World trade in food grains (wheat, rice, and wheat flour) more than doubled from 1962 to 1983, while the number of countries participating in world trade increased 85 percent. Food grain consumption has increased faster than production in most countries so more countries entered world trade for...

U.S. rice millers and repackagers distributed 33.7 million hundredweight (cwt) of rice in marketing year 1984/85 for three domestic uses: direct food, processed foods, and beer. This figure represents a 6.5-percent increase over shipments in 1982/83, the previous survey year. About half of U.S....

U.S. rice millers and repackagers distributed 38.3 million hundredweight (cwt) of rice in marketing year 1986/87 for three domestic uses: direct food, processed foods, and beer. This figure represents a 13.8-percent increase over shipments in 1984/85, the previous survey year. Between 45 and 50...