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 acreage due to higher output per acre than other States. Grower...

This report presents historical data on food consumption, prices, and expenditures, and U. S. income. and popu1at.ion. A retail price-weighted quantity index put the 1988 per capita food supply up 10 percent from 1967, as consumption of crop-derived foods outpaced consumption of foods from...

This report presents histoncal data on food consumption, prices, expenditures, and U S income and population In 1995, each American consumed, on average, 70 pounds more of commercially grown vegetables than 10 1970, 57 pounds more of grain products, 52 pounds more of fruit, 28 pounds more of...

This report presents historical data on food consumption, prices, expenditures, and U.S. income and population. In 1997 each American consumed, on average, 81 pounds more of commercially grown vegetables the.n in 1970; 65 pounds more of grain products; 57 pounds more of fruit; 32 pounds more of...

This report presents historical data on food consumption, prices, expenditures, and U.S. income and population. In 1993, Americans consumed, on average, 61 pounds more of commercially grown vegetables than in 1970; 54 pounds more of grain products; 48 pounds more of fruit; 23 pounds more of added...

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...

This bulletin complements the Processed Food Trade Concordance (1995), Agriicultural Handbook no. 707, which summarizes the procedures used to convert Bureau of the Census trade data to U.S. processed food industry data. Together, both bulletins provide the procedure used to compile processed...

During 1978-89, the United States exported more fresh fruit than had been reported by the Bureau of the Census. Import data made available by Statistics Canada revealed that some shipments of fresh fruit from the United States to Canada had not been counted by the Bureau. Using the Canadian data...