The Future of Agriculture:
Frequently Asked Questions
/^"/iK^ Agricultural Experiment Station
z £2^ m College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Veb^ . Technical Report 37
Introduction; Megatrends No. 1 and No. 2: Real prices for agricultural commodities will continue to go down, and technology will continue to reduce per-unit costs of production; Megatrends No. 3 and No. 4: Demand for food in the United States will not grow significantly in the future, and the farm share of the retail food dollar will decline; Megatrends No. 5 and No. 6: The importance of international trade to the U.S. food and agricultural system will increase, and U.S. consumers will eat more imported food; Megatrend No. 7: The structure of U.S. agriculture will continue to become more "dualistic"; Megatrends No. 8 and No. 9: The environmental effects of agriculture will become increasingly important to society, and agricultural multifunctionality will be highly valued in some regions of the country; References
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Technical report containing forecasts for different aspects of agriculture based on current trends.
NMSU Cooperative Extension Service and Agricultural Experiment Station Publications
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UAAPT0000370001
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Future of agriculture: Frequently asked questions
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The Future of Agriculture:
Frequently Asked Questions
/^"/iK^ Agricultural Experiment Station
z £2^ m College of Agriculture and Home Economics
Veb^ . Technical Report 37
