After deteriorating rapidly in the early 1980s, the financial condition of agriculture leveled off by the middle of the decade. Since then, most measures of the sector's financial condition have strengthened. In 1987, total farm income was higher and production expenses were lower than in the...

The agricultural sector is confronted with a number of problems as the year begins. Strong export demand for agricultural products, which raised farm incomes and attracted resources into agricultural commodity production in the 1970s, collapsed in the mid-1980s, leading to large stock buildups,...

Economists from the U. S. Department of Agriculture as well as agricultural industry and trade analysts attended the 1985 Outlook Conference held in Washington, D. C. in early December. Their appraisal of the agricultural economy for 1985 is summarized here

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Conference participants foresee another good year for farm income.