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...

Intervention by governments in their foreign trade sectors fundamentally alters the character and composition of agricultural trade by making imports less responsive to international price changes than they otherwise would be. Intervention can also make world market prices change more frequently...

Growth of U.S. agriculture is dependent on increases in productivity, three-fourths of which is accounted for by public investment in agricultural research and development (R&D) and infrastructure, according to this research. Productivity growth in U.S. agriculture benefits consumers by putting...