Agricultural Statistics 1998

As with most areas of trade, the USA dominates world markets in many sectors of agriculture, over and above its production for home consumption. All of that is reflected in this detailed annual volume of statistics, reminding us incidentally of the vital function for a government department in amassing, collating and publishing reliable, comprehensive and timely data for its area of interest.

All US agriculture is here, in 15 sections from grain and feed to the inevitable miscellaneous agricultural statistics, and taking in on the way all crops (cotton, tobacco, vegetables, fruits and the rest) and livestock (cattle, dairy and...