 The Agricultural Situation in the Western Hemisphere: Review of 1971 and Outlook for 1972Developing Areas Branch, Foreign Demand and Competition Division, Economic Research Service No 316543, Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Abstract: The largest agricultural production increases last year occurred in Canada, Mexico, Brazil, and all the Central American countries except Costa Rica. Declines occurred in Haiti, Jamaica, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay. Among commodities, production increases occurred for wheat, corn, sugar, coffee, soybeans, sorghum, dry beans, pork and milk. Rice and banana output declined while cotton production changed little. The average person in Latin America probably had less food available from domestic production in 1971 than in 1970. U.S. agricultural exports to the Western Hemisphere increased 9 percent, reaching $1.3 billion. U.S. agricultural imports from the Hemisphere declined slightly. The Hemisphere's prospects for 1972 include more sugar but less corn output, and a continued low level of beef exports. Keywords: Agricultural and Food Policy; Crop Production/Industries; Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; International Relations/Trade; Livestock Production/Industries (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:ags:uersmp:316543 Access Statistics for this paper More papers in Miscellaneous Publications from United States Department of Agriculture, Economic Research Service Contact information at EDIRC. |
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