Excerpt from World Agricultural Situation, Vol. 21: Jan. 1980 World production of protein meals, fats, and oils in is expected to continue increasing. U.s. Soybean production was up 20 percent in 1979. The South American crop, which will be harvested in early 1980, is currently forecast to increase sharply from the last 2 year's drought-reduced levels. Beef and veal production in major producing countries has declined in recent years and will probably continue to decrease in 1980. However, larger pork and poultry production will continue to offset this decline. Global milk production has continued upward this year, although a sharp drop in ussr's output limited the overall 1979 gain. World milk output in 1980 will continue to exceed use, and dairy surpluses are expected to remain in major producing nations. World cotton production will be up 7 percent in 1979/ 80 to a record million bales. Slowing gains in consumption will probably lead to a stock buildup of around million bales. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.