Extract: This study is directed towards estimation of potential production, income, and prices for U.S. farm commodities in the short run under different export conditions. it examines potentials in production under different alternatives in cropland use. however, before the method of analysis and its results are explained, we examine the setting of exports and production which have prevailed in recent times.
Extract: This study was completed to help answer three questions. How many more people could be fed with the amount of grain now being produced if all persons in the world consumed just a balanced nutritional diet? How much grain could be produced in the United States for these purposes? How could these programs be accomplished?