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...

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...

This bulletin ,presents 1962-82 data on per capita food consumption, prices, nutrient availability,food expenditures and marketing costs, and U.S. income and population. Retail food prices in 1982 rose 4.0 percent, aggregate food consumption fell 0.4 percent, and personal food, consumption...

'lbe tables in this bulletin provide aggregate economic and agricultural growth am perfonnance indicators for the world, for four economic groupings of countries, am for 160 individual countries. 'Ihese 160 countries account for 99.7 percent of the world population. '!he indicators cover such...

Monthly temperature and precipitation by state and farm production region are presented for the years 1950-86. A weighted average is used to aggregate data for the climatic divisions within the 48 contiguous states. Two alternative sets of weights are used: the divisions' geographic areas and...