1980 Agricultural Outlook: Papers Presented at the Agricultural Outlook Conference

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U.S. Government Printing Office, 1979 - Agricultural prices - 607 pages
 

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Page 74 - SEC. 3. (a) The Commission shall make a full and complete investigation and study of...
Page 225 - Prepared or estimated on the basis of official statistics of foreign governments, other foreign source materials, reports of US Agricultural Attaches and Foreign Service Officers, results of Office Research and Related Information.
Page 368 - The result is that the elderly are increasingly concentrated in the lower reaches of the income distribution.
Page 92 - Midwestern Corn Farms: Economic Status and the Potential for Large and Family-Sized Units, Agricultural Economic Report 216, Economic Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, November 1971.
Page 368 - The poverty thresholds are updated every year to reflect changes in the Consumer Price Index (CPI).
Page 19 - World trade in sugar is projected to continue to increase, but at a slower rate than in the past decade.
Page 94 - In self-government, In limitations upon government power, in maintenance of equal opportunity, in the right of each Individual to worship as he chooses, in separation of church and state and in freedom of speech, press and peaceful assembly. Property rights are among the human rights essential to the preservation of individual freedom. Individuals have a moral responsibility to help preserve freedom for future generations by active participation in public affairs.
Page 368 - In addition, the single parent in black or Hispanic families was less likely to be in the labor force and more likely to be unemployed than the white single parent maintaining a family.
Page 163 - Since early 1979. however, the dollar has appreciated against the Japanese yen and remained stable in relation to most European currencies. The United Kingdom is a notable exception where the pound has strengthened relative to the dollar in 1979. Over half of our meal exports are to the European Community with Japan and East Europe also ranking as large importers. The bulk of US soybean meal moving abroad is in the form of unprocessed soybeans since many countries prefer to process soybeans themselves....
Page 375 - Preliminary figures— average of estimates for 1st 3 quarters of 1979 (ie, seasonally adjusted quarterly totals at annual rates). Sources: US Department of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. 1979, population estimates and projections. Current Population Reports, series P-25. No.

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