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Effects of Increased Biofuels on the U.S. Economy in 2022

Gehlhar, Mark J.; Somwaru, Agapi; Somwaru, Agapi - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2010

Achieving greater energy security by reducing dependence on foreign petroleum is a goal of U.S. energy policy. The Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) calls for a Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2), which mandates that the United States increase the volume of biofuel that is blended...

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Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States March/April 1990

Warden, Tom - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1990

U.S. agricultural exports rose slightly during the first 5 months of FY 1990, climbing 4 percent to $18 billion....More than 18 percent of the value of U.S. agricultural production was exported in FY 1989, up from. 16 percent the previous year and the highest total in 5 years ••• For the...

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Foreign Agricultural Trade of the United States: FATUS Fiscal Year 1990 Supplement

Warden, Thomas - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1990

This statistical reference summarizes current· and historical data on U.S. foreign trade in agricultural products …

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How Transport Costs Affect Fresh Fruit and Vegetable Prices

Volpe, Richard; Leibtag, Ephraim S.; Roeger, Edward - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2013

This report examines the ways that fuel prices are transmitted to wholesale produce prices via transportation costs. Specifically, it focuses on marketing costs for asparagus,cantaloupes, table grapes, oranges, bell peppers, and tomatoes. Results of the study indicate that transportation costs...

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Welfare Impacts of a Trade Restriction: An Equilibrium Approach and Application in the Potash Industry

Canning, Patrick N.; Vroomen, Harry - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1994

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Japan’s Agri-Food Sector and the Trans-Pacific Partnership

Dyck, John; Arita, Shawn - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 2014

Japan’s agriculture has been inward oriented, protected by trade barriers from foreign competition. Even though the … agreement would lead to more agricultural exports to Japan from TPP partners, likely dominating the total agricultural trade …

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World Agriculture: Trends and Indicators, 1970-91

Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993

The tables in this bulletin provide aggregate economic and agricultural growth, performance, production, and trade … account for over 99 percent of the world population, agricultural production, and trade. The indicators cover such topics as … population, macroeconomic indicators, food consumption, factors of production, commodity production, trade, and efficiency of …

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Fertilizer Trade Statistics, 1970-91

Vroomen, Harry; Taylor, Harold - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1993

trade balance, relatively stable before 1983, has shifted as the United States became a net importer of nitrogen beginning …

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U.S. Strawberry Industry

Bertelsen, Diane - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1995

Record-high U.S. strawberry production in 1993 and another large crop anticipated in 1994 continue the growth trend that began in the 1970's. California produced nearly 80 percent of the U.S. crop on less than half of the strawberry acreage due to higher output per acre than other States. Grower...

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Examining Intertemporal Export Elasticities for Wheat, Corn, and Soybeans: A Stochastic Coefficients Approach

Conway, Roger K. - Economic Research Service, Department of Agriculture - 1985

The response of export demand to price changes for selected agricultural products did not become elastic over the 1969-77 period. This report is the first to test empirically the hypothesis that, during the 1970's, competition increased and the United States became a marginal exporter of farm...

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