Rapid institutional innovation in the 1980's has led to problems that exceed the scope of research normally assumed by individual researchers. During such periods of rapid change, subject-matter research may be particularly useful. This paper reviews research on the Federal Agricultural Mortgage...

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...

Support for this bulletin was provided, in part, by the Feedgrain and Livestock Project funded by the U.S. -Spain Joint Committee for Scientific and Technological Cooperation under terms of the 1982 Agreement on Friendship, Defense, and Cooperation Between the United States of America and the...

World trade in feed grains (barley, corn, rye, oats, and other cereals, n.e.s.) more than tripled from 1962-85, while the number of countries participating in world trade increased 85 percent. Feed grain consumption has increased faster than production in most countries, so more countries...