In this workshop the participants identified five priority areas of concern relative to sustainable management of groundwater irrigation by farmers:1) aquifer drawdown; 2) FMIS groundwaterwater support services, 3) management problems under water-surplus conditions; 4) management problems under...

U.S farms are becoming increasingly specialized, limiting the usefulness of traditional aggregate analysis. This report identifies data limitations, advantages in estimating farm income by type of farm, and the implications of SIC-based measures. The potential relationships between the SIC type...

U.S. decoupled direct payments, paid to farm operators based on historic yields and base acreage under the 2002 Farm Bill, may alter a farmer’s access to credit or his ability to meet debt servicing obligations. Data from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Agricultural Resource...

This statistical reference summarizes current and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products. Tables highlight commodity and country information, including values, quantities, principal markets for agricultural exports, and import sources.

This publication presents detailed statistics of U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products by country during fiscal years 1978 and 1979. It updates U.S. Foreign Agricultural Trade Statistical Report, Fiscal Year 1978! Supplementary Tables (unnumbered) issued in September 1979, and supplements...

In FY 1991, high-value products exceeded traditional bulk products, something virtually unprecedented in U.S. agricultural exports...Canada and Mexico provided about 25 percent of the $20.8 billion of agricultural goods imported into the United States during October 1990-August 1991...U.S....

This report presents statistical summaries of U.S. foreign trade in I agricultural products by country during calendar years 1989 and 1990. Exports and imports valued at more than $1 million are shown. U.S. Bureau of the Census Harmonized System (HS) listings are grouped in standardized economic...