Data published in the Dairy Yearbook originate from various government agencies. Within U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) data are provided by the Dairy Division. Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS); Estimates Division. National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS); Procurement and...

Intellectual property protection, globalization, and pressure on public budgets in many industrialized countries have shifted the balance of plant breeding activity from the public to the private sector. Several economic factors influence the relative shares of public versus private sector plant...

The unprecedented growth in crop yields and agricultural total factor productivity over the past 70 years owes much to a series of biological innovations embodied in seeds, beginning with the development of hybrid crops in the United States in the early part of the 20th century, continuing with...