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<br />tfO 2 n). <br /> <br />DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE <br />ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE <br /> <br />~'~-w~ <br /> <br />*~ <br /> <br />Agricultural and Land Use Projections--Concepts and <br />Projections-----~------------__________~--------------__-___ <br />Major Elements. of the Agricultural Projections System-----~---- <br />Forestry Projections---------~--------------_______~__________~ <br />Resume of the Staff Review--------~--------------___~__________ <br />Role of Technology, Water Development, and Intensified <br />Land Use in Meeting Future Demands for Agricultural <br />Products-------------------_________________________________ <br />Procedures for Revising the Agricultural Projections----------- <br /> <br />1 <br />7 <br />16 <br />19 <br /> <br />c'<"-', <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />~''''-~--'t <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <br />I <br /> <br />PROJECTIONS OF AGRICULTURE, <br />FORESTRY AND LAND USE <br /> <br />This document is intended to provide a generali~ed but accurate resume <br /> <br />of the regional meetings on the draft OBERS report with respect. to the <br /> <br />projections of agricultural and forestry output and land use. <br /> <br />Because of <br /> <br />necessary and significant adjustments in the report, however, entailing <br /> <br />substantial modification in procedure, statements in this summary on <br /> <br />assumptions and procedures will not be wholly applicable to the revised <br /> <br />OBERS report. <br /> <br />.. <br />Hence, the sections in this summary relating to the regional <br /> <br />meetings should be interpreted in light of the last section of the summary, <br /> <br />entitled "Procedures for Revising the Agricultural Projections." <br /> <br />The statement as a whole is intended to be responsive to questions and <br /> <br />issues raised prior to and at the regional conferences. <br /> <br />Specific response <br /> <br />to specific comments are included only to the extent that they are not <br /> <br />covered in the general statement. <br /> <br />This statement includes the following: <br /> <br />Page <br /> <br />23 <br />25 <br /> <br /> <br />".:-.;;--:,.:'/;. <br />:. ,~--". ". <br />