.S. agriculture's predicament in 1994. The nation's crop producers produced record harvests and livestock producers sent record …

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 …