Author: United States Committee On Agriculture

Publisher: Forgotten Books

Published: 2018-01-10

Total Pages: 374

ISBN-13: 9780428736453

Excerpt from 1978 Food and Agricultural Outlook: Papers Presented at the Food and Agriculture Outlook Conference Sponsored by the U. S. Department of Agriculture, Held in Washington, D. C., November 14-17, 1977; Prepared for the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, United States Senate The annual Outlook Conference, sponsored by the us. Department of Agriculture, convened in mid-november under a new title that is appropriate to its expanded program and the broader audience these forums have recently been attracting. The 197 8 Food and Agricultural Outlook Conference was designed to reflect this wider recognition of the agricultural outlook's critical implications for all Americans, both as consumers and as concerned citizens. The new attention to such subjects as family diets, natural resources, and environmental impacts was matched by efforts to enhance the value Of the Conference to those who produce, process, and market our food and fiber products. Special briefings on weather and world agriculture were presented so as to put into perspective the latest analyses of recent developments, emerging trends, and supply and demand prospects for the coming year. Of course, the recently signed Food and Agriculture Act of 1977 generated particular concern at this year's Conference because of its implications for producers and consumers. The new concepts of farm program acreage and the acreage allocation factors, combined with prospects for heavy use of usda price support programs and higher direct payments to farmers under the Act, gave this year's program an unusually high profile. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.