 1986, exceeding 1985's record by about 1 percent, despite declining food output in Latin America, the United States, Western Europe, and Oceania. World food production generally increased faster than population from 1977-1986. Production of...

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World Agricultural Trade Shares, 1962-85

Timms, Dan; Shane, Mathew - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1987

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World Indices of Agricultural and Food Production, 1975-84

Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1985

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Indian Wheat and Rice Sector Policies and the Implications of Reform

Landes, Maurice R.; Jha, Shikha; Srinivasan, P.V. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2007

During 1998-2002, India experienced record public surpluses of wheat and rice, sharply higher government grain subsidy … outlays, and declining per capita consumption of wheat and rice. By 2006, despite continued high subsidies and sluggish … fundamental reform, recent policy changes have moved toward better targeting of food subsidies to low-income consumers …

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Cast-in-Place 2-Foot Concrete Trapezoidal Flow-Measuring Flumes

Humpherys, A. S.; Bondurant, J. A. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1977

Procedures are presented for casting 50-ft3/sec trapezoidal water measurement flumes in 2-foot bottom width lined and unlined ditches. Drawings and construction details for the concrete forms used are also presented. Flumes installed in concrete-lined ditches require about 13 man-hours and cost...

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SOIL, NUTRIENT, AND WATER MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS USED IN U.S. CORN PRODUCTION

Christensen, Lee A. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2002

Corn production uses over 25 percent of the Nation's cropland and more than 40 percent of the commercial fertilizer applied to crops. Thus, corn farmers' choices of soil, nutrient, and water management systems can have a major impact not only on their own profitability, but also on the...

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Possible Implications for U.S. Agriculture From Adoption of Select Dietary Guidelines

Buzby, Jean C.; Wells, Hodan Farah; Vocke, Gary - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2006

To help Americans meet nutritional requirements while staying within caloric recommendations, the 2005 Dietary Guidelines for Americans encourage consumption of fruits, vegetables, whole-grain products, and fat-free or low-fat milk or milk products. This report provides one view of the potential...

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U.S Rice Distribution Patterns, 1984/85

Holder, Shelby H. Jr - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1986

U.S. rice millers and repackagers distributed 33.7 million hundredweight (cwt) of rice in marketing year 1984/85 for … 1982/83, the previous survey year. About half of U.S. rice production is used domestically; the rest is exported. Rice … although reported rice shipments to the beer industry declined, use remained about the 'Jame. The sharp drop in U.S. rice …

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