Agricultural Outlook

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Articles in Dec, 1991 issue of Agricultural Outlook

• The EEP: an update - Export Enhancement Program; most EEP bonuses are for wheat; bonuses help offset European Community export subsidies; price competition still strong in 1991/92; EEP sales of other commodities also higher - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Ec
  by Karen Ackerman
• Yearend legislative report - Congress proposes dairy program changes; disaster assistance still pending; technical corrections to 1990 farm act - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
  by Harry Baumes
• Anomalies in the U.S. vegetable oil market - history of vegetable oil export assistance - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
  by Roger Hoskin
• Farmer Mac's troubled start - Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation; weak loan demand; market looks small; most farm operators do not qualify; includes related article about language of secondary markets - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research
  by Steve Koenig
• Field crops overview - 1991/92 - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
• Livestock, dairy & poultry overview - 1992 - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
• Specialty crops overview - 1991/92 - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
• The U.S. & Mexico: interdependence growing - history and culture influence development; emerging ties broken; strengthening relations; migration and environment will affect future relations; includes related articles on maquiladoras and Mexican dependence
  by Ann Hillberg Seitzinger
• Outlook for food prices - moderate increases in most food categories in 1992 will raise average food prices 2-4 percent above 1991; larger meat supplies for 1992; citrus production still recovering - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service re
  by Ralph Parlett
• Central Europe: agriculture in the new market economies - transition to market-oriented agriculture in Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania, and Albania - Part Two - U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Economic Research Service report
  by Jason Lamb