ERS Special Outlook Reports

Animal Product Sector Analyses

• Mandatory Price Reporting, Market Efficiency, and Price Discovery in Livestock Markets
• Development of China's Feed Industry and Demand for Imported Commodities
• Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures and Tariff-Rate Quotas for U.S. Meat Exports to the European Union
• Assessing the Growth of U.S. Broiler and Poultry Meat Exports
• Slaughter and Processing Options and Issues for Locally Sourced Meat
• Alternative Beef Production Systems: Issues and Implications
• Where's the (Not) Meat?-Byproducts From Beef and Pork Production
• Cattle Sector Production Practices and Regional Price Differences
• Long-Term Growth in U.S. Cheese Consumption May Slow
• Factors Shaping Expanding U.S. Red Meat Trade

 Biofuels Analyses

• Effects of Recent Energy Price Reductions on U.S. Agriculture
• The Renewable Identification Number System and U.S. Biofuel Mandates
• Estimating the Substitution of Distillers' Grains for Corn and Soybean Meal in the U.S. Feed Complex
• Market Issues and Prospects for U.S. Distillers' Grains Supply, Use, and Price Relationships
• Next-Generation Biofuels: Near-Term Challenges and Implications for Agriculture
• Ethanol Co-Product Use in U.S. Cattle Feeding: Lessons Learned and Considerations (see Feed Outlook: April 2009 )

 Country & Regional Analyses

• Projecting World Raw Sugar Prices
• Cotton Policy in China
• U.S.-Cuba Agricultural Trade: Past, Present and Possible Future
• Middle East and North Africa Region: An Important Driver of World Agricultural Trade
• NAFTA at 20: North America's Free-Trade Area and Its Impact on Agriculture
• Prospects for China's Corn Yield Growth and Imports
• Afghanistan's Wheat Flour Market: Policies and Prospects
• World Raw Sugar Prices: The Influence of Brazilian Costs of Production and World Surplus/Deficit Measures
• Rising Grain Exports by the Former Soviet Union Region
• Southeast Asia's Rice Surplus
• Economic Policy and Cotton in Uzbekistan
• China's Market for Distillers Dried Grains and the Key Influences on Its Longer Run Potential
• China's Volatile Pork Industry
• Long-Term Growth Prospects for Wheat Production in Afghanistan
• Trade, the Expanding Mexican Beef Industry, and Feedlot and Stocker Cattle Production in Mexico
• Why Have Food Commodity Prices Risen Again?
• Brazil's Ethanol Industry: Looking Forward
• Brazil's Cotton Industry: Economic Reform and Development
• Global Agricultural Supply and Demand: Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase in Food Commodity Prices
• NAFTA at 17: Full Implementation Leads to Increased Trade and Integration
• Peru: An Emerging Exporter of Fruits and Vegetables
• The U.S. and Mexican Dry Bean Sectors
• Cow-Calf Beef Production in Mexico
• Investment in Processing Industry Turns Chinese Apples Into Juice Exports (see Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: October 2010 )
• Japan's Beef Market
• The Economic Impact of Karnal Bunt Phytosanitary Wheat Export Certificates (see Wheat Outlook: August 2010 )
• Trade and Food Security Implications From the Indonesian Agricultural Experience
• Price Volatility in Afghanistan's Wheat Market (see Wheat Outlook: May 2010 )
• Indian Sugar Sector Cycles Down, Poised To Rebound
• Fruit Policies in Japan (see Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: April 2010 )
• China Is Using More Corn for Industrial Products (see Feed Outlook: December 2009 )
• Russia's Growing Agricultural Imports: Causes and Outlook
• NAFTA at 15: Building on Free Trade
• Fiber Use for Textiles and China's Cotton Textile Exports
• Colombia: A New Ethanol Producer on the Rise?

 Crop Sector Analyses

• Evolving U.S. Fruit Markets and Seasonal Grower Price Patterns
• Recent Convergence Performance of Futures and Cash Prices for Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat
• Imports Contribute to Year-Round Fresh Fruit Availability
• Weather Effects on Expected Corn and Soybean Yields
• Implications of an Early Corn Crop Harvest for Feed and Residual Use Estimates
• Characteristics of Conventional and Organic Apple Production in the United States
• Consolidation and Structural Change in the U.S. Rice Sector
• Fruit and Vegetable Planting Restrictions: Analyzing the Processing Cucumber Market
• Financial Characteristics of Vegetable and Melon Farms (see Vegetables and Melons Outlook: February 2011 )
• Peanut Outlook: Impacts of the 2008-09 Foodborne Illness Outbreak Linked to Salmonella in Peanuts
• Younger Consumers Exhibit Less Demand for Fresh Vegetables (see Vegetables and Melons Outlook: August 2009 )
• Issues and Prospects in Corn, Soybeans, and Wheat Futures Markets
• Trends In U.S. Cotton Basis Since 2001
• Specialized U.S. Fruit and Tree Nut Farm Production Expenses (see Fruit and Tree Nuts Outlook: June 2009 )
• Factors Behind the Rise in Global Rice Prices in 2008
• Consequences of Higher Input Costs and Wheat Prices for U.S. Wheat Producers (see Wheat Outlook: March 2009 )

 Global Food Security Analyses

• International Food Security Assessment, 2015-25
• International Food Security Assessment, 2013-2023
• International Food Security Assessment, 2012-22
• International Food Security Assessment, 2011-21
• International Food Security Assessment, 2010 Update: Improved Production Mitigated Impact of Higher Food Commodity Prices
• Food Security Assessment, 2010-20

Macroeconomics & Agriculture

• The 2008-09 Recession and Recovery Implications for the Growth and Financial Health of U.S. Agriculture
• European Financial Imbalances: Implications of the Eurozone Sovereign Debt Problem for U.S. Agricultural Exports
• The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act: Changes to the Regulation of Derivatives and their Impact on Agribusiness
• The Debt Finance Landscape for U.S. Farming and Farm Businesses
• What the 2008/2009 World Economic Crisis Means for Global Agricultural Trade
• The 2008/2009 World Economic Crisis: What It Means for U.S. Agriculture
• Factors Contributing to the Recent Increase in U.S. Fertilizer Prices, 2002-08