Word: usda
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...formulation of the grain deal is a good example of how separate U.S. economic and political interests can interact to produce a plan beneficial to none of these interests. Through Soviet trade, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) wanted to reduce domestic grain stockpiles and mildly bolster farm incomes; Kissinger hoped to further cement the U.S.-Soviet political detente. The prospect of establishing Soviet dependence on the U.S. for food probably outweighed, in Kissinger's mind, the seemingly minor economic advantages of a poorly negotiated deal...
...December 1972, in the midst of a severe Siberian winter which decimated the Soviet winter wheat crop, the USSR spoke to USDA officials about grain trade. The Soviets wanted a one-year deal with long-term credit. The U.S. responded with an offer of a long-term deal with no credit...
...made feed cheaper again, cattlemen find it profitable to hold their steers in feed lots longer to wait for beef prices to go still higher. In January, beef production ran 3% behind demand and hog output lagged 17%. Substituting other foods is not the housewives' answer either. The USDA estimates that all retail food prices will rise...
...Feathered Flights. "Our growth is amazing," says mustachioed Bob McLeod, 36, president of the fledgling United States Darting Association. "For every 100 players we had registered last year, we have 200 this year." The listing of darts pubs in On the Wire, USDA's ten-times-yearly newsletter, grows with every issue. McLeod has enlisted 4,300 enthusiasts under the USDA banner so far and estimates the total U.S. dartist population at about 3.2 million...
...darts themselves come in an enormous variety of sizes and shapes, from simple wooden affairs to the Ambassador model, which boasts a gold-plated barrel and genuine feathers called flights. Aficionados would not be caught dead without their own favorite brand of dart. The standard board, favored by USDA and a fixture in most English pubs, is made of tightly packed sisal fiber and marked off in 20 pieshaped sections with a score value of from 1 to 20, and inner and outer bull's-eyes worth 50 and 25 points respectively.* Some pubs, like Washington's Wakefields...