Book Description

Food industry size and some aspects of consumer food expenditures in the United States; Size of the food processing industry; Growth in the food processing industry; Profitability and other financial operating rations in the food processing industry; Government policy toward food marketing; The markets for foods in the United States; Product competition and new product development; Some new food processing technologies; Changing locations in the food processing industry and measurement of important cost factors affecting changes; Productivity in the U.S. Food Industries, with policy options to increase productivity; Managing commodity price risks in the food industry; The changing structure of the food processing industry: description, causes, impacts, and policy alternatives; Reasons for increased emphasis on exports and private U.S. investment in foreign agribusiness enterprises with some sources of assistance; Summary and speculations on the future.