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Agricultural
Outlook, FoodReview, and Rural America have all been
replaced by Amber Waves. Agricultural
Outlook ceased publication
with the December 2002 issue.
AO
tables - The
statistical indicators formerly provided in Agricultural
Outlook magazine will continue to be updated regularly.
All
ERS outlook reports - Recent releases,
special reports, links to the latest data, calendar of
releases, and a brief overview of the outlook for U.S.
agriculture.
You can access pdf versions of AO below. Text
files (ascii) also are available (back to March 1995).
Past issues of Agricultural Outlook are in Adobe Acrobat
Reader 4.0 PDF format. You can download and get help using the
Adobe
Acrobat Reader to view and print them.
December 2002—Farm economy
yearend review, livestock pricing and industry structure, cattle
on small farms, issues for next trade round, developing country
markets, commodity policy, policy in EU and Japan, Christmas tree
and poinsettia sales, globalization of soft drink industry, trade
in high-value food, food safety in APEC countries
November 2002—Pulses and
the Farm Act, rice supply and prices, cotton prices, sweet potatoes,
European Union enlargement, Central and Eastern Europe, China's
fruit and vegetable trade, precision agriculture, organic farming,
poultry outlook, export share of U.S. production
October 2002—Organic foods,
EU policy reform, Common Agricultural Policy, technology and agriculture,
farm numbers and size, frozen potato trade, NAFTA impacts, U.S.
agricultural exports, food prices, apple crop
September 2002—Cabbage production
and consumption, “smart” farming, off-farm work, genetically
engineered crop use, soybean market, China’s land tenure policies,
EU trade with developing countries, sugar policy, pork production,
tree nut demand
August 2002—Farm household
income and wealth, wheat outlook, trade and the services sector,
trade remedy laws, rural residential land, Sub-Saharan Africa trade,
tobacco program, field crop acreage
June-July 2002—Field
crop production and prices, South Korea's farm policy, WTO "non-trade"
concerns, public lands and rural communities, grazing, rural America
and the Internet, land degradation and food security, Cuba's citrus
industry, meat production, macroeconomy
May 2002—Spring planting
intentions, oats outlook, potato acreage, farm credit, interest
rates, Argentina's economic crisis, farmland protection, NIS grain
exports, China's trade prospects
April 2002—USDA
Baseline projections, China's accession to the WTO, calculating
WTO trade dispute damages, catfish trade and outlook, cotton and
exchange rates, farm family savings, manure nutrient management
March 2002—Peanuts, Middle
East/North Africa trade, food aid and food security, safety nets
and trade liberalization, farm income and finance, farm policy,
fresh snap beans
January/February 2002—WTO
commitments, domestic agricultural support, plant breeding, U.S.
economic outloook, farm economy, livestock in Eastern Europe, traceability,
food marketing and safety, tobacco industry, sheep industry
December 2001—Bell
peppers, cotton outlook, European Union preferential trading agreements,
U.S. crop insurance, dairy market, citrus crop, grape production
November 2001—Rice
market, APEC water supplies, program payments and farmland value,
Internet use by farmers, E-commerce and farmers, organophosphate
pesticides, Taiwan's WTO commitments
October 2001—U.S.
and world economy, corn market, high-oil corn, U.S. ag exports,
food prices, APEC Food System, financial crisis in Turkey, organic
produce prices, cattle, apples
September 2001—Soybean
market outlook, trade competition from Argentina and Brazil, economies
of Argentina and Brazil, conservation programs, China grain policy,
tax law, livestock price reporting, hog industry prospects, livestock
drugs
August 2001—Metro-area
farms and development, urban sprawl, field crop acreage, wheat outlook,
sweet corn, animal diseases, Canadian dairy export subsidies, meat
trade
June-July 2001—China's
fruits and vegetables, cattle exports from Mexico, farm policy,
farm payments, farm income and policy, Northern Great Plains, crop
prices, stone fruits, field crop forecast, meat supply and prices
May 2001—Spring
planting intentions, farm credit, interest rates, global food demand,
agri-environmental payments, conservation programs, Canadian agriculture,
Canadian transport subsidies
April 2001—Farm
economy in 2001, agricultural policy in Japan, lettuce marketing,
21st Century Commission on Production Agriculture, smart growth,
food prices, sheep industry
March 2001—Shipping
and retailing, marketing fees, hog production, potato output and
supply, agriculture in Europe, reform in Russia, conservation tillage
January-February 2001—WTO
and ag policy reform, European Union enlargement, farm labor, cigarette
consumption, U.S. economy, dairy industry, ag economy
December 2000—Conservation
Reserve Enhancement Program, cucumbers, technology and food productivity
in APEC, global cotton market, Mexico's food assistance programs,
citrus and grape crops
November 2000—Celery,
rice outlook, tariff-rate quotas, India trade policy, genetic resources,
broilers, apples
October 2000—Farm
program payments, rural economy, corn outlook, agricultural exports,
food prices, Taiwan hog industry, hogs, tax policy, cattle
September 2000—Sugar
policy, Mexican border transport, farmers and e-commerce, manure
mangement, environmental regulation and hog production, durum wheat
August 2000—Wheat
sector, global wheat stocks, food retail consolidation, field crop
acreage, genetic engineering and pesticides, U.S. ag imports, U.S.
meat trade
June-July 2000—Meatpacking
industry consolidation, garlic demand, marketing organic foods,
field crop supplies, field crop planting progress, farming and the
rural economy, environmental payments to farmers, stone fruits
May 2000—Farm
income, farm income policy, farm finances, interest rates, spring
planting intentions, nitrogen runoff, water quality, fuel prices,
beef production, dry beans
April 2000—Biotechnology
crops, organic agriculture, farm-sector outlook, food prices, Free
Trade Area of the Americas, regional trade, trade with developing
countries
March 2000—China's
potential WTO accession, railroad merger proposal, meat trade, hog
production, history of farm policy, crop and revenue insurance,
processing tomatoes
January-February
2000—Farm income and
U.S. economy forecasts, farm safety net, China's water resources,
trade and global financial crises, cigarette consumption, tree nuts
December 1999—Ag-sector
performance in 1999, marketing loan benefits, feed manufacturing
in China, dairy production and prices, global rice outlook, European
Union expansion, crop insurance products, dairy production and prices,
citrus crop
November 1999—Tariffs,
small farms, cotton outlook, minority farmer credit, Gulf of Mexico
runoff, spot markets
October 1999—Agricultural
research, corn outlook, agricultural exports, European Union Agenda
2000, commodity price variability, Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation
region
September 1999—Farm
aid legislation, Cargill-Continental merger, soybean prices, NAFTA
update, Mexico's pork industry, U.S.-Mexico trade in sweeteners
August 1999—Wheat
outlook, tariff bargaining, methyl bromide phaseout, controlling
greenhouse gas buildup, crop and revenue insurance costs
June/July 1999—U.S.-Canada
wheat trade, commodity supplies, Russia's economic crisis, China's
state grain trading, Conservation Reserve Program acreage
May 1999—Planting
intentions, ag concentration and competition, crop and revenue insurance,
tax-deferred savings, catfish production and sales, farm lending
April 1999—Farm
sector outlook for 1999, USDA's baseline projections to 2008, Broccoli
sales, Japan's rice import system, farm business cycles
March 1999—Hog
prices, Brazil's financial crisis, coffee exporters, biotechnology,
risk management
January/February 1999—Farm
income, tobacco settlement, transportation technology, conservation
and land tenure, contract farming
December
1998—Corn output and
exports, rail shipping, peanut consumption, Indonesian economy,
Uruguay Round agreement, 1997 tax law
November 1998—Hogs,
oranges, rice, cotton, environmental policy and the WTO, China's
livestock sector
October 1998—U.S.
ag exports, 1996 Farm Act, food prices, hired farm labor, Clean
Water Action Plan, Cuba's agriculture, onions
September 1998—Farm
income, cotton markets, soybean prices, cropland conservation, regional
trade agreements
August 1998—Wheat
supplies, melons, soybean acreage, hard white wheat, biotech crops,
Mexican produce, world rice trade, coffee
June/July 1998—Wetlands,
farm credit, food safety technology, red meat and poultry trade,
CEE/NIS livestock
May 1998—Panama
Canal, aquaculture, minority and women farmers, small farms, interest
rates and credit, agricultural productivity
April 1998—Baseline
projections, agricultural trade prospects, precision agriculture,
food prices
March 1998—Rail
shipping problems, meat exports, citrus crops, hog production, milk
marketing orders, Argentina's agriculture
January/February
1998—Asian financial
crisis, agricultural exports, U.S. farm income, leafy green vegetables,
dairy markets, "green" practices, crop residue management
December 1997—World
beef trade, farmland values, pork industry, meat price spreads,
the cattle cycle
November 1997—Fast-track
authority, state trading enterprises and imports, cranberry industry,
carrot consumption, NIS and Baltic countries as WTO candidates
October 1997—Corn
market, U.S. ag exports, WTO compliance, food prices, Conservation
Reserve Program, tax law
September 1997—Soybean
market, NAFTA and agriculture, rice production and prices, Everglades
restoration, Farm Act’s acreage impacts
August 1997—Wheat
outlook, wine industry, farm act and management practices, food
marketing costs
July 1997—China,
Taiwan, and the WTO, income and global food spending, processed
food trade, cotton outlook, floriculture and landscaping plants
June 1997—European
Union enlargement, U.S.-Mexico avocado trade, U.S. grape industry,
state trading enterprises
May 1997—Planting
intentions for 1997, Water Quality Program, egg industry, integrated
pest management, Mideast and North Africa markets
April 1997—Farm
sector outlook for 1997, USDA baseline for 1997-2005, the asparagus
market, food prices, world food security and market stability
March 1997—Sugar
production and consumption, food aid, China ag reform, sustainable
agriculture
January/February
1997—Export competition
from Australia, Argentina, and Brazil; globalization of processed
foods; Russian ag imports; climate change
December 1996—Biodiversity,
WTO, pork exports, farm values
Special Supplement
(April 1996) —Provisions of
the 1996 Farm Act
ASCII Files
Beginning
March 1995
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