.S. agriculture's predicament in 1994. The nation's crop producers produced record harvests and livestock producers sent record … support to crop prices as recovering economies in Europe and Asia boost world food demand. Also, relatively low feed prices …

The year just past was one of turbulent markets and unmet expectations for most of U.S. agriculture. Public and private …, changes in U.S. agriculture. Taken together, these changes amounted to a new wave of consolidation that spread throughout the … industry. Consolidation is certainly not new in agriculture---it has been underway for most of the 20th century. What is new is …

U.S. agriculture appears to be passing into a new era marked by both greater risk and potentially greater rewards … by another year of losses in the livestock industry.> Drabenstott examines the developments in agriculture in 1995 and … the outlook for 1996. U.S. agriculture should have a better year in 1996, although poor livestock profits will restrain …

in the world food market. Selling successfully in world markets is vital to U.S. agriculture because it produces far more … likely to shape the world market and conclude that agricultural policy must be overhauled if U.S. agriculture is to excel in …

U.S. agriculture formally entered a new era in April 1996 when a new seven-year farm bill was signed into law … overturning 60 years of commodity programs. The new bill set agriculture on a new course where markets, not government programs …, will determine agriculture's products and its bottom line. The new path was underscored by one of the wildest years in …